เกจวัดแรงดันเชื้อเพลิง has refurbished sodium hypochlorite dosing pumps for ADNOC on schedule using its facility within the United Arab Emirates to satisfy strict shutdown deadlines.
Engineers check a newly refurbished sodium hypochlorite dosing pump for ADNOC at Amarinth’s facility in UAE – Image courtesy of Amarinth.
The UK firm equipped the original pumps to ADNOC in 2016 for sodium hypochlorite dosing duties on the Umm Lulu offshore platform positioned in the Arabian Gulf, 30km north-west of Abu Dhabi, UAE. Because sodium hypochlorite is very corrosive, Amarinth originally used titanium alloy for all wetted components.
During a routine capital evaluation, ADNOC determined the pumps have been due for refurbishment. The sodium hypochlorite dosing pumps are crucial to production and refurbishment had to align precisely with a selected shutdown schedule.
The shutdown schedule would not permit the pumps to be returned to the UK for a full strip, evaluation and refurbishment, so Amarinth used its UAE facility to undertake the work.
Amarinth’s UAE facility was able to full the strip and assessment report inside five working days and suggest two refurbishment projects. The first involved a full rebuild, take a look at and guarantee of the first pump changing all of the titanium elements together with impeller, shaft, bearing brackets and mechanical seals. The work needed to be completed in simply eight weeks. Amarinth prioritised the ordering of the titanium elements and was able to have the components manufactured and shipped to the UAE to align with the rebuild schedule. The second project undertook the same work on the opposite two backup pumps to be completed on a 24-week schedule.
Oliver Brigginshaw, managing director of Amarinth, said: “Having provided the original pumps to ADNOC we have a wealth of experience in working with titanium parts. We are additionally happy with the growth of our native UAE facility for service and support and which enabled us to successfully expediate this particular refurbishment, benefiting both ADNOC and the native economic system.”
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