Pump specialist wins contract for Energy Assessment Services at pumping station

Phil Black - PII Editor 13/05/2014

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SPP Pumps, leading manufacturer of centrifugal pumps and systems, has won a new contract for energy assessment services at a large pumping station for Northern Ireland Water.

The company kicked off the year with its first order from Northern Ireland agent P A Quinn Energy and Graham Construction for Northern Ireland Water. The project at the Sydenham Waste Water Pumping Station in Belfast involves a full pump system assessment of four 36” Weir Harland MSz vertical turbine pumps, each producing 2,273 litres/second at 7.6m. These critical storm water pumps are amongst Northern Ireland Water’s most sensitive locations in the heart of Belfast.

SPP Energy will be working in partnership with its Belfast Service Centre during the assessment, demonstrating SPP’s seamless service. The assessment will provide Northern Ireland Water with essential energy consumption and flow profile information, for future development of their Flood Defence System and Water Discharge Control.

Chris Rose, Business Manager at SPP Energy comments: “Within Industry in the UK, there are over 11 million motors with a total capacity of around 90GW. However for every 100KW generated for a pumping system, around 90.5% is lost through inefficiency. A system assessment like the one we’re conducting for Northern Ireland Water can identify potential savings to companies, where it really matters to them – on their bottom line.”

SPP’s pump system assessment expertise provides the critical data and analysis, which is needed to ensure the plant equipment is updated to meet its operating requirements in an efficient manner.

Paul Quinn from P A Quinn Energy adds: “SPP proved themselves right from the start, through their dedicated expertise and the way they effectively collaborated between their field assessment team and their local service centre, right here in Belfast. It’s great to be working with such a dedicated and experienced team on such a critical project.”