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Tips for Saving Energy in Pumping Operations
Author(s) -
Walski Thomas M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1993.tb06023.x
Subject(s) - inefficiency , computer science , work (physics) , energy (signal processing) , control (management) , range (aeronautics) , reliability engineering , process engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , economics , mathematics , microeconomics , statistics , artificial intelligence , aerospace engineering
Pumps that are operating efficiently look just like those that are wasting energy. It takes some work to identify which pumps are inefficient and why. The best approach depends on the size of the utility and its budget. Pump inefficiency can be addressed at several levels that range, in order of increasing cost, from field testing of equipment to the use of optimal computer control.