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Installing a variable speed drive (VSD) on applications such as pumps and fans is proven to cut energy use. Yet many motor-driven systems are far less efficient than they should be. ABB’s Martin Richardson explains the reasons why – and outlines the steps that can be taken to get efficiency back on track. Installing a […]
Expanding your electrical infrastructure to support many fan and pump systems can have an impact on the overall system efficiency. This, in turn, could increase the amount of energy you use. Martin Richardson, Water Framework Manager, ABB Limited, shows you where to look to control costs. The need to save energy remains as important as […]
In this series, we address some of the questions that customers typically ask. Here, the Editor of a leading savoury snack magazine set us a challenge: “The readership of the magazine will have a good general technical knowledge (some of them will be production engineers, for instance), but they’re not drive or motor specialists as […]
Earlier this year, David Black, the Senior Director at Ofwat, presented at the Water Industry Asset Management Conference. Part of his presentation highlighted the importance of “better understanding of the costs of buying in requirements from third parties.” In his report David Black said: “Operational resilience. This is partly about networks, and the assets that […]
In the ABB Ask the Expert Series, Blaise Ford, CEO of Inverter Drive Systems, a member of ABB’s authorised value provider network, writes: A drive system’s motor cables should ideally be kept as short as possible. But sometimes, long motor cables are inevitable, typically when the driven equipment is located in an environment where it […]
There is a new consideration for water utilities when determining their next move towards using less energy. It is tucked away within something called electrical system efficiency. An electrical system is needed to power pumps and typically comprises a transformer, variable speed drives (VSDs), electric motors, switchgear and cabling. Quite often when specifying such a […]
Deciding whether to repair or replace your inverter is not as clear cut as you may think. ABB Inverters are workhorses. They last and last. When an inverter breakdown does occur, it is usually at the worst possible time. When the pressure is on to find a solution, consider the following: Is the inverter controlling […]
A pump control system based on an ABB variable speed drive is helping Severn Trent Water protect local homes from the risk of sewerage overflow Severn Trent Water has cut the risk of flooding homes with sewage overflow by installing an ABB variable speed drive (VSD) within a pump control system. The new control system […]
Grain processing plants are saving energy with ABB Inverters from IDS. We surveyed the site where we found two dust extract applications. Previously we have found these applications to be high energy consumers, which we were confident we would be able to reduce by using ABB inverters to judiciously reduce the motors’ speed. Energy Savings […]
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 […]
