SPP Energy Division growing to meet the demands of 2012
At a time when national economies and commercial budgets are under severe pressure, the effective use of energy is no longer an issue just for the environmental crusader. Saving energy can have a massive impact on operating costs, and the on-going financial health of an enterprise – whether national utility or private processing facility. In recent years, energy costs have become extremely volatile with oil, gas and coal prices at record levels, and this seems to be the established pattern for the immediate future.
There are a number of startling facts and statistics relating to the use of pumps in industry that have provided the stimulus for both the development, and further expansion, by SPP Pumps of their Energy Division. According to BPMA data, it is estimated that over 11 million motors with a total capacity of 90 GW are installed in UK industry – which represents over 30% of the UK’s total electricity consumption. Pump system motors 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 save on operating costs and reduce carbon emissions by improving pump system efficiency.
Since pumping systems account for approximately 13% of the UK’s total annual electrical consumption, energy consumption during operation can have a significant bearing on the environment. In fact, it would be fair to say that addressing the efficiency of pump systems and motors could provide the single biggest immediate impact on the environment.
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 analyse the efficiency of a system, and quantify the potential cost-savings, 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, CO2 reduction, increasing mean time between change out and all but eliminating mean time between failure. Further benefits will be achieved through reduced inventory and logistic.
Over the last 12 months SPP Pumps has been shaping and strengthening the services offered by its Energy Division to ensure that their recommendations will enable pump systems to operate more efficiently. The company has built on successes in 2011 within the industrial and utilities markets, and is strengthening its European team to cope with the growing demand in 2012 for both pump system assessment and equipment upgrade. In addition, the team will be supported by significant investment in equipment upgrades to take full advantage of developing technologies and a dedicated Energy Division website will be launched, detailing exactly how the SPP team will save costs on inefficient systems – look out for www.sppenergy.com
Through the use of proven systems and techniques, SPP’s energy saving solutions apply equally to new projects and existing installations. As a result, the services offered by SPP Energy can now realistically offer reductions in energy consumption and system running costs in excess of 20%, saving energy, saving operating costs and making a major contribution to the wellbeing of the environment.
SPP has a long-established reputation for addressing the inefficiency of pumping systems – their recognition of the increasing emphasis on whole-life costs led to the development of their award-winning Lowest Life Cycle Cost (LLC) range of pumps, which can go a long way towards alleviating the poor efficiency of some pumping systems. Many believe that simply installing an LLC type pump will solve the efficiency problem - however, to gain the maximum benefit it is important that these pumps are also ‘mapped’ to the system through an Energy Audit.
The range of services offered by SPP Energy Division includes: 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.
The correct training is essential to the effectiveness of the Division. SPP Energy has a team of technicians fully accredited to the US Department of Energy's Pump System Assessment Training Program. Working to globally recognised standards set by the American Department of Energy, ASME EA2. The team also operates within guidelines set by EU Government legislation, The BPMA, The Carbon Trust, and major insurance assessors and is currently helping to develop an accreditation program that will help to establish ISO, BS and EN Standards.
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