Gardner Denver Nash Recognized for Exceptional Service

and Delivery of CDU/VDU Hybrid Vacuum System

Continuing Gardner Denver Nash’s drive towards “Orders improvement over the refinery’s existing legacy design.
Without Borders”, the Nash team in India secured a The 3rd stage ejectors were replaced with NASH 2BE1 353
complex project order with one of India’s largest refinery liquid ring vacuum pump packages. In total, the CDU/VDU
operators, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). system consisted of three 3-stage packages, each with
The project, which included engineering, sourcing, two ejectors and one liquid ring vacuum pump package.
delivering, erecting, and commissioning of a Hybrid Liquid
Considered a hybrid vacuum system, the combination
Ring Vacuum Pump and Ejector System, was a part of
of steam ejector and liquid ring vacuum pump can be
the Mumbai refinery’s DHT Project. The extraordinary
optimized based on a customer’s needs, offering unique
work by the Nash team was recognized by BPCL this past
performance and efficiency benefits. In this instance, Nash’s
November when the refinery presented the Nash with the
Hybrid CDU/VDU solution offered BPCL a 27% reduction
“Best On-Time Supplies for a Project” award.
over the existing system’s steam consumption, a 50%
BPCL is a public-sector oil and gas company based in
increase over the capabilities competing systems offered.
India. BPCL operates four refineries, providing a total
refining capacity of 32.15 MMTPA (million metric tonnes
per annum), which contributes to more than 15% of India’s
total refining capacity.

The new Hybrid Liquid Ring Vacuum Pump and Ejector

System provides a number of benefits, such as:
• 27% Steam Consumption Reduction
• 50% Capability Increase Over Competing Systems
• Significant Cost Savings

THE PROJECT

BPCL sought to revamp the existing CDU/VDU (Crude

Distillation Unit / Vapor Distillation Unit) at their Mumbai
refinery in order to improve efficiency, comply with
environmental regulations, and reduce operating costs.
Comprised of three 3-stage, all ejector vacuum systems,
the existing design was unable to meet BPCL’s project
goals of optimizing and reducing steam consumption in
the 2nd and 3rd stage ejectors.

After considering BPCL’s requirements and project

goals, the Nash team proposed replacing the 2nd stage CAD Representation
ejectors with NASH ENER-JET steam ejectors. Recently of the 3-stage system proposed by Nash.
redesigned, the ENER-JET ejectors offer efficiency

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A COMPLEX PROJECT WITH TIGHT DEADLINES
Project selection was only one part of the challenge for
the Nash team. Crude distillation and vapor recovery are
essential functions in an oil refinery. To avoid downtime or
a partial system shut down, which would impact capacity,
BPCL wanted to complete the CDU/VDU project during
the planned refinery shut down period (March 2017). This
provided the team with a short 5 month delivery period, and
a requirement to complete installation and commissioning
during the 21-day refinery shut down.
Working across departments and countries, the Nash team
successfully completed the engineering, sourcing, package
building, testing (utilizing BPCL’s testing specifications),
and shipped the material within the agreed on 5-month
period. This was all possible thanks to a concentrated effort
by Gardner Denver Nash team members in China, Germany,
the United States, and India.
Also, there was excellent support & coordination from
the BPCL team to complete the project documentation,
resolving the issues/challenges raised during the execution
time and for the site activities. Photo of project captured after commissioning.

The result was a complex hybrid vacuum system consisting

Nash India accepted the challenge and deployed a project
of ejectors from the United States, motors from Germany,
team of 50 resources, comprising of 2 Nash engineers from
and liquid Ring Vacuum packages from China, with all
India, 3 from China, and a site contractor team managed by
construction and coordination handled by the team in India,
Nash India.
who remained on site to supervise and ensure the project
was completed on time. The team worked 24 hours a day seven days a week
to complete all the activities as per the contract, and
The scope of the project included dismantling and
successfully handed over the system to BPCL in April 2017,
replacement of the existing ejector, installation of a vacuum
at the end of the 21 day shutdown window. Following several
pump at a height of 20 meters, installation of all required
months of operation, BPCL released the performance test.
piping, commissioning, and PGTR of the complete system.
The PGTR report states that BPCL is pleased with the system
With a 21-day refinery shutdown window in which they could
performance, specifically noting that “overall system steam
work, installation & commissioning proved to be one of the
consumption is lower than guaranteed”.
biggest challenges faced by the project team. Despite this,

Rijesh Vannalath, Anil Kamath, and Vijay Daniel of Nash India Plaque awarded to Gardner Denver Nash team by BPCL.
stand proudly with the plaque awarded by BPCL.

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 Photos of project captured after commissioning.
The Nash team’s professional approach and project handling
skills were highly appreciated by BPCL and officially
recognized during the company’s 2017 Premium Vendor
Meet. Acting as a trade meet and workshop where BPCL
shares their future visions and plans, the Premium Vendor
Meet also provides BPCL with the opportunity to recognize
extraordinary efforts provided by premium vendors. During
the event, the effort of the Gardner Denver Nash team was
recognized by BPCL and presented with the 2017 award
for “Best On-Time Supplies for Project”. Mr. Anil Kamath,
General Manager – Nash India, was present to accept the
award on behalf of Gardner Denver Nash.
In light of this fantastic achievement, we would like to take
this opportunity to recognize the following Gardner Denver
Nash project team members, who were integral to the
success of this project:
• Raj Bhatnagar (Nash, USA)
• Dan Gillen (Nash, USA)
• Liu Jinde (Nash, China)
• Chao Jiang (Nash, China)
• Ding Hao (Nash, China)
• Hu Yue (Nash, China)
• Rijesh Vannalath (Nash, India)
• Vijay Daniel (Nash, India)
• Avinah Naik (Nash, India)
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