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Farmers in a remote part of the Sahara Desert in Egypt can now access water for irrigation thanks to a solar-powered pumping project using variable frequency drive (VFD) technology.

Founded in 1909, Helen Ltd is one of Finland’s biggest energy companies. Helen provides district heating and cooling in the Helsinki region and supplies electricity to various parts of Finland. In addition to heat, cooling and electricity, Helen offers solutions for regional and renewable energy, smart buildings and electric transport.

In the Egger pump factory in Cressier, 3 large vertical propeller pumps of type P 500 are currently being delivered.

EBARA Corporation has delivered the Model GSO pumps and cooling water pumps, etc. to Spiber Thailand Ltd., a local affiliate of Spiber Inc. The plant held its opening ceremony at the end of March 2021.

The city of Buffalo was experiencing nearly two billion gallons of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) annually, leading to a consent decree requiring improvements to its collection system.

High energy pumps are used throughout many industries, one of those industries being the petrochemical industry. As important assets, they are designed to provide reliability while maintaining their designed efficiency for many years.

Recently, two ABEL HMD pumps were commissioned at a customer in Normandy specializing in recycling and soil reclamation. The pumps serve as a filter press feed pumps at a maximum flow rate of 80 m³/h – 12 bar.

A wastewater treatment plant in Cuxhaven, Germany, wanted to reduce energy and chemical use in its aeration process, while still meeting regulatory requirements. The plant deployed Xylem’s BLU-X Treatment Plant Optimization, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze the data in the plant’s existing SCADA system.

One of the many advantages of using liquid color is homogeneous coloring even with small dosing quantities. However, if the component is very small, the delivery limit of conventional available metering systems may be undercut.

A significant expansion of the setup in China is showing results. In just a few months, Svanehøj has landed two major P&C pump orders in China. Most recently a contract with GSI Shipyard on a total of 96 deepwell pumps for four new MR Tankers.