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Reducing Pump Power Consumption by 40% (1000 KW) Through Improved Pump Management in a Central Plant
Abstract
Chilled water system data collection and field
measurements performed at the Central Utility Plant
of Texas A&M University revealed that 30 - 50 % of
the primary pump head is consumed by manual and
automatic valves being operated in a partially-opened
condition.
A comprehensive analysis was performed to
develop an improved pump management schedule.
The results show potential savings of up to 40% of
the pump power consumption without any capital
investment. The optimized schedule is being
implemented. This paper describes the method and
presents results of the analysis and implementation.
Citation
Deng, S.; Liu, M.; Turner, W. D. (1998). Reducing Pump Power Consumption by 40% (1000 KW) Through Improved Pump Management in a Central Plant. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /6753.