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Difficult Pumping Applications from
Blackhawk Environmental Company
NEITHER EXTREME DIRT, SILT, SLIME NOR GRIME
DETERS BLACKHAWK ENVIRONMENTAL’S ANCHOR PISTON PUMP
FROM ACHIEVING ITS LANDFILL MISSION
Time stands still for no person or thing, and certainly not
for a nearly 30-year-old landfill turned into an award-winning
recreational preserve. Completed in 1973, Mt. Hoy in the Blackwell
Forest Preserve is the first of three projects undertaken
by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County (FPDDC),
Illinois, to use the collected wastes generated by one of
the fastest growing populations in the United States in recontouring
forest preserve land for recreational use. Blackwell Forest
Preserve encompasses 1,312 acres including several lakes with
fishing and boating facilities, hiking trails, shelters, and
areas for picnicing, camping, winter tubing and cross-country
skiing.
At Mt. Hoy, nine pumps move leachate from the landfill to
a centrally located, 10,000-gallon-capacity collection tank,
to be trucked later to a sanitary facility for processing.
One of these pumping stations presented a constant problem
over the years due to the particularly heavy and viscous nature
of the leachate at the spot, which the old pump increasingly
could not handle. Jerry Hartwig, Project Manager selected
the Anchor Pump 102A designed and developed by Blackhawk Environmental
Co.,
Glen Ellyn, Ill. to replace the old pump and adapted the
piping in the vault to accommodate the Anchor Pump, which
has proved to be a model of efficiency ever since.
“The Anchor Pump has worked without fail for the past
three years, doing what it is supposed to do. It just keeps
pumping and pumping, just like that drumming bunny on TV,
as steady as can be, with no problems,” FPDDC Engineering
Technician Ray Babowice said.
“Another great thing about the Anchor Pump 102A is
that it’s pneumatic. There is no electricity out on
the hill and we don’t want any electric wires there,
which would destroy the beauty and the functionality of the
hill. Instead we use a compressor with a dryer to supply air
to the pumps, which prevents the lines from fouling up and
from freezing over the winter,” Hartwig said. “We’d
love to have Anchor Pumps all over the landfill but we can’t
have domes on the hill and the time and expense to take out
the old piping is too costly at this time.”
The Anchor Pump 102A is a positive displacement piston pump
powered by a pneumatic top head drive motor. As a patented,
field-tested pump, the Anchor 102A provides effective level
control and detection. With shallow or deep-well recovery
capabilities, the lightweight Anchor Pump 102A is designed
to lift liquids from depths of up to 200 ft. in wells with
diameters as small as 3". The pump can be set for
a flow range of 0 to 5.7 US GPM .
Constructed of stainless steel or high-strength, impact resistant
thermoplastic, the Anchor Pump102A holds up exceptionally
well to heat, solvent and organic stressors. Its motor
is fully protected from harm by the elements and is not affected
by well pressure changes.
Anchor Piston Pump 102A is easy to install and maintain.
The non-clogging, surface-driven pump can be installed vertically
or horizontally and operates when a well is wet or dry. The
mechanical drive mechanism resides outside the well, and therefore
no power cords or air lines enter the well.
Blackhawk Environmental Co. specializes in manufacturing
quality pumps and controls for demanding pumping applications. Blackhawk
pumps can be powered pneumatically or electrically and can
work in hazardous or potentially hazardous environments. For
over ten years, Blackhawk pumps have been successfully operating
in a wide range of pumping applications across the United
States. Blackhawk’s pumps are custom manufactured
in a variety of sizes and designs depending on the application.
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