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Case Study | Luton Airport | StormPump

First opened in 1938, Luton Airport was then used by the Royal Air Force during WW2. Commercial activity and general aviation flights resumed during 1952 and by the 1960s, Luton Airport was playing a key role in the development of the package holiday business with a fifth of all holiday flights from the UK departed from Luton Airport. During the late 1970s, an expansion plan was initiated at Luton to accommodate as many as 5 million passengers per year. In 1990, the airport was renamed London Luton Airport to try and emphasise the airport’s proximity to the capital and it became the fastest growing major airport in the UK. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, over £100 million was spent on renovating the existing facilities and building a new terminal. In 2018, over 16.5 million passengers passed through the airport, a record total for Luton making it the fifth busiest airport in the UK.

  • P400/1CSC with full coalescer guiderail system
  • SPEL StormPump = 8no. 90,400 litre 400 series tanks with the 1 being the pump station with a 1200mm dia. Sump x 300mm deep
    • Pumping at 2.96 l/s with 0.9m head. Duty/standby dual pump system with a 15m rising main.
    • Provided the SC620 Felxseal couplings for the interconnections, obviously the pump control panel, 1250/1290/550mm lockable GRP kiosk in green.
  • VC430/HVY with pump at 13.3 l/s (6.12m head) with a single pump (duty only) and rising main of 15m long), 800mm s/s/HDPE penstock with actuator motor. Special control panel for valve and pump with High level audible and visual alarm, hours run and ammeters, alarm cancel button, lockable hinged door, run and trip pilot lights, hands-off-auto switch, penstock open and close switches, lockable main supply isolator, MCBs, flashing beacon (supplied loose), volt free contacts that can be used to notify a BMS system.
    • Also supplied a Bauer coupling and gate valve within the GRP lockable kiosk (1250/750/400mm)
  • VC320/HVY
    • 600mm s/s/HDPE actuated motor Penstock valve with a GRP lockable kiosk in green (1250/750/400mm) with Special Valve Control Panel. Power: Three Phase
    • Fittings: High level audible and visual alarm, alarm cancel button, lockable hinged door, penstock open and close switches, lockable main supply isolator, MCBs, flashing beacon (supplied loose), volt free contacts that can be used to notify a BMS system
    • Philosophy: Penstock open automatically when fluid reaches release level.
  • 2no. VC420/HVY with pump at 15.6 l/s (5.6m head) with a single pump (duty only) and rising main of 15m long), 600mm s/s/HDPE penstock with actuator motor. Special control panel for valve and pump with High level audible and visual alarm, hours run and ammeters, alarm cancel button, lockable hinged door, run and trip pilot lights, hands-off-auto switch, penstock open and close switches, lockable main supply isolator, MCBs, flashing beacon (supplied loose), volt free contacts that can be used to notify a BMS system.
    • Also supplied a Bauer coupling and gate valve within the GRP lockable kiosk (1250/750/400mm)
  • P200/1CSC

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