ABB to present water-process portfolio at IWEX

ABB will have a bigger stand at IWEX this year, featuring its full range of products for water processes.

A central feature of the stand will be an automated interactive display demonstrating how ABB's technologies can be integrated to help monitor and control water supplies.

The display will feature various examples from ABB's instrumentation, drives, motors and low-voltage product ranges, all controlled by ABB's latest PLC solutions, with Profibus and Ethernet communications technology.

ABB engineers will offer expert advice on the latest legislation and issues affecting the water industry, including Mcerts, the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme and AMP cycle.

Among the new products on the stand will be the ABB industrial drive, with a series of in-built intelligent-pump functions.

These include flow calculation, soft pipe filling, pump cleaning (anti-ragging), multi-pump control, level control, pump auto change and pump priority.

For clean water-pumping systems, a sleep and boost option will allow the drive to go to 'sleep' at low consumption times, but not before boosting the pressure to allow a longer sleep period.

ABB experts will give a series of free seminars covering issues pertinent to the water industry.

Tony Hoyle, ABB UK flow product manager, will discuss Mcerts and outline the measures needed to ensure continued compliance between inspections.

He will cover all the key factors that need to be considered, along with the technology and verification service routines that can help operators make sure they are fully prepared for their next inspection.

Nick Brown, ABB energy-appraisal manager, will explain how companies can meet the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme with variable-speed drives.

According to EU estimates, pumps use more energy than any other type of industrial equipment, consuming some 160TWh of electric power and accounting for 79m metric tons of CO2 emissions a year.

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