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Centrifugal Pumps Design and Application 2nd ed - Val S. Lobanoff, Robert R. Ross (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992)

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Chemical <strong>Pumps</strong> Metallic <strong>and</strong> Nonmetallic 327<br />

Sodium Chlorite—Na CIO 3<br />

This is us<strong>ed</strong> for bleaches, herbacides, explosives, <strong>and</strong> rocket fuels.<br />

<strong>Pumps</strong> can be in 316 or nonmetallic.<br />

Pulp <strong>and</strong> Paper<br />

Sulfite process: usually acids <strong>and</strong> bleaches. Sulfate (which is Kraft) is<br />

us<strong>ed</strong> in making strong cardboard containers <strong>and</strong> wrappings. Usually use<br />

titanium or vinyl ester pumps.<br />

Metal Finishing<br />

Electronic plating, cleanings such as oil, rust, <strong>and</strong> scale. Usually use<br />

ductile iron pumps. Plating usually use nonmetallic pumps to prevent<br />

stray currents. Waste treating of the vent plating baths are usually 316 or<br />

eonmetallic pumps.<br />

Carbon Steel Pickling<br />

Sulfuric acid was replac<strong>ed</strong> by hydrochloric acid to give a better finish.<br />

Use 316, alloy 20, or nonmetallic pumps.<br />

Stainless Steel Pickling<br />

Nitric hydrofluoric acid solutions process is not suitable for nonmetallic<br />

pump application.<br />

Oesalinization <strong>and</strong> Water Purification<br />

Desalinization <strong>and</strong> water purification are done through distillation or<br />

reverse osmosis. Usually a simple plant us<strong>ed</strong> for marine or power plants<br />

is us<strong>ed</strong> for distillation. The size of the plant can be scal<strong>ed</strong> up or down. It<br />

can tolerate a wide latitude of fe<strong>ed</strong>er water quality, but requires high temperatures<br />

<strong>and</strong> results in more corrosion <strong>and</strong> more maintenance. It is usually<br />

only efficient using low pressure steam. The temperature is from<br />

70° to 250°F with a vacuum as low as 25 inches of mercury. The pumps<br />

are usually 316 or alloy 20.<br />

The reverse osmosis process using a membrane is simple, compact,<br />

more efficient, <strong>and</strong> uses ambient temperature. The membranes are sensitive<br />

to metal pick ups. It can purify dirty well water, brackish water with<br />

200 to 600 psi. If it is us<strong>ed</strong> for desalinization of salt water, the pressures<br />

are from 800 to 1000 psi. Miscellaneous pumps can either be 316 or nonmetallic.

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