A large pharmaceutical company was having issues with the hydraulic system on a critical piece of testing equipment. The customer was experiencing stiction issues with bearings. Their oil analysis revealed that they had varnish present within the oil. The MPC showed a...
oil quality & purification
Vacuum Dehydrators Clean Two Refinery Reservoirs
Recently, we were contacted by a customer in the refinery industry that was seeking a rental vacuum dehydrator to remove water from a 100-gallon reservoir. It was clear that time was of the essence. Upon this request, our team was able to quickly prepare and mobilize...
Filter cart cleans LNG compressor contamination
I received an inquiry from a utility company in the northwest. They operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility that provides gas to local transportation companies, including Alaska vessels, as well as residential and commercial customers with natural gas reserves...
Power Plant Purifies Oil-Water Emulsion
A power-generation company reached out to us with an urgent request for filtration equipment that could remove water from oil in one of their compressors that had 300 gallons of emulsified oil and water. I proceeded to converse with their plant maintenance and...
Water Ingression in Gas Turbine… No Problem for PFPUSA
A power company contacted us several months ago for help with a major water ingression issue in their gas turbine lube oil. At some points, the customer was draining up to 30 gallons of free water from a 3,300 gallon reservoir. The water ingression issue was caused by...
Custom, modular dehydration system for turbine lube oil conditioning
A power customer reached out for help with an oil quality problem. Their original Bowser turbine lube oil conditioning system was no longer functioning properly and was in need of replacement. After getting application details, we proposed a 20 GPM vacuum dehydrator...
The Fantastic Four – Petroleum Pipeline Pigging Project
I was recently asked by a petroleum logistics company if PFP could assist in a pipeline pigging project. They requested for us to provide an alternative solution to the use of traditional hydraulic fracturing tanks. While devising the specifications for the system, we...
12,000 gallons of Turbine Reservoir Oil filtered during 2-day outage
Here we are back again with some more notes from the industrial filtration field... This time a power generation facility in central Pennsylvania needed their turbine reservoir oil cleaned during a scheduled outage. Approximately 12,000 gallons of oil need to be...
Power-Gen Purges Particulate from Turbine Oil
We recently found out about a power generation company on the East Coast that needed a temporary filtration system to remove water and particulate contamination from turbine oil. They were actually planning an outage 1 month later, so we were able to meet their needs...
New Product: Bulk-Storage Platform Filter Cart
On behalf of the engineering department at PFP, I would like to share with you one of our latest fabrications, the BSPC, or Bulk Storage Platform Cart. As you can appreciate from the photo, this unit is a platform-mounted filter cart with a built-in reservoir. The...
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