Pump house on a barge
Pump house on a barge
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We try to install a new barge on a pond with two vertical pumps to pump water to a settling pit. The two pumps will be operated in parallel. The new barge will be installed with a pump house for the two new pumps. The water inside the pond is collected from catch basins with in the plant sites. Therefore the water may contain hydrocarbons, H2S and ammonia. The area of the barge and the pump house will be a classified area due to the existence of the above gases.
We are located the cold operating area. In the winter, the outside temperature can reach as low as -40C.
Any maintenance for the pumps will be taken to the maintenance shop. My question is why we need a pump house just for two pumps? Can we remove the pump house and simply winterize the pumps and connection piping. What is your thought?
Thanks,
Nina
We are located the cold operating area. In the winter, the outside temperature can reach as low as -40C.
Any maintenance for the pumps will be taken to the maintenance shop. My question is why we need a pump house just for two pumps? Can we remove the pump house and simply winterize the pumps and connection piping. What is your thought?
Thanks,
Nina





RE: Pump house on a barge
Yes, you can probably weatherproof the pumps. But, don't forget Murphy's Law. Murphy's Law will tell you that you may have power failure or pump failure in the middle of the night in winter. It is also in the scope of the designer to anticipate the future problems.
It is understandable that you do not want to construct a building in a classified area. However, it may be impractical to service the pumps if they are in the weather. Perhaps you may consider the use of a portable hut if you need to work on the pumps.
RE: Pump house on a barge
It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. (Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia.)
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RE: Pump house on a barge
What about the guys who have to remove motors, and unbolt the pumps from the piping and foundation, so they can be pulled and taken to the maintenance shop?
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Thanks again,
Yuze
RE: Pump house on a barge
Put yourself in the maintenance guys' shoes (jumpsuits, gloves, ski masks, goggles, hardhats, and tool belts as well.)
Need to look past the design calcs and budget sometimes, all the time.
RE: Pump house on a barge
RE: Pump house on a barge
It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. (Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia.)
RE: Pump house on a barge
RE: Pump house on a barge
It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. (Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia.)
RE: Pump house on a barge
RE: Pump house on a barge
It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. (Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia.)