Standardizing Pump Processes at the Hydraulic Institute Annual Conference.
HI Standards Partner, Kimley-Horn, shares their perspective on the standards writing process after attending the HI Annual Conference.
Blogs | December 7, 2022
To understand how the viscosity of a liquid affects a pumping system, it is important to understand what viscosity represents. By definition, viscosity is the property of a liquid that causes it to offer resistance to shear stress such as that caused by liquid flow, primarily in the area of the pipe wall.
Blogs, Technical, Standards | November 9, 2022
In 250 BCE, Ancient Greeks and Romans used a device called the Archimedes screw: the first water pump, which was shaped as a giant screw and used to raise water. ANSI/HI 14.6-2022: Rotodynamic Pumps For Hydraulic Performance Acceptance Tests provides critical performance test procedures for rotodynamic pumps to ensure they are safe to use.
Blogs, Workforce Development | October 3, 2022
Like most industrial and manufacturing industries, the pumping and fluid handling industry is facing workforce challenges. This includes a challenge to attract young professionals to the manufacturing, construction and municipal industries.
Blogs, PSM Newsletter, Regulatory | September 27, 2022
After years of delay, the U.S. Department of Energy is putting the final touches on its circulator pump efficiency regulation. Expect to see the new rule before the end of the year and likely take effect sometime within the next three or four years.
PSM Newsletter, Blogs, Energy Efficiency | September 27, 2022
Energy organizations and utilities are learning how to leverage DOE regulations, pump efficiency labels, and utility programs to speed the adoption of high-efficiency pumps.
Blogs, Energy Efficiency, Technical, PSM Newsletter | September 27, 2022
System design engineers typically “round up” system capacity and losses to leave room for everything from changes during construction and potential facility expansions to fluid viscosity changes and the gradual roughening of pipe surfaces over time. As a result, pumps in the field often run at higher pressures and flowrates than their application requires.
PSM Newsletter, Blogs | September 27, 2022
With boomers retiring and hundreds of projects to manage, the Corps relies on Hydraulic Institute standards and training to bring new engineers up to speed.
Blogs, Technical | September 13, 2022
When pump systems are not optimized, it impacts a facility’s bottom line with increased maintenance, lost production and higher energy costs. System optimization is a cost-effective way to improve reliability and reduce energy consumption while improving process control to meet the process requirements.
Blogs, Energy Efficiency, Training | September 2, 2022
Pump systems play a critical role in keeping our world in motion. However, opportunities to improve pump system reliability and efficiency often go unnoticed when current demands are not verified or new demands are not considered prior to selecting a new pump.
Training, Blogs, Workforce Development | July 15, 2022
The pump industry is essential and growing. With water challenges on the rise, increased commitments to water infrastructure investment and the US pump market projected to grow at around 3.4% over the next five years, the need for qualified and motivated talent has never been higher.
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