Agriculture • Manure • Digestate

Progressive Cavity Pumps for Manure & Digestate

Positive-displacement transfer for pumpable manure, digester discharge and agricultural slurries containing suspended solids and fibers.

Agricultural Slurry Transfer

Controlled pumping for variable organic material

Manure and digestate can vary substantially in solids concentration, fiber content and viscosity. Progressive cavity pumps can provide controlled transfer of pumpable mixtures, but the inlet arrangement and operating speed must allow the material to reach and fill the pumping cavities reliably.

ManurePumpable livestock-waste mixtures
DigestateAnaerobic-digester discharge
FibersSuspended organic material
Variable speedControlled transfer and feed
Selection Framework

Design the inlet for the most difficult consistency

Dense or fibrous material may not flow freely through restrictive suction piping. Selection should consider solids concentration, viscosity, fiber length, tank geometry, available inlet head, differential pressure and duty cycle together.

SolidsMinimum and maximum concentration
FiberLength and tendency to bridge
SuctionTank level and inlet losses
SpeedCavity filling and component wear
PressureSystem resistance and discharge head
ProtectionDry-run and overpressure safeguards

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