Industrial Pumps Blog

The three key metrics for measuring power plant operations are Uptime, Availability and Reliability.

Power plant engineers and operators need to rely on pumping systems to ensure all three metrics are maximized in order to meet contractual power supply standards as well as operate profitably.  Mission critical applications must be designed and maintained to the highest possible standards as the contractual penalties as well as lost revenues created by downtime or impeded power production can and will be fatal to the operator.

Operators and engineers must ensure they are supported by a supply partner with deep application experience and a wide range of high efficiency pumps and fluid control systems as well as the hands-on knowledge that comes only from operating an extensive network of installations in a variety of challenging environments.

Many installations and processes employ a range of skill sets with considerable cross-fertilization of knowledge gained from handling different power plant types – fossil fuels, diesel and oil, hydro and nuclear facilities.  In addition, techniques and skills employed in moving one type of fluid can be used to help in delivering results in other circumstances – you need a solutions partner with experience and skills in fluid control with crude oil, distillate oil, kerosene, bio-diesel, residual oil and NAPTHA.

Experience is also needed in delivering solutions and equipment for power generation systems for the Balance of Plant and ancillary power generation equipment used in water removal and water-oil separation.  In addition, there are ancillary pumping operations and applications which require the ability to deliver lubrication, fuel oil injection, water purging and fuel oil forwarding and transfer as part of an integrated and holistic approach to power plant management.

By combining the experience, skills and broad product range from a solutions partner, power plant operators can ensure maximization of plant availability, uptime and reliability.