Due to their stroking action’s reciprocating nature, Positive Displacement (PD) pumps create pulsations and hydraulic shock. This action can potentially damage your entire pumping system. Pulsation Dampeners remove the hydraulic shock and reduce pressure fluctuations of the PD pump’s flow. This enhances the overall performance and reliability of industrial drilling equipment. Proper pulsation control equipment will increase productivity, safety, reliability, efficiency while decreasing maintenance and operating costs.
Why You Need Pulsation Control
Pulsation Dampeners Past and Present
Everyone in the oil and gas drilling industry understands that to get the most out of your pumps; you need effective pulsation control. Until recently, there were only two choices available to control the pump and pipe damaging pulsations, gas-charged dampeners or maintenance free dampeners. These two types of pulsation dampeners are designed especially for high-pressure piston and plunger pump systems reducing the pressure pulsations created by the reciprocating action of pumps.
Both Choices Have Their Benefits:
- increased pump efficiency
- reduces pump downtime
- reduces noise and vibration
- Helps prevent costly damage to your system components
- Extends service life of pumps and pipe system
GAS CHARGE TYPE
The problem with gas-charged dampeners is they need a lot of maintenance and are expensive to keep running. Moreover, if they aren’t pre-charged correctly, they don’t work correctly.
MAINTENANCE FREE TYPE
The big problem with them is that they are massive! Making them extremely heavy, expensive, and needing a lot of space. Which means they often require a significant redesign of the pump skid.
Sigma Drilling Technologies Brings the Ultimate in Pulsation Control Solutions
Sigma Drilling Technologies is continuously pushing the boundaries of operational efficiency by developing technologies to increase the performance of today’s reciprocating pumps through advanced pulsation control techniques and pulsation dampeners. Sigma is proud to offer the most advanced pulsation control system available in the world today, the Charge Free Dampening System™. This light-weight system utilizes several of Sigma’s world-renowned technologies; light-weight 10,000 PSI Charge Free Dampeners™ designed to maximize Sigma’s Charge Free Conversion Kit® performance and the Sigma Acoustic Assassin®. When getting the best performance and safe and efficient operations are a must, turn to Sigma Drilling Technologies.
Sigma Drilling Technologies is an innovator in pulsation control equipment, providing quality custom-engineered products and groundbreaking upgrades for existing systems. Our goal is to help our clients succeed and get the most out of their drilling equipment investment.
