Approximately 70% of all manufacturers use compressed air systems to power items such as tools, materials handling and spray painting equipment.
Compressed air is one of the most expensive and inefficient users of energy within in a manufacturing plant, with only 15% of the energy input actually being delivered as compressed air, the remainder is lost as heat energy.
It is crucial that this heat is removed from the unit to prevent excessive temperatures within the housing.
Advantages to heat extraction include:
Reduced loss in production due to overheated compressor
- Improved compressor efficiencies (due to Boyles law)
- Potential for heat recovery
Just as important as the extraction of the heat, is its recovery. A significant amount of energy can be recovered from the warm air and reused for space heating, water or process liquid pre-heating, process drying, or compressed air treatment.
The savings made on heat recovery can be significant: on average, £1,900 per annum can be saved on a typical 100kW compressor.
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