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TMP VS1-type CPP
model for sea water
cooling at
petrochemical plant

challenges was related to its construction on a sandy • a 3500 kW condensing steam turbine
site environment, which required specific attention to • a reduction gear coupling,
the cleanliness of materials, demanding a total absence • an API 614 lube oil system,
of impurities. • a sealing system complete of accessories (Plan
Trillium Pumps Italy’s supply consists of vertical API 11/61)
610 VS1-type pump packages to perform the sea • a steam condenser with relative ancillaries
water cooling service at the plant. The packages
involve a high level of system integration, a distinctive The string test – i.e. the complete package test at full
competence especially developed by the operating conditions – is also a key part of the supply
Termomeccanica Pompe brand over the last and will be performed in-house at Trillium Pumps Italy’s
decades to better meet customer needs. Indeed, La Spezia test center
EPC contractors are on the lookout for expert
partners able to truly support them and act as single The new integrated Trillium Pumps Italy, with 235 years
interfaces for their plant’s complete pumping of combined experience from Gabbioneta Pumps and
systems, i.e. inclusive of all the components that are Termomeccanica Pompe and the support and leverage
critical to their operation – whether installed on the of the global organization of the Trillium Flow
pump skid or outside it. Technologies group, offers customers unparalleled
innovation and flexibility in the provision of engineered
The packages supplied by Trillium Pumps Italy for the pump solutions. In the case at hand, testing and
project at hand include: systems integration capabilities were decisive factors in
• a vertical pump in super duplex s.s. with 9-meter- the customer’s decision to assign the contract to
long shaft, and a flow >20,000 m³/h Trillium Pumps Italy.

Alessandro Valle

A Mechanical Engineer with a Master’s Degree from the for the Italian and Spanish Markets. When
University of Pisa, he joined Termomeccanica Pompe in Termomeccanica Pompe became part of the Trillium
1995. He started as an Estimates Engineer in the Original Flow Technologies Group in 2022, Alessandro joined the
Equipment (OE) Engineering Department. In 2000, he company’s Global Sales Team as OE Pumps Regional
was promoted Sales Engineer of the OE Sales & Sales Manager for Italy and Spain, also covering a Global
Marketing Department, where he successively became Support role for Desalination, an industry he developed
Area Manager (2003) and Senior Area Manager (2007) strong expertise in over the years.

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