My March 11th blog article concerning The Department of Energy Standards for centrifugal pumps raised questions about the engineer’s or owner’s choice of variable frequency …
Department of Energy Pump Standards – Modify Your Specification
The Department of Energy (DOE) Standards for centrifugal pumps will start to affect construction projects that you are designing today. These standards for minimum pump …
Bell and Gossett Part Load Efficiency Value Part 2: How to use PLEV
In the last Monday Morning Minutes post, we introduced the PLEV, or Part Load Efficiency Value from Bell and Gossett. This week we look at some …
New Pump Efficiency Standard Part 2: The Pump Energy Index (PEI)
Now that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published the first ever Energy Conservation Standards for Pumps, let’s take a look at some of …
New Pump Efficiency Standards Part 1: They’re Here, Now What?
Heat pumps have them. Air conditioners have them. Even light bulbs have them. And now, for the first time in history, clean water pumps have …