[Digestion] Use of centrifugal pump for transferring feedstock into digester

[Paul Harris]

G'day All,

We used a centrifugal slurry pump with chopper blades to pump from a 
collection sump into a 6 m3 digester with only occasional blockage 
problems (Rats eyes bulge when they get sucked into the pump and coke 
cans do not chop up properly!).

Happy digesting,

HOOROO
Mr Paul Harris
Visitor to The University of Adelaide

On 15/11/2013 5:46 PM, Anand Karve wrote:
> Dear list
> I have come across three instances of failure of biogas plants, where 
> the operators used a centrifugal pump for transferring pulpled 
> feedstock into the digester. Could it be due to air getting mixed with 
> the feedstock in the process?
> Yours
> A.D.Karve
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> Dr. A.D. Karve
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