Burgess-Manning’s products are utilized by a wide variety of industrial users. Over the history of the company, the primary uses for our equipment have changed, along with the growth and development of those industries.
It is correct to state that the primary markets served include any process industries that have a flowing process that is primarily in the gaseous phase.
Burgess-Manning separation products are ideally suited to the removal of solid particles and liquid droplets from gas, air, or steam, at virtually any pressure, temperature, of flow volume.
Burgess-Manning silencer products are best suited to the prevention or reduction of noise from fixed installations, as opposed to mobile (over the road) applications. The source of noise could be from an intake or exhaust of an engine, compressor, blower, vacuum pump, turbine, vent/blowdown, control valve, or relief valve. In many cases, our silencers are used where the process is open to atmosphere at the silencer outlet, but we have numerous designs that are equally well-suited to in-process (closed) systems.
Currently, significant needs are being met in the gas transmission industry. Specifically, wherever gas compression facilities are involved, Burgess-Manning separators and blow-down silencers can be found. In order to protect expensive gas compression and measurement equipment, contaminants found in the gas (hydrocarbon liquids, water, corrosion inhibitors, lube oil, sand, dust, etc.) and/or corrosion products from the pipeline itself (rust, iron sulfide, mill scale, etc.) must be removed.
This requirement is met by the installation of Burgess-Manning separation equipment, such as vane mist eliminators (Series 3100, 3101, 3200, and 3800), centrifugal multicyclone (Series 3000), single cyclone (Series 3300 and 4000), filter separators (Series 3400 and 3500), and coalescing filter separators (Series 3900).
Also in gas transmission service, multiple noise-producing sources must be treated with silencing solutions to allow for safe and environmentally friendly operations. The sources of noise include venting of high-pressure gas during emergency shutdowns, the intake and exhaust of engines, compressors, turbines, and turbochargers. In addition, valves and controls that experience large pressure drops can create noise at the valves and radiate it along the pipe. All of these noise sources can be addressed using a proven Burgess-Manning industrial silencer.
The following silencer model designations are those recommended for these specific applications:
VENT AND BLOWDOWN:
Vent & Blowdown Silencer Information »
BMSV
PVTC
LCV
DA
SDA
TH Silencer
ENGINE:
Engine Silencer Product Information »
| Model | Performance | Service (Intake/Discharge) | Description |
| BMEI | up to 20 dB | I/D | Industrial grade |
| BMER | up to 25 dB | I/D | Residential Grade (Replaces BMC series) |
| BMEC | up to 30 dB | I/D | Critical Grade (Replaces BMB series) |
| BMA | up to 35 dB | I/D | Critical + Grade - stock item! |
| BEO | up to 40 dB | I/D | Hospital Grade - stock item! |
| BEOA | 40+ dB | I/D | Hospital + Grade |
| DPSC | up to 25 dB | D | Spark Arrester designed for marine use |
| DPSS | up to 30 dB | D | Spark Arrester designed for marine use |
| BFS | up to 30 dB | I | Combination Filter/Silencer (Replaces SDF series) |
COMPRESSOR:
Compressor Silencer Product Information »
| Model | Performance | Service | Description |
| CA | up to 25 dB | I/D | Absorptive Silencer for Centrifugal Compressors – stock item! |
| LCA | up to 25 dB | I/D | Absorptive Silencer for Centrifugal Compressors |
| ACB | up to 30 dB | I/D | Absorptive Silencer for Centrifugal Compressors |
| ACA | up to 40 dB | I/D | Absorptive Silencer for Centrifugal Compressors |
| BMBA | up to 35 dB | I/D | Reactive Silencer for Reciprocating Compressors - stock item! |
| BEO | up to 40 dB | D | Reactive Silencer for Reciprocating Compressors - stock item! |
| BMSS | up to 30 dB | D | Absorptive/Reactive for Axial Compressors - stock item! |
| BMBJ | up to 35 dB | D | Absorptive/Reactive for Axial Compressors |
| BMBG | up to 40 dB | D | Absorptive/Reactive for Axial Compressors |
| BEOA | 40+ dB | D | Absorptive/Reactive for Axial Compressors |
GAS TURBINE:
Gas Turbine Product Information »
Custom designed per application (Generally aeroderivative sizes).
Power generation also provides many opportunities to employ Burgess-Manning products. In simple cycle gas turbine power generation, fuel gas filters and coalescers are used to provide clean fuel to the gas turbine. In combined cycle power plants, the steam-side portion of the process uses Burgess-Manning vane mist eliminators in the steam drums (ahead of steam turbines), and steam vent silencers for boiler startup, shutdown, and for steam safety relief outlets.
Nuclear power plants often utilize Burgess-Manning vane mist eliminators in Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) designs, installed above the reactor core inside the containment building, to remove water droplets from steam.
Reciprocating engine driven power generators use Burgess-Manning inlet and exhaust silencers.
Air component and specialty gas companies (nitrogen, oxygen, helium, etc.) use Burgess-Manning separators and silencers in pressure-swing absorption (PSA) separation plants, and at various facilities that produce and use these specialty gases.
Refineries, chemical plants, petrochemical plants, food processing, compressed air, pulp and paper, wastewater treatment, hospitals, bulk handling, and numerous other process facilities all have need for either separators or silencers, sometimes both.
Burgess-Manning is licensed and certified to build pressure vessels to the requirements of ASME Section VIII, Div. 1 and Div. 2, with a “U”, “S”, and “R” stamp. In addition, the main Wichita Falls manufacturing plant is also certified to build pressure vessels for the People’s Republic of China, with a “Manufacturer’s License” (ML) issued by the PRC’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ).
