Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee 

Commercial and Industrial Pumps Working Group 

Vote Summary 

June 17, 2014 

Definition of Covered Product 

The covered product, a ‘pump,’ will be defined as below subject to potential edits necessary to 

accomplish the same intent: 

 ‘Pump’ is a device that moves liquids (which may include entrained gases, free solids, 

and totally dissolved solids) by physical or mechanical action and includes a bare pump 

and, if included by the manufacturer, the mechanical equipment, driver, and controls. 

Vote results: Consensus1

 (15 yes -1 no) on 3/4/2014 

The components of a ‘pump’ will be defined as below: 

 ‘Bare pump’ is a ‘pump’ excluding mechanical equipment, driver, and controls. 

 ‘Mechanical equipment’ is any component that transfers energy from the driver to the 

bare pump. 

 ‘Driver’ is the machine providing mechanical input to drive the bare pump directly or 

through the mechanical equipment, and may include an electric motor, internal 

combustion engine, or gas/steam turbine. 

 ‘Controls’ means any device that can be used to control the driver. 

Vote results: Consensus (15 yes - 1 absent) on 3/4/2014 

In this rulemaking, the metric will not cover non-electric drivers. The test procedure will specify 

that the bare pump rating calculations for the energy conservation standard also apply to pumps 

with non-electric drivers. 

Vote results: Unanimous on 3/26/14 

In-Scope and Out-of-Scope Pumps 

The scope of this rulemaking will include the following pump types: 

 End suction frame mounted/own bearings (ESFM/OH0, OH1) 

 End suction close coupled (ESCC/OH7) 

 Inline (IL/OH3, OH4, OH5) 

 Radial split (multistage) vertical (RS-V/VS8) 

 Vertical turbine submersible (VT-S/VS0) 

Vote results: Consensus (15 yes - 1 abstain) on 3/26/14 

                                                            

1 There are 16 members of the working group. Consensus has been defined as no more than 2 no votes.
Circulators and dedicated-purpose pool pumps will be held for additional ASRAC-approved 

negotiation. 

 Include schedule in term sheet for this working group 

 Target date is term sheet for 2nd negotiation by end of this year (subject to DOE 

capacity) – begin immediately following this negotiation 

 Working group recommendation to ASRAC 

Vote results: Consensus (15 yes -1 abstain) on 3/26/14 

This rulemaking will explicitly exclude the following types of pumps: 

 Positive displacement pumps 

 Axial/mixed flow pumps 

Vote results: Unanimous on 1/31/14 

 Double suction (DS) 

 Multistage axially split (AS) 

 Multistage radial split-horizontal (RS-H) 

 Multistage radial split vertical immersible 

 Vertical turbine (non-submersible) (VT) 

Vote results: Consensus (15 yes - 1 abstain) on 3/26/14 

Scope Refinements

For the in-scope pump types, this rulemaking will be limited to pumps with the following 

characteristics: 

 Full impeller diameter 

 1-200 Horsepower (shaft power at BEP) 

o applies to number of stages required for testing the standard 

 25 gallons/minute and greater (at BEP) 

 459 feet of head maximum (at BEP) 

 Design temperature range from -10 to 120 degrees C 

 Pumps designed for nominal 3600 or 1800 rpm driver speeds 

 6 inch or smaller bowl diameter (VT-S/HI VSO) 

Vote results: Consensus (15 yes - 1 absent) on 3/4/14 

It has been the intent of the working group to limit the scope of this rulemaking to pumps 

designed for use in pumping clean water. The rulemaking will explicitly exclude the following 

types of pumps [that might otherwise meet the definition of an in-scope pump type]:2

 Wastewater, sump, slurry, solids handling 

                                                            

2 Definitions designed to maintain the intent of these exclusions will be proposed in the NOPR by DOE.
o but not gray water 

 API 610 pumps 

 ASME/ISO chemical pumps 

 Fire pumps 

o if compliant with NFPA 20 and UL listed or FM approved 

 Self-priming pumps 

 Prime-assisted pumps 

Vote results: Unanimous on 1/31/14 

 Nuclear pumps 

o Complies with ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section III or 10CFR50; 

Non Code or Code/Safety Related. 

 Navy pumps 

o MIL Specification Compliant (MIL-P-17639, MIL-P-17881, MIL-P-17840, MILP-18682, MIL-P-18472) 

Vote results: Consensus (14 yes - 2 absent) on 3/4/14 

 Sanitary pumps 

o “Hygienic” or “sanitary” pumps are typically used in food processing and 

pharmaceutical applications. They are designed with special parameters, specific 

materials and surface finish to a variety of national and international rules and 

regulations that will minimize the biological growth inside the pump to protect 

public health. These design parameters and materials may result in lower 

efficiencies than for standard water pumps. Certifications for hygienic or sanitary 

products include, but are not limited to: 

 3-A Sanitary Standards 

 EHEDG (European Hygienic Equipment Design Group) recommendations 

 QHD (Qualified Hygienic Design) 

Vote results: Unanimous on 3/26/14 

Energy Conservation Standards 

For ESCC, ESFM, IL, and VT-S pumps in both 1800 and 3600 rpm speeds, the energy 

conservation standards will be set at PER 25 (with C-values iterated to cut off exactly 25% of the 

pumps in our database) with a compliance date 4 years from the publication of the Final Rule. 

For RS-V pumps, energy conservation standards will be set to harmonize with the European 

Union Lot 11 MEI 40 level, with the intent that no models known to pass the EU standard would 

fail the US standard. 

Vote results: Consensus (14 yes – 1 abstain – 1 absent) on 3/26/14