Three rotary lobe pumps made by Borger are playing an important role detoxifying oil that has escaped into water at a decontamination plant used by fire services and disaster relief agencies.
The process involves all three pumps in three separate stages. First, a self-priming mobile Borger Feed pump takes in the contaminated medium and transfers it to the plant. This pump is enclosed in a Euro mesh pallet-sized frame and, with the benefit of a built-in frequency converter, is able to feed at controlled speeds.
After the mechanical separation of the oil and water, a second Borger Rotary Lobe pump transfers the separated, highly viscous oil into a tanker vehicle. Any separated water still containing oil is sent by a third, larger Borger pump back to the contaminated water for complete detoxification.
With the trio of Borger pumps, the decontamination plant can detoxify up to 160,000 litres of oil/water mixture in one hour.
