Liz Nickels

Pump Industry Awards nominees

Here are the nominees for the 2012 Pump Industry Awards.

Water & Wastewater

Grundfos dosing for off-gassing needs

When a US wastewater treatment plant in South Carolina saw lower flows than expected, due to a delayed housing project, the facility experienced repeated vapour lock resulting in higher operational...

Water & Wastewater

Calculating pipes and duty points with Vogel Software tools

Energy savings can be obtained in several ways, but before manufacturers turn to hydraulic optimisation of units or apply new electrical drives or powerful control systems, they should look at the...

General Processing

Frothing fix for problem printer

Frothing and breakdowns were regular occurrences for printer Portishead Press as their air-operated diaphragm pump and its seals could not cope with the caustic coating solution used by the printer....

Power Generation

Hydropower from KSB pumps-as-turbines

Brazil is known for its use of hydropower, but when a small, remote tourism complex in a Brazilian nature reserve needed additional power supply, a conventional hydropower solution was deemed too...