Svanehøj is targeting the growing gas market with the launch of a completely new pump design for LNG-powered ships.The CS (cryogenic submerged) pump is a submerged pump that is installed at the bottom of the tank.
The CS pump is being launched at a time when investments in LNG-powered ships are growing strongly. At the same time, the LNG market continues to grow, driven by a sharply increasing demand for gas in Asia and Europe.
In recent years, Svanehøj has positioned itself strongly as a supplier of long-shaft deepwell pumps, where the motor and other electrical parts are located on deck. The new CS pump, which is being presented this week at the SMM trade fair in Hamburg, Germany, makes Svanehøj the first supplier in the industry to offer both deepwell pumps and submerged pumps for electric fuel systems.
Among LNG-powered ships with submerged fuel pumps, clogging of the pumps due to impurities in the gas is a common problem. In the design of the CS pump, Svanehøj has solved this challenge by developing a special self-cleaning LNG filter that ensures optimal flow. Svanehøj has also developed its own electric permanent magnet motor especially for the CS pump.