The City of Middletown, Ohio is a beautiful place with the Great Miami River running adjacent to the city.

It is 29 miles north of Cincinnati while being a part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.

Located in the southwest part of Ohio, Middletown sits within Butler and Warren counties boasting a population of 50,987 at the recent census. Columbus, Ohio is about a 90-minute drive heading north on Interstate 75 and then northeast on Interstate 675 to make it to the state capital. The Indiana border is about 27 miles west.

Some of the great attractions in the area include the Land of Illusion Adventure Park, Miami Valley Gaming, Twin Creek MetroPark, Niederman Family Farm, Smith Park, Wildwood Golf Club, and Goldman Park.

Construction of a new combined cycle power plant in Middletown, Ohio required three pump stations for the operation of its HRSG. The Middletown Energy Center is a combined cycle facility that consists of a single Mitsubishi 501GAC combustion turbine with a Toshiba steam turbine and a Vogt HRSG.

Middletown Energy Center uses natural gas and HRSG to generate power, this process requires significant amounts of water for operation.

Both the blowdown and process water pump stations handle high flows of hot water that are often corrosive. To prevent these conditions from damaging the pumps, Romtec Utilities engineered above-ground pump assemblies.

Both systems use a duplex configuration with Goulds pumps. The blowdown system uses 7.5 hp pumps while process water uses 10 hp pumps to meet its higher flow requirements. Electrical controls are housed inside NEMA steel enclosures next to their wet wells.

Gemma Power first contacted Romtec Utilities to request a quote on its private bid project. We worked previously with Gemma Power facilities and won the new job. Gemma Power is a leading engineering, procurement and construction company.

The three pump systems installed are used for crucial onsite facilities needed in the HRSG process, with these two additional ones handling the blowdown water and process water respectively.

We worked alongside Gemma Power throughout the project on the design and construction. Once installation was complete Romtec Utilities sent a field technician to provide onsite training for owners and operations personnel.

Romtec Utilities has a variety of experience working with HRSG blowdown pumping systems along with the process water pump stations that deal with hot water. Knowing what types of parts and materials work best in these high intensity pumping environments is critical to the long-term success of the design to deal with corrosive pumping.

The process water pump station is designed to pump up to 850 gallons per minute while the HRSG blowdown can pump up to 480 gallons per minute.

The above ground pump assembly was to prevent any damage to the pumps from the high flow of hot water.

Romtec Utilities designs, manufactures, and supplies pumping stations for HRSG blowdown, industrial wastewater, and for a variety of industrial pumping needs for large plants.

Contact us today if you need to get started on a pump system for your project.