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title: "Field testing reveals pump degradation and confirms existing system capacity"
description: "When a Gulf Coast refinery began evaluating the need for additional boiler feedwater capacity, field data revealed the real problem wasn’t a lack of capacity—it was a severely degraded pump."
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# Field testing reveals pump degradation and confirms existing system capacity

> When a Gulf Coast refinery began evaluating the need for additional boiler feedwater capacity, field data revealed the real problem wasn’t a lack of capacity—it was a severely degraded pump.

## Key Takeaways

- Field testing reveals pump degradation and confirms existing system capacity

        Boiler Feedwater Assessment Uncovers Hidden Pump Degradation
- Field testing reveals pump degradation and confirms existing system capacity

        Boiler Feedwater Assessment Uncovers Hidden Pump Degradation

# Field testing reveals pump degradation and confirms existing system capacity

# Boiler Feedwater Assessment Uncovers Hidden Pump Degradation

When a Gulf Coast refinery needed to determine whether future boiler feedwater demand would require additional pump capacity, field-validated testing revealed a different issue. One of four parallel pumps had experienced 90.4% performance degradation and was contributing no flow to the system.

Hydrus Works confirmed that the remaining three pumps could meet both current and anticipated future demand while maintaining N+1 redundancy. The findings allowed the refinery to address the degraded pump and avoid an unnecessary capital purchase.

Download the case study to see how field measurements and performance modeling replaced assumptions with a clear capacity decision. 

[Download Case Study](https://www.hydrusworks.com/hubfs/Hydrus%20Works%20Boiler%20Feedwater%20System%20Case%20History%20\(1\)_1936.pdf)

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**Source:** [Field testing reveals pump degradation and confirms existing system capacity](https://www.hydrusworks.com/resources/field-testing-reveals-pump-degradation-and-confirms-existing-system-capacity)
**Author:** Hydrus Works
**Published:** September 18, 2026

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