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Electric pumps are reciprocating rod, positive-displacement piston pumps powered by industrial-quality compressed air.

Apollo, Case Studies, Electric Pumps

Apollo Shallow Oil Pumper Improves Shallow Well Performance

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Challenge As production declined in a shallow oil well pumping at approximately 360 feet, an older jack pump became increasingly difficult to operate efficiently. Being a marginal producer, this aging system was performing too aggressively and exceeded what the low volume well could normally support. As a result, this excessive action disrupted the oil/water mixture […]

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Case Studies, DNAPL Recovery and LNAPL Recovery, Electric Pumps, Floating petrochemicals, V-2, Viscous Liquids

Surface Scum, Solved: Anchor Pump in Action

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Diagram of a vertical cylindrical device labeled from top to bottom with the following parts: Bypass Overflow Intake, Hydrophobic Element Skimmer Intake, Density Float, and Coiled Tube. The components, resembling those in a top-head drive pump, are connected in sequence, forming a long tube-like structure.
03
Jul

PISTON PUMPS REPLACE AIR LIFTS AT DEEP GASOLINE-SPILL PLUME TO RECOVER PRODUCT, NOT WATER

When a large gasoline spill in the Eastern U.S. produced a toxic plume 140 feet below surface, 11 popular-model air-lift pumps were installed in 4-inch-diameter wells to recover the product. But when the pumps brought up groundwater along with the product, the remediation engineer instead specified Blackhawk electric and pneumatic piston pumps.

The Blackhawks proved to be the only pumps that could reach the depth, pump the product without disturbing the formation (emulsification) and provide controlled drawdown and pump rates, according to the staff engineer for the environmental management and consulting engineering company contracted for the cleanup.

Piston pumps replace air lifts at deep gasoline-spill plume to recover product, not water when a large gasoline spill in the eastern u.S. produced a toxic plume.

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Case Studies, Electric Pumps, Solar Pumps

Apollo Solar Pump Runs Strong in Subzero Temps

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A solar-powered top-head drive pump in a grassy area under a blue sky with scattered clouds. The setup includes a solar panel mounted on a metal frame and connected via hoses and pipes to the pump system anchored in the ground.
03
Jul

More methane, lower risks

Abstract

As the number of landfill gas-collection systems has grown, suboptimal methane production is a significant financial issue for many operators under contract to provide gas. Unrelated but noteworthy is the threat posed to nearby groundwater from fugitive leachate and subsurface gas migration. A third issue is the cost of providing electrical and/or pneumatic power to new or closed landfill cells, particularly at remote sites.

The Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency (Agency), which serves Iowa’s second largest county, determined in 2011 that leachate was negatively impacting gas production. As an ameliorant, contracted engineers suggested reducing liquid levels in gas-collection wells using low-flow pumps and testing the viability of employing solar-powered pumping for efficiency and cost savings. The firm conducted a four-month test at a 30-acre cell at roughly 42º North latitude during the winter of 2011-2012.

As the number of landfill gas-collection systems has grown, suboptimal methane production is a significant financial issue for this farmer.

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Electric Pumps, News, Solar Pumps

Apollo Pump Now in Solar or AC

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A metal box labeled "Apollo" is attached to a pipe structure in a grassy field, seemingly part of a top-head drive pump system. An electrical control device is affixed to a pole nearby, connected by wires and an orange extension cord. The sky is clear with scattered clouds in the distance.
05
Apr

Simple & Reliable Top-Head Driver Outperforms With Choice of Power Sources

GLEN ELLYN, IL — Blackhawk Technology’s Apollo piston pumps – versatile and popular choices for landfill leachate, gas-well dewatering, condensate pump and low-flow remediation pumping – are now available with either solar-panel or AC-electric power configurations.

Both Apollo Solar and Apollo-AC pumps feature a rugged, low-draw 3/8 hp motor and simple linear-rod Scottish yoke mechanism with newly designed stuffing box and cartridge seals. As with all Blackhawk piston pumps, the driver motor, power and connections are mounted safely above the wellhead for easy installation and faster servicing at surface grade, cleanly away from the liquid being pumped.

Apollo piston pumps are versatile and popular choices for landfill leachate, gas-well dewatering, condensate pump and low-flow remediation pumping – are now available with either solar-panel or AC-electric power configurations.

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Electric pumps are reciprocating rod, positive-displacement piston pumps powered by industrial-quality compressed air.