Xylem Announces 2016 RIONED Innovation Award Win For Flygt Smartrun's Cutting-Edge Cleaning Function

Leading global water technology company Xylem announced recently that Flygt SmartRun’s cutting-edge cleaning function has won the 2016 RIONED Innovation Award. The RIONED Foundation is the national centre of expertise in sewer management and urban drainage in the Netherlands and the Innovation Award recognises cutting-edge advancements in the field of urban water resilience and management.

Flygt SmartRun was recognised with the award for its state-of-the-art pump cleaning function which handles pump, pipe and sump cleaning and facilitates soft starts and stops, delivering a new level of reliability and efficiency in an easy-to-install solution. The intelligent pump controller’s advanced cleaning function, optimised for use with the Flygt N-impeller, detects abnormal blockages of the impeller and triggers an automatic cleaning sequence by momentarily reversing the impeller direction. Costs associated with unplanned maintenance are thereby reduced as clogging is instantly resolved when it occurs.

Working in tandem with Xylem’s Flygt Experior wastewater pumping solution, Flygt SmartRun can significantly reduce a pump station’s costs due to a combination of energy savings of up to 50 percent* and a reduction in unplanned maintenance call-outs typically required to address clogging. Xylem is so confident in the Flygt SmartRun solution that it has introduced a two-year clog-free guarantee when SmartRun is used with the renowned Flygt N-pump.           

As SmartRun is pre-programmed, costly engineering work associated with pump station commissioning is eliminated. The intelligent pump controller solution intuitively finds the most energy-efficient pump speed for a specific application to ensure optimum efficiency. Start and stop ramps enable smoother, less abrasive pump operation, reducing wear and tear on the valves and increasing the lifetime of the pump. SmartRun can generate the same amount of torque as a direct online connected pump which ensures a reliable start even in the toughest wastewater conditions.

Commenting on the award, Tomas Brannemo, Senior Vice President and President of Transport atXylem said, “At Xylem we are committed to developing smart and sustainable solutions that solve every day water challenges and advance the more efficient use of water around the globe. We are honoured that Flygt SmartRun’s cleaning function has been recognised with the RIONED Innovation Award. SmartRun is redefining wastewater pumping by offering an effective solution that is reliable and efficient. Our recent report, Powering the Wastewater Renaissance, demonstrated the important role that proven technologies such as SmartRun can play in increasing energy efficiency in wastewater management and reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions.”

Xylem’s Powering the Wastewater Renaissance report provides an analysis of energy efficiency in the wastewater management industry and assesses how the global water sector can reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions with existing, proven technologies. Increasing energy efficiency through the adoption of readily available wastewater management technologies can slash related emissions by nearly half.

* According to Xylem tests

About Xylem
Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology provider, enabling customers to transport, treat, test and efficiently use water in public utility, residential and commercial building services, industrial and agricultural settings. The company does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands, and its people bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on finding local solutions to the world’s most challenging water and wastewater problems. Xylem is headquartered in Rye Brook, New York, with 2015 revenue of $3.7B and approximately 12,500 employees worldwide. Xylem was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, North America for the last four years for advancing sustainable business practices and solutions worldwide, and the Company has satisfied the requirements to be a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series each year since 2013.

The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of our water-centric business by linking it with the best water transportation of all -- that which occurs in nature. For more information, visit www.xyleminc.com.