Assembly of 71APM VCT Vertical Circulating Water Pump

In 2013, the Flowserve operation in Coslada, Spain, assembled one of the largest vertical circulating pumps in that location's history. This time lapse video follows its assembly.

Destined for one of the largest supercritical power plants in Southeast Asia, this vertical mixed flow pump features a 2.7 m (106 in) diameter column and is 21.5 m (70.5 ft) long. It is rated for flows up to 66 000 m3/h (290 585 gpm). At run-out flow it can fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool in less than 3 minutes. To learn more about the VCT and other products Flowserve makes for power generation, please visit http://flowserve.com/Industries/Power...

This video also shows the Coslada operation's newly expanded test loop. Now able to test flows up to 90 000 m3/h (400 000 gpm), it is one of the largest and most versatile open test benches in the world.