Submersible pump support

A submersible pump support, comprising:

• at least one pump housing;
• a first pump support rail extending in a first direction in a first plane coupled to and supporting the at least one pump housing;
• a second pump support rail extending in a first direction in the first plane coupled to and supporting the at least one pump housing;
• and
• an intake screen located in the at least one pump housing including means for providing unobstructed fluid flow over a pump assembly mounted in the at least one pump housing to an intake port of a pump in the pump assembly, the intake screen having means for providing a fluid flow capacity sufficient to provide a minimum fluid flow velocity determined by a cooling requirement of a pump assembly, the intake screen additionally having means for providing a fluid flow capacity sufficient to provide a maximum fluid flow velocity to reduce vortices in a fluid flowing through the at least one pump housing;
• wherein the at least one pump housing and the first and second pump support rails comprise a material having a specific gravity of less than 1.

A submersible pump support, comprising:

• at least one pump housing;
• at first pump support rail extending in a first direction in a first plane coupled to and supporting the at least one pump housing;
• a second pump support rail extending in a first direction in the first plane coupled to and supporting the at least one pump housing;
• an intake screen located in the at least one pump housing so as to provide fluid flow over a pump assembly mounted in the at least one pump housing to an intake port of a pump in the pump assembly, the intake screen being located in the at least one pump housing and having a fluid flow capacity sufficient to provide a minimum fluid flow velocity determined by a cooling requirement of a pump assembly, the intake screen additionally having a fluid flow capacity sufficient to provide a maximum fluid flow velocity to reduce vortices in a fluid flowing through the at least one pump housing;
• and
• a third pump support rail extending in the first direction in a second plane, coupled to and supporting the at least one pump housing, wherein the second pump support rail additionally extends in the first direction in the second plane;
• wherein the at least one pump housing, the first pump support rail, the second pump support rail, and the third pump support rail comprise a material having a specific gravity of less than 1.