Power generation in Northern California, with the exception of hydro and windmills, is achieved by steam turbines turning electric generators. With the exception of Calpines Geysers, power plants create steam by boiling water. The fuel that is burned to heat the water varies from methane gas at wastewater treatment plants, to rice hulls in cogeneration plants at the food processing plants. Other fuel sources are old tires, coal, and wood chips. However, the most common fuel is natural gas. Once the steam has passed through the turbine, the steam is cooled and condensed back into water where it is once again heated in the boiler and recycled back through the steam turbine.
Flowserve Pumps
Flowserve’s expertise in the pump industry dates back to the 18th century and the earliest use of steam pumping engines. Flowserve offers an extensive range of pumps, including ISO, API,ANSI, and more. These pumps have been pivotal in clean energy, greenhouse gas reduction,potable water supply efforts, as well as in the application of advanced production and process technologies. Flowserve has grown into a leading force in the global pump marketplace,providing users with significant safety and environmental benefits.
Flowserve Seals
Flowserve provides sealing solutions as a single resource for the improvement of end user rotating equipment operations to satisfy all mechanical seal applications. Flowserve’s seal division is the world’s premier provider of mechanical sealing solutions. Proper mechanical seal selection can reduce operating costs through increased sealing reliability and reduce maintenance costs. Flowserve also provides compression seals, bearing protection devices,and seal chamber auxiliary equipment for API and non-API applications.
Innomag
Innomag manufactures sealless, non-metallic, magnetically driven pumps. Their innovative TB-mag series revolutionized the non-metallic, mag-drive pumping industry as the first fully thrust-balanced pump with the ability to handle solids. No longer do you need perfectly clean liquids to use a mag-drive pump. When applied correctly, an Innomag pump can make a real difference for your environment, maintenance staff and operators alike.
Tranter Heat Exchangers
With over 65 years of experience, Tranter specializes in advanced gasket and welded plate heat exchangers and is widely recognized as an industry leader. Tranter’s extensive product range meets the most demanding industrial applications. The heat exchangers are designed for long-lasting performance, offering compact, efficient, and economical solutions. Tranter’s development team focuses on enhancing thermal-hydraulic performance, pressure capabilities,and materials science to advance heat technology.
Sundyne and Sunflo Pumps
Sundyne, is the world leader in delivering low-flow, high head integrally geared, high speed centrifugal pumps and compressors. It is also one of the few companies that design & manufacture both pumps and compressors. Sundyne’s equipment can be built to most standards, including ANSI, ISO and API, and the line of Sunflo products offers non-standard solutions for a range of general industrial applications.