When the discharge length needs to be increased, a stand alone booster pump/booster station can be added in the discharge line. This will ensure the productivity over the total required discharge length. RELONG Booster pumps/ booster stations can be used when pumping beyond the maximum discharge distance of the dredging pump is required. With multiple booster pumps/booster stations in the discharge pipeline the material can be dredged miles away!
Booster pumps/booster stations can be used with trailing suction hopper dredgers and cutter suction dredgers. Sometimes multiple pumps are used along the discharge pipeline, providing additional power to the discharge pumping system of these dredgers. The dredger and booster pumps/boosters stations together can then reach long distances.
Booster pumps/booster stations may be based on land or on a floating platform and may be almost as powerful as the dredger they are supplementing. Occasionally, they are placed on the deck of a vessel but usually they are attached to the floating pipeline along its way from ship to shore.
Adding extra pumping power can significantly help to improve production levels when pumping over longer distances. This can be achieved by using a booster pump/booster station: a separate additional pump placed along the discharge line.
- Booster pumps/booster stations significantly improve production over longer pumping distances and can be delivered for smaller standard dredgers, as well as larger custom-built vessels.
- Booster pumps/booster stations contain pumps which give a ‘boost’ to the dredger’s pumps making it possible to transport dredged material over longer distances.
When choosing a booster station, selecting the right combination of engine and pump is essential. Our technical knowledge and field experience ensures that the functionality of your booster is guaranteed. Features include:
- High efficiency dredge pump
- Process monitoring and automation
- Remote control from dredger possible
- From standard to fully custom-built designs
- Interfaces with other equipment
- Balanced and rigid design
- Identical spare parts for dredger and booster
- Harbors
- Rivers
- Canals
- Restricted areas
- Sewage/power plants
- Emptying foundation piles