Environmental Contribution of the Year

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Awarded for the pump product, system or service, which has made a significant contribution to environmental issues, such as energy savings, emissions control, noise reduction or life cycle costs.

Installation of AC Drives on Anaerobic Digester, ABB
An anaerobic digester uses micro-organisms to break down biodegradable material such as sewage waste. Northumbrian Water was experiencing a problem with the pumps on the anaerobic digester at Bran Sands sewage treatment works. Northumbrian Water and Quantum Controls investigated whether it could achieve a form of pump control that would prevent the foaming. Two ABB low voltage AC drives were fitted to one of the digester tanks which give the ability to reduce the motor speeds, avoiding the foaming.

Solar InteliJECT, CheckPoint Pumps & Systems
The Solar InteliJECT is a completely self-sustaining solar-powered chemical injection system, requiring no outside power source besides the sun.  Each system is engineered for its specific application and location.  An extremely efficient pump, simple touchscreen operation, closed loop automation, real-time flow feedback and power management features that override human error keep the unit running non-stop and guarantee accurate dosing unattended.  This minimizes expenses associated with inaccurate injection, depleted batteries, maintenance, personnel dispatch or well shut-in.

Grundfos RC Pump, Grundfos Pumps
The Grundfos RC pump is the world’s first pump that has been designed and specially optimised for use with CO2 refrigerant.  It uses about a third of the energy that standard centrifugal pumps normally use in the same circumstances. This is achieved through utilising variable speed capacity control and the use of intelligent pump protection that reduced the energy consumption of the pump considerably compared to traditional installations.

Pumps as Turbines, KSB
Rising energy prices and finite energy resources call for alternatives and solutions that help save money, for example, centrifugal pumps running in reverse.  Pumps used as turbines, or PaT for short, are KSB’s answer to conventional water turbines.  They offer huge advantages such as low investment outlay as well as low service and maintenance costs combined with tried and tested technology. Thanks to their low investment costs our PaT solutions pay for themselves after a very short time.

SPP Energy Division, SPP Pumps
SPP Energy is passionate regarding support for Customers, owning operating pumping systems, to reduce cost of ownership through System Efficiency Improvements. Working to create long term mutually beneficial relationships SPP offer Pump system Assessments and Pump Mapping Programs to The US Department of Energy’s ASME EA2 Standard. System energy reductions of 30% can typically be achieved with resulting Co2e reduction.  Help us to reduce National Energy Consumption and Co2e to save the planet.

Complete System Saving, Sterling Fluid Systems
‘Whole System Saving’ is a service that audits existing pumping systems, with the intention to reduce their operating costs and environmental footprint. This pumping system assessment is focussed on reducing energy usage, and often reaches 90% of energy saving.  Therefore, the amount of CO2 emitted from the system is also cut by this amount. While addressing the energy efficiency of a pumping system, Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) is dramatically improved.

Wilo Stratos PICO, Wilo UK
The Wilo Stratos-PICO is the most energy efficient small circulator you can buy offering up to 90% lower energy use than a typical uncontrolled pump of which there are millions still operating across the UK. It already meets the stringent new standards set by the EU ErP Directive for 2015 and in an average home the annual energy costs for running the pump will be as little as £7.50 a year.