Cartridge on test installed in the temporary low pressure barrel.

The generation of power stations built in the United Kingdom 40 years ago are now all operated by private companies. Originally designed for continuous operation, modern conditions require that the stations are routinely run at part load and brought on and off load in a 2-shift operation. This places heavy demands on the feed pump and may reduce its reliability. Sulzer Pumps undertook a major retrofit of the boiler feed pumps at the Radcliffe-on-Soar power station to upgrade them to a design suitable for this new mode of operation.

Sulzer Technical Review, Issue 01/2009
Author(s): Brian Germaine
Division: Sulzer Pumps (UK) Ltd.

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