Sundyne Pumps

Kerry Kramlich
Compressor Engineering Manager
July 2014

Sundyne Pumps

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

How It All Started...

In the late 1950s Boeing approached Sundstrand Aerospace
with a unique pump application
Water Injection Pump for Boeing 707 to increase thrust during take off
Required to run dry during flight
100 GPM/23 M3/hr, 1100 Ft/330 M

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

The First Sundstrand

High - Speed Pump
German engineer U.M. Barske had an unconventional
pump
Suited for low specific speed
Straight radial blades

Concentric bowl around the impeller

Single point emission: termed Diffuser Pump

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Boeing 707 Water Injection Pump

made by Sundstrand Aerospace

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

From Aerospace
to Industrial

First Sundyne pump sold in 1963

First Sundyne compressor sold in 1965

LMV-2
Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Where do we fall in?

Pumps
Positive Displacement

Centrifugal

Reciprocating

Axial

Screw

Mixed Flow

Sliding Vane
Rotary Lobe

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Sundyne Gearboxes

Gearbox Code: 1

Gearbox Code: 2

Gearbox Code: 3

Gearbox Code: 4

Nominal Power:
200 hp

Nominal Power:
50 hp

Nominal Power:
250 / 400 hp

Nominal Power:
400 hp

Notes:

Notes:

Notes:

Notes:
a.k.a. the Phoenix
Gearbox

LMV-3XX
Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Sundyne Pump Cases

Case Code: 1

Case Code: 2

Case Code: 3

Case Code: 6

Case Code: 8

Size: 3x 2

Size: 3x 2

Size: 6x 4

Size: 3x 2

Size: 4x 3

Flange Rating:
600,900#

Flange Rating:
600#

Typ. Flange
Rating:
600#

Flange Rating:
300,600,900,
1500#

Typ. Flange
Rating:
600#

Notes: Separable
Diffuser

Notes:
Typically used in
the LMV-322

Notes:
Used for High
Flow Pumps

Notes:
High Pressure

Notes:
Used with BMP

LMV-XXX
Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Modular Design - Gearboxes

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Modular Design - Hydraulics

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Sundyne Features & Benefits

Feature

Benefit

Large Impeller
Clearances

Robust tolerant
to process upsets

0.035

Ease of
maintenance (no
shims required)
Able to pump
soft slurries

Can be protected
by suction screen
Modular Design

Custom
hydraulics sizing
for every pump
sold
Ability to re-rate
hydraulics
Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

0.035

Head vs. Pressure

Head (H) is the amount of energy in the fluid measured in

units of height
Pressure (P) is force / unit area
H = P x 2.31/S.G.
Pump and compressor performance are defined in units of
HEAD, not PRESSURE

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Head vs. Pressure

Diesel Fuel

Water

Sulfuric Acid

1000 ft

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

This is an example of Head

Head vs. Pressure

Diesel Fuel

Water

SG = 0.8

350
psi

Sulfuric Acid

SG = 1.0

430
psi
Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

SG = 1.8

780
psi

1000 ft

Low Flow - High Head

Reciprocating
Pumps

Multistage
Barrel
Pumps
Typical Single
Stage Overhung
Pump

Sundyne
Pumps

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Sundyne Pump Hydraulic

Envelopes

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Low Flow - High Head

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Source: Karassik, Igor J.; Messina, Joseph P.; Cooper, Paul; Heald,
Charles C. (2001). Pump Handbook (3rd Edition).. McGraw-Hill.

Pump Specific Speed

Dimensionless used to select the impeller geometry for

maximum efficiency

Ns Between 200 and 1000 = BARSKE

Ns Between 1000 and 5000 = Conventional Impeller
Ns Between 5000 and 15000 = Axial Flow Pump (Inducer)

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Conventional vs. Barske

Example:
> Head: 1000 ft
> Flow: 100 GPM

Barske Hydraulics
14,000 rpm
Impeller Diameter: 3.5
Height of impeller exit 0.49

Conventional Hydraulics
3,600 rpm
Impeller Diameter: 17.5
Height of impeller exit 0.117

At 17.5, the Francis Wheel is 5 times

the diameter of the Barske Wheel
think of the material costs!

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

For Example

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Source: Karassik, Igor J.; Messina, Joseph P.; Cooper, Paul; Heald,
Charles C. (2001). Pump Handbook (3rd Edition).. McGraw-Hill.

Specific Speed vs. Efficiency

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Source:Stepanoff, Alexey J. (1957). Centrifugal and Axial Flow

Pumps (2nd Edition). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Benefit of Low Ns Design

Process conditions: 100 gpm @ 600 ft. head
_
22.71 m3/hr @ 182.9 meters
Typical Francis impeller performance
Typical Barske, open radial blade impeller

NS
393
599

Pump
Speed
3560
7200

Efficiency

BHP / kW

36%
*52%

42 / 31
*29 / 21.6

* Result of optimized NS; increased hydraulic efficiency, lower BHP / kW

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Pressure-Velocity Machine
A centrifugal pump is a PRESSURE-VELOCITY MACHINE
A pump changes a system pressure by changing the velocity
of the fluid

1
Po p 2 gZ
2
Po total _ pressure
v velocity

density
Z heigth

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Pressure-Velocity Machine

Velocity

Pressure

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Centrifugal Pump Curve

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Source:Stepanoff, Alexey J. (1957). Centrifugal and Axial Flow

Pumps (2nd Edition). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Shock Losses
Design Flow

Separation

Reducing Flow
Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Recirculation

Nomenclature Of Sundyne Pumps

Mechanical
Seal(s)
Diffuser
Cover

Impeller
Inducer
Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Diffuser

Z- Series 24 Blade Impeller

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Concentric Bowl Series

Single Point
Emission Diffuser

8-Blade
Impeller

Concentric
Annulus

Bottom View
Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Engineering BEP
1

Speed
2

Impeller Diameter

Inducer
Series
5
Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Inlet
Diameter

Blade Height and

Throat Diameter

Inducers

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

General CFD Uses

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

Sundyne OH pumps in API

610

LMV 8XX w/
Bearing Box

LMV 8XX
LMV 3XX

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

GEN5 GEARBOX
FEATURES
1. API-610 L10 life compliant anti-friction bearings
2. Idler shaft supported by spherical roller bearings
3. Helical upper gear mesh
4. Bolt-in uni-directional lube pump (hydrodynamic
bearing selection limited)
5. No aux lube pump necessary under 450-psig
suction pressure
6. New output seal
7. New desiccant breather
8. Standard splined impeller connection
WET-END REQUIREMENTS
NONE Standard 31X/33X parts

HYDRAULIC

Concentric
Bowl

Z-Series

Dual Throat

INPUT

50-HZ

60-HZ

50-HZ

60-HZ

> 13K

< 13K

MAX HP

182

182

200

230

245

275

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

IDLER SHAFT SPHERICAL BEARINGS

Meets API-610 Life Requirements
25,000-HRS life at rated HP
16,000-HRS life at max HP

Oil galley-ways pressure feed bearing outside diameter annulus;

bearing internal roller elements receive pressurized and equal
distribution of oil Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

IDLER SHAFT

Hydrodynamic bearings replaced with spherical bearings

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

BOLT-IN LUBE PUMP

NEW PROTOTYPE PUMP

Pump bolts to bearing plate
Internal reversing (bi-directional pumping) capability
Use limited by hydrodynamic bearing selection

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

31X UPGRADE KIT

Upgrade kit designed to increase the reliability and robustness of the 31X gearbox
FEATURES
1) New output seal
2) New desiccant breather
3) Modified bearing plate to accept lube pump rotation modification
4) Lube pump plate
5) API compliant input shaft and idler shaft bearings

OUTPUT SEAL

BREATHER

BREARING PLATE

LUBE PUMP PLATE

BEARINGS

25-007

Available as field retrofit-able kit

Available as option for exchange units
Offered on new 31X units as standard equipment (in discussion TBD)

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL

PU01AB05 LUBE PUMP PLATE

Eliminates bearing plate rotation pin
Drive plate provides larger contact
area to minimize stress

Sundyne - CONFIDENTIAL