Archive for March, 2013

GRU Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project A Success Landfill gas, which is mostly methane, is produced by the natural decomposition of organic matter in a landfill. As natural gas accumulates it can contaminate surrounding property through migration, if not properly contained. Therefore, Federal law mandates that landfill operators destroy the methane gas by burning it off through […]

Progressive Cavity Pumps handle NaOCl Metering Challenges. The Zone 7 Water Resources Agency in Alameda County, California, has been using progressive cavity pumps for several years to handle aqueous ammonia and sodium hypochlorite solutions. They recently added additional pumps when they began using on-site sodium hypochlorite generation to handle increased demand during months of high […]

String Testing Oil and Gas Pump and Compressor Packages Ensuring Reliability Pumping and compression systems lie at the heart of all oil and gas production processes, be it extraction, loading, or transport via pipelines. The entire production infrastructure, including platforms and transcontinental pipelines, depends on the reliable operation of pumps and compressors. Working on a […]

Warren Rupp® SANDPIPER® Pumps Cut Plant’s Costly Repairs A Pennsylvania wastewater treatment plant processes 12 million to 27 million gallons of wastewater a day. For years, lobe pumps transferred the sludge from thickening tanks to the belt press for dewatering. But the two lobe pumps were a constant source of downtime, labor and parts costs. […]