HI launches Pump Energy Index Calculator for DOE-regulated pumps
Calculating the Pump Energy Index (PEI) to comply with the U.S. Department of Energy pump energy conservation standard released in January 2016 will become a bigger challenge as manufacturers prepare to meet the 2020 compliance and labeling requirements. The DOE Test Procedure, based on the Hydraulic Institute’s standard for pump efficiency testing (HI 40.6), is a multi-stepped process, and the data required to determine a pump’s PEI can vary according to the product configuration.
To help pump manufacturers understand the complex test procedure and calculate PEI in a consistent manner, HI developed two different PEI Calculator tools with the help of member companies Engineered Software and Intelliquip.