Special Iran-Made Part for Household Water Pumps Optimizes Energy Consumption

“This product plays a highly important role in reducing electricity consumption and increasing the lifespan of water pumps in apartments and industrial centers,” Behzad Jannati, the manager of electro pumps optimization and performance project, told ANA on the sidelines of Asreh Omid Event in Tehran.

He added that while the pumps of apartments, residential units and villas initially start working, a part of the energy is wasted, noting, “If every residential unit has a pump, there are several thousand pumps in a province that consume 5 to 6 times more than the nominal electric power at the moment of starting.”

“Our research team has designed and produced a part that decreases the nominal current by approximately 70% to 80% at the moment of starting,” Jannati said.

“This part can be installed in the pumps easily and at a low cost. Also, this product does not have any foreign counterpart and was designed and manufactured for the first time in the world,” he added.

In a relevant development, a faculty member of Islamic Azad University’s Ilam branch had also succeeded in designing and making an ‘automatic apartment tank’ which can resolve the problem of low water pressure in apartments.

“The problem of water shortage in cities has caused almost all buildings, specially apartment complexes, to use water pressure pumps,” Ehsan Abdoli told ANA.

He described high consumption of electricity, costs of repair, constant repairs, loud noise, etc. as some problems of installing a water pressure pump in apartments, and said, “Also, the power cut in a multi-story building which use water pressure pumps leads to the lack of water in all parts of the building.”

Abdoli said that the project of automatic tank for apartments is in the final registration stages and several purchase orders have been received.

He explained that the device enjoys several advantages, including pumping water in buildings without using a pump, providing sufficient water pressure, easy installation in buildings, easy installation and connection to cold water at home without any need for a float, completely hygienic without the need for washing, installation in balcony and basement, omission of plastic tanks in buildings, and use of modern technology, etc.

Many residential buildings suffer from the problem of water pressure imbalance in all the apartments in the building or in most cases in the apartments located on the upper floors. This is because water systems fail to regulate the changing use loads of building water consumption.

Islamic Azad University's "second step of revolution" under the title of Asreh Omid Event was held in Tehran's Mosalla from May 29 to June 01, 2022 to exhibit new achievements, equipment and products in the technological and innovation arenas in line with opening new windows towards strengthening the idea of creating ground for knowledge-based businesses at the 40th anniversary of establishment of the Islamic Azad University.

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