Leopharma adjustment of the pump.

In 2018, Copenhagen Pump was contacted in connection with the commissioning of a newly built cooling section.

At start-up, the entire system made a dangerous noise and shook dangerously and had to be shut down immediately. Neither the consultant, pump manufacturer or plant builder could immediately solve the challenge. In collaboration with the plant owner, we agreed to deliver a day project. We reviewed the system on site and determined the location of components, building codes and the resulting pumping conditions. We hydraulically recalculated the system and set the pump to best operating point (BEP).

Our day project was completed with a report that provided the necessary recommendations and calculations for safe operation.

Our delivery was purely consultancy, ensuring that the existing technical choices could be retained with few necessary adjustments.

We are very pleased that we were able to help the customer through a very critical phase in their project. The measures that had previously been proposed and approved changed would have been unnecessary and costly. The customer's subsequent feedback was that we had saved them "a lot" of money.

General recommendation for installing pumps:

Notes:

Pumps should always be installed with the option to monitor the pressure locally at the pump. If necessary, with pump protection against dry running and operation against a closed shut-off valve. Centrifugal pumps generally cannot tolerate unloaded operation and must always be set to BEP (best operating point) during commissioning. For energy and service reasons, it is often a good idea to install pumps with a frequency converter.

Please contact us for a dialog about your installation and start-up.