Energy Tips - Pumping Systems. Match Pumps to System Requirements

摘要

An industrial facility can reduce the energy costs associated with its pumping systems, and save both energy and money, in many ways. They include reducing the pumping system flow rate, lowering the operating pressure, operating the system for a shorter period of time each day, and, perhaps most important, improving the system's overall efficiency. Often, a pumping system runs inefficiently because its requirements differ from the original design conditions. The original design might have been too conservative, or oversized pumps might have been installed to accommodate future increases in plant capacity. The result is an imbalance that causes the system to be inefficient and thus more expensive to operate.