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A Revolution in Pumping Efficiency Part 1
A Revolution in Pumping Efficiency Part 1
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s you’re traveling at a speed of for electricity than they did ten years of applications, but the most frequent
500 miles per hour, at an altitude ago. Many producers and consumers are usage is for a basic transfer application,
of 30,000 feet, you are probably aware of this increase in energy costs a process that transfers fluid from point
very aware of the large amount of and most have come to accept it as a A to point B via positive displacement.
energy used during one flight and the necessary cost to do business in today’s During this process, AODDP consume
fact that it is energy that drives our economy. energy in the form of compressed air
modern economy. It can be argued that In a modern manufacturing and convert that energy into positive
today’s access to abundant and low-cost environment, energy is used in many displacement, resulting in liquid
energy is a key ingredient to a thriving forms including electrical, liquid transfer.
economy. fuels, hydraulics and pneumatics. For Before going any further into our
Over the last decade, the cost of this discussion, we will examine air discussion, we should agree on some
energy has risen dramatically. According usage, particularly when used in air assumptions. Though electrical rates
to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the operated double diaphragm pumps vary widely across the globe, we will
average consumer pays 47 percent more (AODDP). AODDP are used in a variety use the price of $0.07 per kilowatt-hour
Figure 1: All-Flo’s Legacy Product Performance Curve, an illustration of a performance curve for a typical 2-inch (50.8 millimeter) AODDP.