The Role of Universities Within the Qualification and Verification Process of EuP Requirements for Turbomachines using the Example of Rotodynamics Pumps

Besides general Energy using Products (EuP) related issues concerning the qualification approaches for rotodynamic pumps this paper demonstrates a practical example how universities are able to support the work of market surveillance by providing their neutral scientific expertise as well as their infrastructure in the frame of product verification. This example based on the work achieved within a small pilot project funded by the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Energy Economics of Baden-Württemberg respectively the affiliated market surveillance authority. The small project consists of a round robin test to verify the MEI (Minimum Efficiency Index) of a single stage end suction centrifugal pump.