KSB secures contract to supply 8 pumps for Babelan power plant
Thursday, November 21 2013 - 11:19 AM WIB
Germany's KSB Aktiengesellschaft said it will supply eight boiler feed pumps for the new power plant in Babelan, Indonesia, in September 2014.
The company said in a statement released on Thursday that the 270 MW oil-fired power plant is being built by a Finnish corporate group approximately 20 kilometers east of Jakarta.
The order is for the supply of eight boiler feed pumps of which six will be driven by fixed speed 6,000 V electric motors with a 2,260 kW drive rating.
To adjust the speed to the varying pump output required, the pump sets have been designed with a turbo coupling between pump and motor.
The flow rate of each unit will be around 270 cubic meters per hour. The designed head is approximately 1,960 meters and the temperature of the fluid handled 160 degrees Celsius.
The impellers of the 11-stage pumps are made of stainless steel. The total weight of each unit consisting of a pump, coupling and motor is in the region of 25 tons.
Editing by Dadan Wijaksana