WD News: A government agency in the UK that tried three different types of pumps to combat oil-based contamination in the fight against sea pollution, finally found the answer with a mobile rotary lobe pump.
Searching for a solids-resistant mobile pump, which could also be used in clean-up operations as a transfer pump for discharging portable tanks or other collection tanks, the agency earlier tried hose pumps, double diaphragm pumps and progressive cavity screw pumps.
For this particular purpose, the hose pump had persistent issues with excess wear and damage to the hose unit. The double diaphragm pump had constant faults in the ball valves. And the design of progressive cavity screw pump wasn’t suitable for mobile use.
However, in addition to its compact and space-saving design, the mobile Börger rotary lobe pump (30-150 m³/h) has proved resistant to the solids in the sea-water/oil-sand mixture, consistently pumping without any problems.
Source & image courtesy: Börger
