Green technologies enjoy a special significance in the food and beverage industries, particularly as water is a key resource in these sectors. Hence, these industries become important target groups for the offering at the environmental technology exhibition IFAT 2018. The world’s leading trade fair will take place at Munich’s exhibition center from May 14 to 18.
Recognizing that over 25% of the electricity used in the US is used to power pumps, the Hydraulic Institute (HI) developed the HI Energy Rating (ER) Label program to help manufacturers differentiate their higher efficiency products and provide ways for commercial and industrial customers to save energy.
The Las Vegas Street waste water treatment plant in Colorado Springs, Colorado dates back to the early part of the 20th Century. In the early 1980s, the City needed to expand the plant and investigated ways to transport primary sludge across town to their Hannah Ranch, now Clear Springs facility 18 miles away for further processing. Brown & Caldwell recommended and installed Abel’s hydraulic piston-diaphragm pumps for this service.
In Chautauqua, the westernmost county in New York State, USA, lies the quiet village of Brocton. Although an unassuming little town, it boasts the birthplace of the designer of the Pullman Sleeping Car, George Pullman, and offers some of the best wines from surrounding Lake Erie Wine country.
Whether large format or label printer: professional inkjet technology requires all technical components to work perfectly in concert to achieve perfect printing results. Miniature pumps take on a variety of tasks to make this possible. The durable and reliable eccenter diaphragm pumps of the model series 570 EC (-L/-LD) and 620 EC (-L) ensure maintenance-free continuous operation in tough everyday printing tasks.
BIA Kunststoff- und Galvanotechnik, a leading manufacturer of plastic components with metallic surfaces for the automotive industry, is using Qdos pumps from Watson-Marlow Pumps Group to dose process-critical additives into its electroplating machines. Replacing diaphragm pump technology, Qdos was selected for its precision, reliability and low maintenance costs.
According to eco-design guidelines, only highly efficient circulation pumps have been permitted for sale in Europe since 1January 2013. The latest generation of pumps from Biral are among the “best in class” on the market with an energy efficiency index (EEI) of ≤ 0.17.
It comes in an almost unlimited variety of forms, and its manufacturers know no limits. Combinations are created for sweet-toothed gourmets that range from the regular to the exotic, making chocolate very popular. This popular treat, the sweet drug from the advanced civilisations of Central America, has evolved over the last decade to become a food of luxury and style.
The engineers and technicians of Biral in Münsingen, Berne, have succeeded in developing a new highly-efficient mini energy pump for air-conditioning and cooling. With recessed installation of the controls, the formation of condensation in the electronics is no longer an issue.
The energy balance of a solar thermal system includes the power consumption of the circulation pump in the collector circuit. Due to electrical drive power, a conventional pump can consume up to 15 percent primary energy (factor 3 for power conversion) in relation to the solar energy collected.
