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    Cargo Oil Vac Stripping

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    Centrifugal cargo pumps are commonly used to transfer large volumes of liquid at high rates but cannot handle mixtures of oil and vapors. Traditionally, reciprocating stripping pumps were used to create a partial vacuum and lift liquid below the suction pipe, while eductors also helped strip remaining cargo. As an alternative, an air pump using the air ring principle can maintain positive suction for the main cargo pump to prevent losing suction as the oil level drops. Vacuum is regulated to maximize stripping rate, and a thermostatic sensor protects the cargo pump from damage if run with insufficient throughput on an empty tank.

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    Cargo Oil Vac Stripping

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    Centrifugal cargo pumps are commonly used to transfer large volumes of liquid at high rates but cannot handle mixtures of oil and vapors. Traditionally, reciprocating stripping pumps were used to create a partial vacuum and lift liquid below the suction pipe, while eductors also helped strip remaining cargo. As an alternative, an air pump using the air ring principle can maintain positive suction for the main cargo pump to prevent losing suction as the oil level drops. Vacuum is regulated to maximize stripping rate, and a thermostatic sensor protects the cargo pump from damage if run with insufficient throughput on an empty tank.

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    Centrifugal cargo pumps are commonly used to transfer large volumes of liquid at high rates but cannot handle mixtures of oil and vapors. Traditionally, reciprocating stripping pumps were used to create a partial vacuum and lift liquid below the suction pipe, while eductors also helped strip remaining cargo. As an alternative, an air pump using the air ring principle can maintain positive suction for the main cargo pump to prevent losing suction as the oil level drops. Vacuum is regulated to maximize stripping rate, and a thermostatic sensor protects the cargo pump from damage if run with insufficient throughput on an empty tank.

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    Cargo Oil Vac Stripping

    Uploaded by

    iboshman
    Centrifugal cargo pumps are commonly used to transfer large volumes of liquid at high rates but cannot handle mixtures of oil and vapors. Traditionally, reciprocating stripping pumps were used to create a partial vacuum and lift liquid below the suction pipe, while eductors also helped strip remaining cargo. As an alternative, an air pump using the air ring principle can maintain positive suction for the main cargo pump to prevent losing suction as the oil level drops. Vacuum is regulated to maximize stripping rate, and a thermostatic sensor protects the cargo pump from damage if run with insufficient throughput on an empty tank.

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    Cargo Oil Vacuum Stripping System

    Centrifugal cargo pumpsare suited to large capacity liquid transfer at rates commonly up to 5,000 m3/hr on a VLCC. A
    centrifugal pump is unable to deal with mixtures of oil and vapours. Traditionally such problems were overcome by the use
    of reciprocating pumps (stripping pumps) which can cause a partial vacuum on the suction side and ‘ lift’liquid from below
    the level of the suction pipework. Such pumps did not need to be flooded as centrifugal pumps do. Eductors were also used to
    strip the remainder of the cargo after the bulk of a tank contents had been discharged by the main cargo pumps.

    As an alternative to the stripping pump or eductor, an air pump, frequently operating on the air ring principle, can be used to
    maintain a positive suction head above the impeller of the main cargo pump and thus avoid the problem of losing suction
    when the level of the oil in the cargo tank drops below the level of the pump suction pipe.

    If the oil level within the separator rises when a partial vacuum is created the vacuum retaining valve is stopped and the cargo
    pump discharge valve is progressively opened to maintain the maximum stripping rate.

    To prevent the cargo pump being run with an inadequate throughput when the tank has been emptied, which could cause
    pump damage (shaft seal etc), a thermostatic sensor will detect the abnormal rise in temperature and shut down the pump.

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