Nitrogen Pumps

Nitrogen is used to fulfill many oil well stimulation requirements in the oilfield industry. But there are size and weight limitations governing how much volume can be delivered via the conventional diesel-powered pump trucks.  MTT has solved this problem by designing the MTT Turbine Nitrogen Pump™, providing greater product capacity with the smallest footprint possible (420-hp - 3,800-hp), thereby leaving more room for larger storage tanks.
 

In 2008, MTT will deliver the first three turbine-powered nitrogen pump units to the oilfield, the Turbine Nitrogen Pump™, offering turbine-driven power ranges from 420-hp to 3,800-hp on a single trailer.  The unit shown below has a capacity of 180,000-scfh and is driven by a single 420-hp turbine, weighing just 160-lbs.
 

Leading Nitrogen Innovation

The processes and hydraulic systems of the MTT Turbine Nitrogen Pump™ are driven exclusively by turbine engines.  MTT’s ability to harness the turbine’s heat waste and drive the pot vaporizer during the liquid to gaseous N2 conversion is the nitrogen pump’s most important innovation.
 

Conventional diesel N2 pump trucks must use heat from the tractor, often supplementing with a duct-fired process in order to vaporize the liquid nitrogen. With the Turbine Nitrogen Pump™, high-flow waste heat exits the turbine at 1,100° F, and yet only a fraction of this is required to vaporize the liquid nitrogen at 200° F.  The result is high volumes of free heat, which can be used to drive other processes, create steam, and/or superheat the gaseous nitrogen for other applications.
 

As is the case with all MTT turbine-powered pumps, our nitrogen pumps can run on bio fuels up through B-100 and can be modularized for air transport, similar to the MTT Turbine Nitrogen Generator™.  On the seas, they are suitable as portable nitrogen hubs that support offshore work, barge or air transport.