Conserving Energy and Money with Variable Speed Pumps

This short message addresses the problems with current fixed-speed water pump and discusses how load and demand inefficiencies impact energy consumption. However, by using pressure sensors in variable speed pumps, systems can create a financial and energy savings by identifying peak use times and cy...

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Main Author: Tim O’BRIEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IFSA Publishing, S.L. 2007-12-01
Series:Sensors & Transducers
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Online Access:http://www.sensorsportal.com/HTML/DIGEST/december_07/P_218.pdf
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spelling doaj-53b58d92dcfe4833bd4cfe07d8f5b1692020-11-24T22:14:45ZengIFSA Publishing, S.L.Sensors & Transducers2306-85151726-54792007-12-01861218091811Conserving Energy and Money with Variable Speed PumpsTim O’BRIEN0Sensata Technologies, 529 Pleasant Street MSB 19 Attleboro, MA, 02703-0964, USAThis short message addresses the problems with current fixed-speed water pump and discusses how load and demand inefficiencies impact energy consumption. However, by using pressure sensors in variable speed pumps, systems can create a financial and energy savings by identifying peak use times and cycling down during low loads and demand.http://www.sensorsportal.com/HTML/DIGEST/december_07/P_218.pdfVariable Speed PumpsPressure SensorsEnergy Consumption
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Conserving Energy and Money with Variable Speed Pumps
Sensors & Transducers
Variable Speed Pumps
Pressure Sensors
Energy Consumption
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author_sort Tim O’BRIEN
title Conserving Energy and Money with Variable Speed Pumps
title_short Conserving Energy and Money with Variable Speed Pumps
title_full Conserving Energy and Money with Variable Speed Pumps
title_fullStr Conserving Energy and Money with Variable Speed Pumps
title_full_unstemmed Conserving Energy and Money with Variable Speed Pumps
title_sort conserving energy and money with variable speed pumps
publisher IFSA Publishing, S.L.
series Sensors & Transducers
issn 2306-8515
1726-5479
publishDate 2007-12-01
description This short message addresses the problems with current fixed-speed water pump and discusses how load and demand inefficiencies impact energy consumption. However, by using pressure sensors in variable speed pumps, systems can create a financial and energy savings by identifying peak use times and cycling down during low loads and demand.
topic Variable Speed Pumps
Pressure Sensors
Energy Consumption
url http://www.sensorsportal.com/HTML/DIGEST/december_07/P_218.pdf
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