Industrial – Design
Thick Stock Pump Replacement
Project Description
- Replacement of a Thick Stock Pump with a Medium Consistency Stock Pump
Services Provided:
- Management of design team including electrical, instrumentation, and structural engineering consultants
- Prepare a Process and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID)
- Review existing process parameters and establish design criteria for sizing of a Medium Consistency (MC) stock pump
- Prepared a feasibility study which included:
- Prepared system curves for 10%, 12%, and 14% bone dry pulp stock consistencies
- Determined pump capacity at each stock consistency
- Estimated energy demand, and energy consumption at each stock consistency
- Class 4 capital cost estimate
- Prepared a class 3 capital cost estimate
- Preliminary sizing and material selection of piping and valves
- Preliminary bill of materials
- Preliminary drawings of the proposed installation
- Final sizing for an MC pump