Kirloskar Brothers
Limited’s (KBL’s) pressure boosting Hydro-Pneumatic (HYPN) system is an intelligent water supply solution
ideally designed for residential and commercial buildings, hotels, hospitals,
and industries that can serve
the changing water demand at
constant pressure. HYPN system is a conventional pumping system converted into an autom
A HYPN system maintains consta
An operational
standard pump significantly contributes to operational expenditure in two ways:
high energy consumption and high
spending on pumps’ maintenance. The HYPN system helps curb these associated
costs, majorly by optimising the energy cost through
greater
KBL has accomplished further v
Most pump
manufacturers offer only vertical inline multistage pumps in pressure booster
applications. However, site conditions may require a different type of pump.
KBL has successfully coupled its pressure boosting technology with a wide range
of pumps like inline, end
suction, sump pumps, split case pumps, VT pumps, among others. This ensures the
most suitable pump being used yielding the best performance over the entire
life of the system. This customisation has also enabled the application of KBL’s HYPN system in
almost all the industrial verticals right from pharmaceutical and chemical
process industries to
KBL is a UL
registered supplier of packaged pumping systems. As far as the certifications
and accreditations for its HYPN system are concerned, KBL achieved one of its biggest milestones recently when
the company became India’s first manufacturer of HYPN systems to be recognised with the prestigious India
Design Mark (IDM), a design standard backed by a stringent evaluation process that symbolises product excellence
in the form of quality and innovation. The IDM symbol
is a befitting testimony to the extensive and dedicated efforts of KBL’s
R&D and Design team that went into the development of such a highly
usable, durable
KBL has a dedicated facility for testing its Kirloskar HYPN systems located at Shirval, Maharashtra. In fact, KBL is among the only few pump companies in the country to possess a dedicated facility for testing HYPN pumps.
The HYPN systems are primarily used for maintaining critical water supply across some of the biggest and dedicated Covid-19 hospital buildings built or set-up for the treatment of coronavirus patients. These included the 551-bed hospital building set-up near Kasaragod, Kerala, the 500 bed Sardar Vallabhbhai Covid Hospital constructed by DRDO at Delhi, the 400 bed District Hospital building at Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and the 800-bed Covid-19 hospital in Pune. In all these hospitals, KBL’s HYPN pumps are operational.
Mumbai, 10th May 2021