Sulzer has launched the Sulzer Energy Optimization Service, an energy efficiency and carbon reduction service that will create a new best practice standard for the operation of centrifugal pumps across their lifecycle for energy intensive industries.
Launched to address growing demand for industrial energy efficiency, the solution brings together digital analysis, machine learning and ongoing monitoring with Sulzer’s decades of engineering expertise to drive down carbon emissions, enhance reliability, and reduce energy costs.
A 1% increase in global pump efficiency would save around 59TWh of electricity – equivalent to New Zealand’s annual power needs; some pumps’ efficiency could be increased by as much as 20-30%.
Ravin Pillay-Ramsamy, services division president at Sulzer, said: “Inefficient and unreliable pumps cost operators in the industrial sectors millions of dollars in unnecessary downtime, energy costs and carbon emissions every year. Sulzer Energy Optimization Service offers a comprehensive solution that tackles this inefficiency – from identification through to improvement and monitoring.”
Consisting of four steps, an initial pump energy audit identifies areas of inefficiency with Sulzer’s proprietary calculator – PumpWise – outlining the potential energy, carbon and monetary savings.
A tailored proposal is generated by Sulzer’s expert team presenting a range of options to return the pump to run at its best efficiency point through an engineered retrofit, with varying techniques such as hydraulic re-rates, specialized coatings, wear clearances and more.
Each option weighs operational costs, investment, downtime, payback and efficiency guarantees.
The upgrades are then implemented with support from Sulzer’s established retrofit team which has delivered more than 4,000 retrofit projects globally since its setup in 2010. The team is supported by a network of more than 120 service locations globally.
New pump energy optimisation solution launched to drive cost and carbon savings
