Water & Wastewater Treatment

8 PUMP CENTRE CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 2015 PREVIEW Pattingham Suite international Centre, telford thurSday 14 may Technical conference Maximising existing asset performance through control Maximising existing asset performance through control: how changing control philosophy could lead to better performance from existing pumping assets. Dan Banks, ABB lunCh break 12.15-14.00 PDAS - A Partnering for Progress Approach In 2011, regulations came into play that would see the maintenance of private sewers become the responsibility of water and sewerage companies. The transfer of care now means that regulated companies are responsible for maintaining and repairing the sewers, and come October 2016, thousands of Private Pumping Stations also. Guidelines created by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) mean that any pumping station requiring full replacement or refurbishment, must meet the standards set out by the local Water Company to ensure the Pumping station is suitable for adoption and meet safe and serviceable standards. Stuart Challacombe & Damian Whelan, Xylem Water Solutions Wind Pumping: what's the benefit? This presentation will cover the results and findings from the Environment Agency's 'Low Carbon Water Pumping' competition, detailing the scope of the competition, design considerations and the conclusions reached from the proof of concept installation at a pumping station in Hull. Steve Todd, Wind Drive Ltd PreSentationS end 15.15 eXhibition oPen 15.15-16.00 CloSe 16.00 (Timings may be subject to change) "When optimising a station like Thames Water's Littleton, some companies would only look at the pump, but we have the expertise and equipment to evaluate performance from 'source to tap'." highlightS ↖ PumPing beSt PraCtiCe for 2020 regiStration 08.00 eXhibition oPenS 08.30 WelCome and introduCtion 09.45 Mike Rush, Pump Centre Chairman, and Pump Centre Manager John Howarth Project Littleton RWPS – Pump Station Upgrade from 1925 to 2015 The project has been borne out of a collaboration between Thames Water and Boulting Group's Pump Management team to upgrade the performance to make it the most cost-effective and reliable river abstraction system along the River Thames, whilst retaining its original character. Although the asset belonged to Thames Water, the desire to retain the original beauty and character of its engineering came from Boulting Pump Management. Brian Conway, Pump Management, Boulting Group Intelligent Condition Monitoring Historically condition monitoring for rotating machines and pumps has been treated in a similar way. This session will investigate ways of implementing cost effective condition monitoring for pumps, which will enable users to assess both locally and remotely the current equipment health, predict potential issues and help avoid damage to critical machinery. Mike Loughran, Rockwell Automation morning break 11.00-11.20 Lifecycle Information Services & Asset Optimisation Services Lifecycle Information Services and Asset Optimisation Services provide solutions that deliver regular updates on the status of products, reduce stock holding of spare parts and manages product obsolescence. Howard Stott, Siemens SUlzER (STaNd S16) RECEIVING a VISIT FROM HRH THE PRINCESS ROyal aT THE COMPaNy'S RECENTly OPENEd £4.5M SERVICE CENTRE IN MIddlESBROUGH BRIaN CONWay, PUMP MaNaGEMENT dIRECTOR, BOUlTING GROUP "New directives and standards are challenging the pump industry to come up with ways of increasing energy efficiency while keeping costs down...designers of pumping systems need to look beyond the motor, and consider the contributions that motor control systems can make to energy efficiency." STUaRT GREENWOOd, INdUSTRIal CONTROl aNd aUTOMaTION, EaTON (STaNd B45)

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