Booster Pump Station

General Description

In order to discharge the dredging medium to a further distance, multiple mud pumps can be connected in series to the discharge pipeline to achieve this goal. Each additional booster unit is called a booster pump station, which is composed of a series of equipment such as a power unit, dredging pump, control system, communication system, and auxiliary equipment.

There are two connection modes between booster pump station and dredger:

1. Direct series connection method

The direct series method is to directly connect the suction dredger with the relay pump. Under this condition, the start-up of the pump station shall lag behind the connected dredger to ensure that the mud in the pipeline is washed clean. This connection method has high requirements for the performance of the dredging pump of the pump station and the dredger, and they need to have the communication function to ensure the synchronous coordination ability of the two.

2. Intermediate station pool sludge storage method

The intermediate station pool storage method is to set a temporary sludge storage pool between the dredger and the relay pump station. The dredger and the relay pump station work separately without interference with each other. This is more commonly used.

Generally speaking, the relay pump station does not need the cutter suction function of cutter suction dredger, so the structure of relay pump station is simpler and can realize the purpose of long-distance mud transportation for customers with lower construction cost.

Main Features

1. The dredging pump specifications of the booster pump station are generally required to be consistent with the dredging pump of the dredging host.
2. The driving method of the dredging pump can be diesel engine driven or electric motor driven.
3. The operation of the dredging pump needs to be coordinated with the dredging host to achieve continuity in the dredging operation.