Pump and Abrasion Technologies® (PAT) unveiled its new CURVE™ range of pumps in September 2016. A prominent South African ferrochrome processing plant was among the first companies to adopt this new ...

Mining companies continue to look for ways to maximize efficiency, control costs, and maintain stable production, even as ore characteristics and operating […] ...

Boiler feed pumps (BFPs) play a major role in the capacity and heat rate of a power-generating unit. As such, they merit routine performance testing to assess their condition and trend deficiencies to ...

There is an old adage that you can’t manage or justify what you can’t measure. That’s especially true for equipment installed to save energy. • In many cases, energy savings alone may not be ...

Based on a presentation to the 57th Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Lubbock, Tex., Apr. 26-29, 2010. As shown with a nodal analysis, the use of wellhead chokes on electrical submersible-pumped ...

When new processes are undertaken, often small scale innovative equipment is designed and produced to establish proof of concept for theories or limits to be checked before the full scale plant is ...