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Steam driven pump
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Steam driven pump

Steam driven pump

(OP)
Hi,
I have been given a specification sheet showing a direct acting steam driven pump.

The size is given as 11" x 8" x 18"
Is it likley that these numbers mean anything ?

Also
The speed is given as 18 DSPM - what does DSPM mean ?

I have not been given the make of the pump, and I just trying to understand what I have been told.

Thank you for any help.

RE: Steam driven pump

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11" x 8" x 18" means 11-inch steam cylinder diameter, 8-inch water cylinder diameter 18-inch stroke. DSPM means Double Strokes per Minute.  Must be a Duplex unit. Where are you going to install this beast? Is it of recent manufacture? I though they went away in the 30's.
Steve
 

RE: Steam driven pump

(OP)
Thanks Steve,

Thanks Steve, that helped me, having looked around the internet a bit, and with your reply, I can only agree that the machine is a bit of a beast from the ark.

As for what is being done, the project is in Indonesia and the fluid being pumped is Vac Residue oil, I don't know if it is at the design or procurement phase.

I have seen this type of fluid being pumped with normal triplex and quintuplex pumps so I don't know why this machine has been selected.

Once again, thank you for your help.

RE: Steam driven pump

Wow, I haven't seen one in years (except for the small one that I intend to make into a desk ornament one day) but the last one I saw was running and pumping water.  Sorry, but if I wanted to buy one, I don't have any idea where to start looking, but with the wonders of Google:

http://www.unionpump.com/products/dapumps.html

You gotta be kidding.

rmw

RE: Steam driven pump

I spent part of my apprentice training fixing those things.

They are some of the earliest pump designs in existance.  I believe G & J Weir invented the firsts ones.

They were common on board ships even up to the 50's   

RE: Steam driven pump

One of the nearby Refineries still have a couple of those in operation a few years ago when I was last in there.  And another Refinery I did a job at had quite a few in a partially abandoned pumphouse, believe some were still in use.

RE: Steam driven pump

Holy dinosaur! The previous refinery I was had a few of these in service - they became an emissions nightmare and subsequently went away. The site I'm at currently still has one or two abandoned in place.  

RE: Steam driven pump

I found a small one in an abandoned mine I was exploring and took it home.  It is ~24 inches long and weighs about 100 lb.  When I retire (if I retire) I intend to disassemble it and chrome plate it and use it for a desk ornament (after, of course, I reinforce the desk.)  The mine drove it with air and used it to pump the water out.  Most that were in operating plants when I started out in the industry were steam driven, and oil from the exhaust was everywhere.

rmw

RE: Steam driven pump

Wow!  They're still being manufactured? !!!!!

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