Auxiliaries & Components

While canned motor pumps are suitable for high-pressure ammonia applications, magnetically coupled pumps are typically deployed for higher flow, lower pressure services.

Sealless ammonia pumps ensure safety for nearby personnel by containing leakage and managing the fuel’s inherent toxicity, flammability, and pungent odor.

Facing rising demand, decarbonization targets, and supply chain volatility, John Crane’s Nico Schmaeling urged turbomachinery professionals at the 2025 Turbomachinery & Pump Symposium to address the energy trilemma—security, affordability, and sustainability—through smarter design, efficiency upgrades, and cross-industry collaboration.

Once operational, the project will capture up to 800,000 tons of CO2 per year for permanent sequestration beneath the North Sea via the Northern Lights facility.

The company’s gas turbine and refrigerant compressor technology supports an additional 6 MTPA of LNG capacity and lower emissions at the Texas-based facility.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of September 8, 2025, covers news from GE Vernova, Mitsubishi Power, Rolls-Royce, and NextDecade.

A major ethane transmission company installed the Type 8628VL seals on inconsistent pump equipment, achieving non-contact performance, low leakage, and zero failures.

With the new Flex selective catalytic reduction system, ship operators may reduce their physical footprint by up to 42% and cut NOx by 75% compared to IMO II limits.

The new gas turbines, steam turbines, and auxiliary equipment will increase power generation capacity to meet rising industrial and residential electricity demand.

The international consortium partners are progressing on the engine demonstrator, technologies for additive manufacturing, cooling systems, and high-pressure compressor design.

Following Mitsubishi’s large-frame turbine deliveries, the O Mon 4 power plant will raise Petrovietnam’s total installed capacity to over 9,300 MW.

The life-extension project will add up to 30 MW of additional power, with 1.8% efficiency gains, a 5% reduction in CO2 emissions, and improved grid stability.

In addition to five centrifugal compressor trains, the supply includes dynamic process simulations and a digital twin with virtual sensors for the integrally geared compressors.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of September 1, 2025, covers news from Baker Hughes, Doosan Enerbility, Doosan Škoda Power, and Rolls-Royce.

The company will execute reconstruction while six installed machines, boilers, and other equipment remain in full operation, presenting a challenge that requires extensive coordination.

The Military University of Technology in Warsaw, Poland, will use GE Aerospace’s course material and training to support F110-GE-129E engine maintenance.

Building out the Dangjin LNG storage tank infrastructure aligns with South Korea’s plan to improve domestic LNG supplies and may be completed by December 2029.

Turbine Services Ltd. allows EthosEnergy to shorten component lead times, while the Operations & Maintenance division’s success is credited to reliability and consistency.

The regasification facility will strengthen natural gas supplies across southern Taiwan, using seawater to heat cryogenic LNG into a gaseous state for pipeline transportation.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of August 25, 2025, covers news from Baker Hughes, ACWA Power, ConocoPhillips, Essential Utilities, and GE Vernova.

The Sorel-Tracy facility performs advanced turbine production, with the new investment including 20% more space and new component-manufacturing equipment.

Four Aurora-class pure car/truck carriers will use ammonia-fired engines to achieve zero-carbon, sustainable, and environmentally friendly deep-sea transportation.

The 175D engines will power fast patrol vessels with waterjet propulsion systems, executing coastal surveillance, search-and-rescue, military missions, and more.

Previously, the company supplied critical power and compression systems for bp’s Tangguh LNG plant in Papua Barat, Indonesia.

According to the CEO, EthosEnergy addresses long gas turbine-lead times and increasing power demand through maintenance, repair, overhaul, and lifecycle extension.