Maintaining clean water and healthy in an aquaculture plant requires the careful use of disinfection equipment, filters of the water, flushing, and de-gassing circulation. It requires a durable and energy-efficient pumping system.
Fisheries are busy places with limited time for a pump and disassemble it for the purpose of re-greasing. Fish farming pumps must be able to handle their own high demand.
Fish Farm Pump Systems
The demand for fish in the world expands and oceans get overfished, it’s now becoming frequent to raise seafood on fish farms. The large farms rely on pumps that transfer seawater, then recirculate to prevent stagnation and transfer trash.
Energy usage is among the major expenses on farms associated with aquaculture. Pumping represents an important portion of total energy consumption. When choosing the right dimension of the pump, farmers can substantially reduce their energy expenses.
Divide the volume of the tank (in litres) according to your desired turning amount per hour in order to determine the pump flow required. Choose a pump with similar capacity. There’s never time to wait for an appointment when a may bom ly tam truc ngang stops working particularly when it’s pumping to fish.
Aquaculture Pump Efficiency
Pumps in aquaculture systems are vital for the transfer of water as well as distribution of nutrients and oxygenation. The amount of electricity they use is among the highest running costs.
The easiest way to increase your pump’s performance is to ensure that the pump is properly sized according to your requirements. Divide the desired turn-over rate by the pump’s capacity in order to determine the amount of gallons (or Liters) per hour are needed.
The duration of pumping and the power consumption is also reduced by reducing the pump’s velocity when less than full flow is required. Danfoss provides variable speed drives that let you adjust the speed of your pump electrically. This allows you to control the flow of your system precisely while conserving energy. Reducing operating expenses is the main goal of energy efficiency.
Sustainable Pumping Solutions for Fish Farms
The aquaculture sector faces a myriad of issues: lice in salmon, problems with water quality, algae problems, as well as waste management. In order to overcome these issues, fisheries rely on extremely efficient and sustainable pumps to disinfect filters, flushes as well as de-gas and circulate water.
Danfoss provides a variety of pumps that are designed to help fish farmers can reduce the energy use and increase the effectiveness of pumping. By, for instance, using the Danfoss control of speed, you can reduce the amount of fuel used in an recirculation system up to 50 percentage.
Fishing is a fast-paced place in which many things occur in the blink of an eyes. There is no time for extended service calls as live fish depend on the continuous movement of water that is fresh. Therefore, they require long-lasting, simple-to-maintain pump that require no lubrication. Another option is an air-injection pump.
Maintenance of the Pump for Aquaculture
Energy expenses are among the 2nd top operational cost for many Florida aquaculture system. Enhancing the efficiency of aquaculture pumps is one way to reduce these expenses. Proper system-sizing and placement of pumps will also improve performance as well as reliability and endurance.
The pump should be designed to work at its best efficiency (BEP). Operation outside of BEP results in cavitation, and reduces the lifetime of motors, shaft bearings and mechanical seals. It can lead to costly cost of maintenance as well as operating costs.
The topography of the farm site must be assessed, since it can affect water stability drainage and erosion risks. It also impacts the water quality parameters (temperature and salinity, pH, and dissolved oxygen) necessary for certain types of fish to flourish. If a pump malfunctions the availability of a second pump at hand can reduce the time spent in interruptions.
Innovative Pump Technologies for Aquaculture
Aquaculture requires high-quality water to ensure sustainable production. However, increasing fish population and overcrowded conditions could cause problems with water quality, stress and illness.
Airlift pumps using Constant Flow Technology help maintain consistent flow rates across changing weather conditions. This can be particularly helpful in RAS systems with media filters that prevent out waste that could block the system, and to ensure oxygen gas supply at optimal levels.
DESMI provides a range of low-pressure and high-flow pumps designed for RAS and flow-through use for land. They’re easier to maintain and boast greater energy efficiency over the larger range of capacities. They are also compatible with PLC menus designed specifically for the industry. Precision load measurement solutions are vital for applications in aquaculture.
