Massive potential savings from SPP Pumps New Energy – Energy Saving Services Division

Phil Black - PII Editor 24/02/2011

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It is estimated that over 11 million motors with a total capacity of 90 GW are installed in UK industry – which represents about 40% of the UK’s total electricity consumption. Pumps have been identified as the single largest user of motive power in both industrial and commercial applications in the UK, contributing nearly a third of this consumption, so there is considerable scope to reduce carbon emissions by improving pump system efficiency.

In recent years, energy costs have become volatile with oil, gas and coal prices at record levels. Pumps account for approximately 13% of the UK’s total annual electrical consumption (BPMA data) and energy consumption during operation is seen to be the most significant impact of pumps on the environment.

With this in mind, SPP Pumps has identified an urgent need to ensure that pump systems operate more efficiently. The services offered by the new SPP Energy Division can realistically offer reductions in energy consumption and system running costs in excess of 20% – saving energy, saving costs, and making a major contribution to the wellbeing of the environment.

SPP Energy promotes the benefits of auditing complete pump systems and producing recommendations to minimise the energy consumption of pumps and their associated systems. SPP can also if required supply many of the solutions capable of realising these savings, coupled with ongoing monitoring to validate such savings and sustain them through the lifetime of the installation.

Savings through innovation
Through the use of proven systems and techniques, SPP Energy offers a complete energy saving solution for pumping systems that can be applied equally to new projects and existing installations.

It is clear from the above statistics that pump systems are heavy users of energy, especially large pumps that run continuously. Such pumps are generally oversized and operating far from their best efficiency points. They can suffer from poor pump intake conditions and inefficient running regimes – all wasting considerable amounts of energy. In order to save costs SPP Energy Division will undertake site audits focused on complete pump systems, ultimately producing a detailed report making recommendations for corrective action and clearly showing cost savings, kW/hr savings, payback time and CO2 reduction.

Services offered by the new Division include – site survey/audit (including equipment and operating regime); analysis by accredited engineers with recommended solutions such as upgrading, refurbishing or replacing the pumps, training, operational recommendations, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and system modelling. SPP Energy also offers sustained improvements through the application of Lowest Lifecycle Cost technology, and ongoing Thermodynamic or Ultrasonic monitoring of pump systems

The new division is headed by Chris Rose, who has many years’ experience in the engineering industry – most of it working for SPP Pumps, in a variety of roles – but with particular depth of knowledge relating to pump system usage and maintenance.
In this context, Chris has worked with all UK and Irish Water and Power Utilities; with major industrial players such as Corus Steel; on pumping systems in the marine, mining, and paper industries; and with transformer manufacturers for power and rail – developing a breadth of experience of particular relevance to the main focus of the new division.

SPP Energy – Accreditation
The SPP Energy Team is certified and accredited in the use of Pump System Assessment Tool (PSAT) – working to globally recognised standards set by American Department of Energy. The team also operates within guidelines set by EU Government legislation, BPMA, the Carbon Trust, major insurance assessors and ISO, BS and EN Standards.

For further information on SPP Pumps new Energy Division please contact Emma Freeman, Marketing Manager, on 0118 932 5289 or visit www.spppumps.com/energy