INTERVIEW

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE INVENTOR OF THE VACUUM PUMP – MR JOSHUA MEDUGBE

YEWANDE: Why did you decide to do a vacuum pump?

MR. JOSHUA: Basically, one of the major problems in pollution control in oil industries in Nigeria is that they all have the same problem which is that they all have direct contact to the fluid extract. So the aim here is that the project actually has a versatile edge in that when they are having a system that the pump itself doesn’t have any direct contact with the fluid which is extracted. This eradicates the problem of corrosion and the in pedals fading into cervices also caused by corrosion. So basically, the pump is about is a positive displacement pump basically a Vacuum Pump. What the pump does is to create a vacuum in a containing vessel and by virtue of this, it naturally absorbs the fluid into it when the vacuum, a certain output valve is released and all other valve is released and other valves are closed.

MARYLYN: Who is this concept applicable to and how effective is the cost of the machine.

MR. JOSHUA: The concept is applicable to people in the oil industries because we are able to use vacuum pump to create at the vacuums in large tanks or pressure vessels and then they are able to transfer waste from whatever location they want to get it from and this will have no contact with the pump itself at any point. So as a result, the lifespan is increasing immensely from a whooping six (6) months or a year period maximum you can get as high as five years life span from the pump . Also, the only thing they will have to change in this machine at any point in time is just the vanes and just replace the oil in the pumps so basically it is a very cost effective way of solving the problem and at the same time it is very effective method because your just using the natural absorption and packing. So basically that is what the packing entails.

YEWANDE: Is this your final year project

MR. JOSHUA: Yes it is because most of my lecturer in my department emphasis on the fact that your project should be a solution to a problem. So this is a present problem and at the moment, a couple of oil industries are actually using this technology, the likes like WRPC, ANPC, and NNPC, and these are clients I have privileged to work with during my industrial training and this was actually when I identified the problem. So I as well as the company I worked were able to put together technicians and actually produce this pump as a small prototype that will be evident to say that we’ll be able to produce this in large scale

YEWANDE AND MARYLYN: Thank you very much

MR. JOSHUA: Thank you    

FEATURE STORY

VACUUM PUMP – A SOLUTION TO OIL EXTRACTING PROBLEMS IN NIGERIA

-          BY AJAYI FAITH

Basically, one of the major problems in the oil industry in Nigeria is pollution control in oil extraction. This brought about the idea of Vacuum Pumps. This vacuum pump was the final year project of a Covenant University graduate, Mr. Joshua Medugbe, a Mechanical Engineering student, who says that his lecturer in his department emphasizes on one’s project being a solution to a problem.

The problem in the oil industries in Nigeria is that the pumps they use have direct contact to the fluid extract. So the aim of the Vacuum Pump actually has a versatile edge when their having a system that the pump itself does not have any direct contact with the fluid which is extracted. This eradicates the problem of corrosion and the in pedals fading into crevices also caused by corrosion.

The function of the Vacuum Pump is to create a vacuum in a containing vessel and the benefit of this is, it naturally absorbs the fluid into the pump when a certain output valve is released and all other valve are shut up.

The concept is now applicable to people in the oil industry  because the Vacuum Pump is used to create the Vacuums in large  tanks or pressure vessels and able to transfer waste from  whatever location you want to get from and this will have no contact with the pump itself at any point. So as a result, the pump life span is increasing immensely from 6 months to 1 year period maximum you can get as high as 5 years life span from the pump and the only thing that might need changing at any point in time is the Vanes and also replacing of the oil in the pumps. It is a cost effective way of solving the problem and at the same time it is an effective method because what is being used is the natural absorption and packing.

The Vacuum Pump is now being used by oil industries like WRPC (Warri Refining And Petrochemicals Corporate LTD), ANPC (Australian Network for Plant Conservation), and NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation).

NEWS STORY 2

COVENANT UNIVERSITY GRADUATE INVENTS AN OIL EXTRACTING PUMP

                A Covenant University graduate of Mechanical Engineering, Mr. Joshua Medugbe, invented a machine that will help the Nigerian oil extracting companies immensely.

Mr. Medugbe invented the Vacuum Pump, which is now used by oil companies like NNPC, ANPC, and WRPC, to extract oil easily and also eradicates the problem of corrosion and the in pedals fading into crevices also caused by corrosion.

Mr. Medugbe, in an interview, says that the Vacuum Pump is a cost effective method of solving the problem of oil extraction.

This invention was the idea and also the final year project of Mr. Joshua Medugbe.

According to Mr. Medugbe, when asked what gave him  the idea of inventing the Vacuum pump as his final year project, he said “one of my lecturers in my department said that your project should be a solution to a problem”.

NEWS STORY 1

NEW VACUUM PUMP SAVES N 4.8 MILLION YEARLY.

The invention of the vacuum pump has indeed been a great development in Nigeria. The vacuum pump machine, which is used for crude oil extraction, has immensely helped in the aspect of oil extraction.

The concept is now applicable to people in the oil industry  because the Vacuum Pump is used to create the Vacuums in large  tanks or pressure vessels and able to transfer waste from  whatever location you want to get from and this will have no contact with the pump itself at any point.

As a result, the pump life span is increasing immensely from 6 months to 1 year period maximum you can get as high as 5 years life span from the pump and the only thing that might need changing at any point in time is the Vanes and also replacing of the oil in the pumps.

The vacuum pump indeed has helped in cost savings of the equipment as the scent fuga pumps which is majorly used in Nigeria for crude oil extraction require 1.3 million naira to change, and it will be changed 4 times in a year which is 4.8 million naira to change because of the crude oil extraction the corrosion will cause an imbalance in the scent fuga pump, which requires change at intervals and will need to be changed every 3 months but with this new vacuum pump it’s cost effective.

The Vacuum Pump is now being used by oil industries like WRPC (Warri Refining And Petrochemicals Corporate LTD), NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation).