Pump system engineering is the science of achieving optimal pumping solutions to satisfy your needs. The most common example of this is sizing and selection of the right product for a given application. However, to get an optimal solution from a reliability and efficiency perspective, selecting the right product is not enough.
EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE GIVES US UNIQUE EXPERTISE
With more than 60 years of experience in wastewater handling, Xylem has developed unique know-how to provide design recommendations and solutions for your processes and applications. Our engineers use specially developed and commercial, industry-leading software the help design solutions to your pumping challenges.
The deep knowledge and extensive experience of our pump engineers, together with a broad range of unique Flygt products, enables us to offer a customized solution – one that ensures trouble-free operation and lower life-cycle costs.
OUR PUMP SYSTEM ENGINEERING SERVICES INCLUDES:
- Head loss calculations
- Water hammer analysis
- Start calculations
- Pump station design
- Computational fluid dynamics
SYSTEM DESIGN
System design is important when transporting water, wastewater and other fluids containing solids. The right system design prevents solids settling and pump clogging. A poorly designed system will cost more in maintenance and lack energy efficiency. More importantly, perhaps, it can also contribute to health problems for people living near piping networks and pump stations, since system breakdown leads to sewage leaks into the environment. A cleaner station leads to less maintenance and a better work environment for service personnel.
Water hammer can cause pipes to collapse and valves to rupture. By analyzing system performance using precise methods and accurate calculations, we’re able to recommend and size the appropriate system protection for your system.
LIFE-CYCLE COSTS
Pumping installations and station designs are critical to achieving low life-cycle costs (LCC) in a wastewater application. Since a pump station is a highly complex system, every critical operating scenario must be considered. To achieve reliable and cost effective pumping over time, we look at all running conditions during the design phase. This way, we can find the most suitable pump selection and duty point to minimize energy consumption, avoid disturbances and extend the system's lifetime.
The most important factor affecting LCC is energy consumption. The efficiency of a pump solution doesn't only depend on the system efficiency and the efficiency of the pumping units. It is also achieved by preventing adverse hydraulic phenomena as well as sedimentation, floating debris and clogging problems. We can help you analyze your system and offer you a solution considering the total costs of ownership.