Boiler Feed Pump
Boiler Feed Pump
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Hi!
A Chinese contractor wants to supply boiler feed pump with GB standard. We have not specified any international standard in our functional specification, only written are the flow margins and other auxiliaries such as remote monitoring of bearing temperatures and pump protection from low flows. Do we need to put in additional requirement such as API 610 in this case?
Thanks!
A Chinese contractor wants to supply boiler feed pump with GB standard. We have not specified any international standard in our functional specification, only written are the flow margins and other auxiliaries such as remote monitoring of bearing temperatures and pump protection from low flows. Do we need to put in additional requirement such as API 610 in this case?
Thanks!





RE: Boiler Feed Pump
Did you specify anything other than flow margins, monitoring, etc., how about flow / head, materials of construction, speed, configuration etc.
Does the Chinese pump meet your hydraulic and mechanical specification, assuming that you have one. You can't hide behind a specification (such as API 610 - mainly for oil /refinery applications) because you don't have or didn't supply a well written engineering / hydraulic specification.
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: Boiler Feed Pump
RE: Boiler Feed Pump
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: Boiler Feed Pump
AS you know the API 610 covers various type of configuration and certain clause only applicable to certain type of pump.
Some requirements are at purchaser's discretion or "unless specified".
We often came across specification that just mentioned , "The pump must comply to ABC or XYZ standard." These are sub standard specification prepare by incompetent or inexperienced engineer.
RE: Boiler Feed Pump
Trust me. So you have to be very specific for your requirements else you are calling for trouble!