Blog/18 January 2020

Seeing clearly: is money “leaking” in your plant?

What you cannot see, you cannot measure. Hidden losses in compressor systems, and what an efficiency audit delivers: idle-time energy use, hidden leaks, savings points and payback calculation.

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18 January 2020
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Seeing clearly: is money “leaking” in your plant?

How to see clearly? Or: find out where your money is “leaking”!

People are primarily visual beings, and most of us cannot imagine what we cannot see. If it cannot be seen, it cannot be measured; and if it is not measured, it cannot be imagined… and so on, round in circles.

Compressor systems – systems that supply the energy carrier called compressed air – are complex, made up of many elements: compressors, receivers, dryers, filters, condensate drains, piping to the consumers, connection points and more. Every component is a potential point of compressed air loss.

When does the average compressed air user think about changing something? Only when they SEE that something is not working, or not working as usual – and by then a lot of air (read: energy and money!) has already been lost for good.

And what about the things that happen but are not easy to see or hear? Are there any? Absolutely! It is precisely these invisible and inaudible losses that happen every day, wasting (read: throwing away!) huge amounts of energy – and with it, money – for good.

01The solution: an efficiency audit of your compressor system

  • Measuring compressor efficiency (recording measurable parameters)
  • Analysing the results
  • Showing the electricity used for useful compressor work
  • Showing the electricity used while the compressor idles
  • An accurate picture of compressor operation during real air demand and while consumers are idle (revealing possible hidden leaks)
  • Proposed improvements to the existing system
  • Possible savings points and suggested corrections
  • Calculation of possible savings
  • Calculation of the payback period

WHAT CANNOT BE SEEN CANNOT BE MEASURED! Check your compressed air system and use the money you were throwing away until yesterday for something you actually want!

For more information on available dates for compressed air system efficiency measurements, contact us on +381 22 215 23 01 or office@tehnogama.com.

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