LONG BEACH, Calif. - Pumps are responsible for a significant part of the world’s electrical energy consumption, but their impact can be by using variable-speed pump control, especially in hydronic ...

The way we control the speed of fan motors or pump motors has tremendously changed in the past two decades with the introduction of variable-frequency drives (VFDs), aka variable-frequency controllers ...

BMG Synergy PI500 drives integrated with Agrico Web Control enable energy-efficient, reliable pump and motor management for ...

In a previous article A New Age In North American Hydronics I promised that we would venture into the word of light commercial pump sizing using variable speed pumps. How many times have we been ...

Chris Parsloe argues that a modular approach to system design helps exploit the energy saving potential of variable speed pumps In the shadows cast by Part L of the new Building Regulations and the ...

The recent push to make everything smart or connected has led to some interesting evolutions in manufacturing. Application and infrastructure divided the use of electromechanical and fluid power.

A recent trend in nuclear power plant upgrades has been the replacement of the motor-generator (MG) sets that drive the reactor circulating pumps with variable-frequency drives (VFD). Siemens’ first ...

Scientists in Turkey have developed a new algorithm to optimize the efficiency of PV-powered water pumps. The novel technique is based on the Extended Kalman–Bucy filter, which is a ...

Researchers in Korea have designed applied machine learning techniques to enable users to have more control of the timing of heating and cooling in air-source heat pumps. The system is based on ...