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This week we feature a recent article from ABB’s water industry manager for UK & IE, Stuart Foster. Writing in Drives & Controls, Stuart explains the challenges Water Companies face when it comes to harmonic pollution: “Have you noticed how a single word can mean one thing in one context, but something totally different in […]
When quenching our thirst, we rarely think about the power needed to fill a glass of water. In order to enjoy a glass of tap water, the water needs to be pumped. The pump itself needs to be run by a motor, but how much power must be produced for the motor to run? The […]
Anglian Water has cut aerator energy use in half with variable speed drive technology, while removing the threat of blockages A sewage treatment works operated by Anglian Water has halved its aerator energy costs, reduced maintenance and cut ammonia to almost zero levels following the installation of an ABB variable-speed drive. The drive was installed on a 4 kW sewage aerator […]
A surface water pumping station expects to cut the energy use of two submersible pumps by between 10 and 15 percent following the installation of ABB variable-speed drives (VSDs). The VSDs also avoid the cost of installing a new transformer and improve the reliability of the site’s pumping system. Susworth Pumping Station, located in Lincolnshire, […]
The drive was installed on a 4 kW sewage aerator at the Swallow unmanned treatment works in Lincolnshire. Wayne Barley, Northern Energy and Efficiency Engineer for Anglian Water, says: “The vertical rotor of the aerator was set on a duty cycle of 20 minutes off, 20 minutes on. Working in this way, there were frequent […]
IDS have a special relationship with the water industry. We have been specifying, supplying, installing and commissioning inverters, giving technical support and providing inverter servicing within the industry for over 15 years. Inverters benefit the water industry enormously from the substantial energy savings when installing inverters to pumps and fans. There are other major benefits […]
CONTROLLING THE THICKNESS OF SLUDGE AT SOURCE Abstract Primary and co-settled sludges are commonly removed from settlement tanks using timed, pumped, auto-desludge systems that are neither sensitive to the variable flux of settleable influent material nor sense the thickness of the sludge removed, resulting in thin sludge being produced which requires significant thickening before digestion […]
