Harry Rosen has over 30 years of experience in the pumping industry, and his company TAS Online is an international market leader in engineering software and consulting services for both users and manufacturers of pumps
Harry is one of only two International Pump Experts contracted by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) to deliver expert pump training programs in South Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Russia and Colombia. He is also the lead facilitator in the ‘Train the Trainer’ program, whereby groups of pump experts are selected and developed as pump trainers themselves.
Harry recently presented a pumping systems course on behalf of the Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Partnership in Boston and is internationally recognised as one of the leading experts in promoting the system approach to pumping system optimisation.
Harry presents both a 3 day workshop on improving the efficiency and reliability of pumping systems, and a 4 day course on pump operation and maintenance. Drawing on his wealth of experience, both courses address both the theoretical and practical aspects of pumping systems. The courses have been supported by UNIDO, NCPC, Eskom (local power utility) and the National Energy Efficiency Agency as a valuable tool to help industry achieve their targeted 15% savings in electricity.
Harry has presented training courses to groups of delegates in the following industries :
- Water boards
- Petrochemical facilities
- Eskom (power utility) energy advisers
- Agriculture
- Mining process plants
- Process and steel industries
Harry has carried out more than 30 pumping system assessments and scoping studies, both in SA and around the world at industries such as :
- Bulk and municipal water supply
- Iron and steel manufacturing
- Petrochemical and process plants
- Mining (underground, open cast, dune mining) and mineral process plants
- Power stations
- Pulp and sugar
Harry has acted as an expert witness in a number of arbitration cases involving clients in the water industry. He has also performed third party independent design reviews of new pumping systems for pump companies as well as engineering consulting firms.
Background
Harry studied at Wits University and qualified with a Bsc Mech Eng in 1987, receiving his Pr Eng in 1992. He is past chairman of the SA Institution of Mechanical Engineering, Central Branch and was instrumental in setting up the International Pump User Conference (IPUC) which was held in Johannesburg, bringing together the world’s experts in energy efficient pumping systems, regularly attracting over 180 delegates and 20 world class speakers.
Pump manufacturers and suppliers in South Africa and in many countries around the world are using pump selection and graphing software, as well as Testbed automation systems designed by TAS Online.
Through the development and roll out of its TAS PumpMonitor software, his company’s products and expertise are well known and accepted by major pump users such as Anglo American, Gold Fields and Harmony Gold.
Current Position : Managing Director TAS Online:
Nature of duties:
- Mechanical engineering software development for the international pump industry
- Aquatec pump selection software
- Graftec pump curve graphing software
- Life cycle costing analysis of pumping systems
- Design and integration of fully automated pump test facilities
- TAS PumpMonitor – real time remote pump performance monitoring system
- Mechanical engineering software development for the international pump industry
- Witness pump tests
- Scoping studies and full pump system assessments
- Implementation of energy savings projects
- Third party design reviews of new pump station design
- Life cycle cost analyses of new and existing pumping systems
- Expert witness for projects in the water industry
- Third party design reviews
List of relevant experience
- Sibanye Gold / Gold Fields/ Harmony Gold – Pump systems monitoring and consultancy services to three major gold mining groups. This includes analysis of pump and system efficiencies, system optimization and refurbishment.
- Lepelle Northern Water – Assessments at various pump stations with the view to optimize the energy and maintenance costs. Currently involved on a group wide optimization and consultation.
- Eskom / Johannesburg Water – Conducted a pilot project at the Johannesburg Water pump station which was audited by Eskom in order to demonstrate the accuracy of TAS PumpMonitor software and savings potential at a typical municipal pumping system.
- Assessments of pumping systems at two Johannesburg Water pump stations.
- Midvaal Water – Conducted assessments on two pumping facilities and subsequently assisted in reviewing tender submissions on the company’s behalf.
- Exxaro – Conducted a pump systems audit and a number of assessments on water delivery systems at Grootegeluk Coal Mine.
- Anglo Coal – a pumping system improvement project at New Vaal Colliery is in the execution phase following a successful assessment of savings opportunities and subsequent monitoring of pump efficiency. Assessments have also been completed at Goodehoop, Kleinkopje and Greenside.
- Ongoing assessments and project implementation at Arcelor Mittal South Africa steel mills in Vanderbijlpark and Saldanha
- Energy audit of process pumps (Phenosolvan plant) at Sasol refinery in Secunda
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