CEMLINEŽ non-electric condensate pumps have many advantages. There are no impellers or seals, or cavitation problems and no electricity is required. Condensate is efficiently moved at reduced operating cost.

CEMLINE Condensate Pumps (CCP Series) use compressed air or steam as a motive force to move condensate. Condensate from steam systems needs to move from points of lower elevation to points of higher elevation, from points of lower to higher pressure, or from a vacuum to a point of higher pressure or elevation.

Traditionally, condensate is transferred with the use of electrically operated condensate pumps. When moving condensate with electric pumps, the electric pumps tend to wear out quickly. Electric condensate pumps have impellers and seals which can wear, leak, or break down due to harsh condensate environments. The benefit of using non-electric condensate pumps instead of electric condensate pumps is the non-electric condensate pumps have no impellers or seals to wear, requiring less downtime and maintenance. In addition, some remote locations exist where electrical service is not readily available or it is hazardous to use electricity.

Additional benefits from the use of non-electric condensate pumps is the reduction of operating costs associated with returning hot condensate to the boiler. Typically, electric condensate pumps require the condensate flash to atmospheric pressure and decrease in temperature before being pumped to the boiler. The non-electric condensate pumps reduce costs compared to electric condensate pumps because the non-electric condensate pumps can return condensate to the boiler at a higher temperature, which reduces the heating costs required to re-heat the condensate. Along with the reduced expense of re-heating of condensate, less water treatment chemicals are required and less make up water is required to be added to the system.

Applications:
Typical installations would be remote locations, hazardous environments or any application where electric pumps fail rapidly.

The below illustrations demonstrate how non-electrical condensate pumps work during the three step process of moving condensate.

Step 1. Fill Stage	Step 2. Discharge Stage	Step 3. Equalization Stage
Gravity causes condensate flow from the receiver tank through the inlet check valve into the pump tank. At this point the outlet check valve and the motive force valve are closed. The vent valve is open allowing for equalization of pressure between the receiver and the pump tank.	The condensate fills the pump tank until the pump mechanism opens the motive force valve and simultaneously closes the vent valve.With the motive force valve open, the pump tank begins to pressurize as the motive force pressure becomes great enough to close the inlet check valve. When the pressure in the pump tank becomes greater than the pressure at the outlet check valve, the outlet check valve opens and condensate is discharged from the pump tank into the condensate return piping. Because the inlet check valve is closed condensate is stored in the receiver tank.	The condensate is pumped out and reaches a low level causing pump mechanism to close the motive force valve and open the vent valve. The outlet check valve closes when the pressure in the pump tank is less than that of the outlet line. At this time the inlet check valve is also closed. Then the pressure in the pump and the receiver equalize so that the inlet check valve will open and the fill cycle will begin again.

STANDARD EQUIPMENT
CEMLINE non-electric condensate pumps feature welded steel ASME code vessels, stainless steel check valves and stainless steel mechanism to assure highest quality.