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API Oil & Natural Gas Pump Testing Standards

Goulds Pumps

Many factors go into pump testing including safety, cost, lead times, customer production and efficiency across the testing and delivery cycle Summary The latest edition of API Standard 610 has clarified industry guidelines for pump testing, but new customers still often over-specify testing for new pumps. By understanding the nature of pump test results, the...

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Current Capabilities of Pump Monitoring

pump monitoring

Reducing energy and improving reliability are the main drivers for intelligent pump systems, which can now use automated monitoring on all types of rotating equipment. Need for Pump Monitoring With rising energy costs, manufacturing plants are increasing their focus on the amount of energy spent on rotating equipment. Improperly sized or poorly performing pumps are...

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R.F. MacDonald Co. Now Offers Commercial Pumps

Commercial Pumps

R.F. MacDonald Co. enters the commercial industry with Taco commercial pumps, which are compatible to CB's commercial boilers. Taco system solutions offer comprehensive, convenient, single-source answers to any HVAC application. Based on the highest industry standards and built with Taco’s extensive experience, a Taco hydronic solution assures seamless integration and efficient operation. As with all...

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R.F. MacDonald Co. Assists Data Networking Campus with Boiler Upgrade

Cleaver Brooks Boiler Skid

A data networking campus replaced 18 of its low-efficiency boilers with high-efficiency CFC-E boilers to meet BAAQMD emissions requirements. CAMPUS Silicon Valley ClearFire-CE Boiler Skid Project • 19 boilers • 8 skids • 7 buildings CUSTOM SKID DESIGN The R.F. MacDonald Co. boiler sales and engineering team supplied 17 hydronic and 2 domestic hot water...

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Forced-Circulation Steam Generators – Oil Applications

Steam Generators

Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage, better known as SAGD, is considered to be the most viable and environmentally safe recovery technology for extracting heavy oil. The process, which has been utilized for more than a decade, uses an advanced form of steam stimulation to extract oil from a pair of horizontal wells drilled into a reservoir. In...

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