Newsletter

PSS Pump Saves 1 MUSD

This past month, PSS commissioned our first drop in pump – a split case double suction BB1 pump. This was a brilliant success with calculated power savings of about 1 MUSD per year.  The drop-in bare...

PSS Overhauls 4 Ebara Compressors

PSS recently overhauled 4 Ebara centrifugal compressors at a major gas processing plant in Thailand. The scope of work included the replacement of the John Crane dry gas seals, couplings, axial and...

PSS Converts Japanese Pump

A major water utility in Thailand recently awarded a drop-in pump replacement order to PSS. The original pump, a split case BB1 originally manufactured by a major Japanese OEM, suffered a catastrophic...

PSS Upgrades Burkhardt Lube Oil Skid

An air products company in Thailand was having reliability issues on their hydrogen process Burkhardt reciprocating compressor due to bearing failures after 2000 hours. The compressor used a splash...

PSS Tackles Coppus Turbine Catastrophe

A major refinery in Thailand had a catastrophic failure on their Dresser Rand Coppus steam turbine RLHB19. The turbine was equipped with an electronic overspeed protection system which was severely...

PSS Uses Faro for Stripper Pump RCA

A major refinery in Thailand was having problems operating their Shin Nippon stripper pumps. These are low specific speed single stage OH2 pumps. For this particular process, the customer operates 2...

PSS Solves Flowserve Bad Actor Seal

      A synthetic rubber manufacturer was having constant seal leakage problems with their SBR agitator seal for the past 5 years. The Flowserve BRO double seal would leak instantly on the outboard...

Enecon Tank Seal Solution Passes 5 Year Milestone

A petrochemical plant in Rayong was facing major problems on their storage tanks with corroded annular plates and resulting damaged concrete base. The corrosion was externally created by environmental...