Tank Cleaning Applications

An ongoing issue FPSO owner/operators experience is that the vessels need to be in dry dock for a number of days for tank sludge removal and cleaning, the traditional cleaning methods are high cost due to time intensive manual labour and operational downtime. Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE) are seeking to reduce cost and increase the efficiency of their ongoing tank cleaning requirements.

SupaVac solids pumps were trialed as an alternative method , an onsite demonstration of the SV110-V solids pump unit was conducted at the MMHE facility, with very impressive results.

The SV pump was able to efficiently suction all of the sludge and simultaneously discharge waste through a 30m vertical hosing, significantly reducing downtime, manpower and minimising associated OH&S risks .

Following this demonstration, a contract was awarded to SupaVac distributor, ZAR Lynx for the task of de-sludging and cleaning FPSO vessel storage tanks for MHHE.

ZAR Lynx was able to efficiently clean two vessel tanks the same size in significantly reduced time frame using the SV110-V, and only half the manpower as previously required .

The SV250V Solids Mining Slimes Pump is designed to transfer an extremely wide array of heavy sludges via 100 mm (4″) suction and discharge lines. The SV250V Pump has the ability to operate with various SV Jet Packs ranging from 150 (71 L/sec) to 750 cfm (354 L/sec). The SV250V Pump is a vacuum loading pressure discharge batch system that can recover flowing slurries from up to 50 metres (164 ft) and deliver the same up to 1000 metres (1640 ft) whilst remaining a one person or fully automatic operation. The SV250V Pump can transfer in excess of 60 m3/hr (264USGPM) @ SG1.0 single pump operation & double with Synchronized/Dual pump operation.