18/08/2023
How much are in you plant?
This is very common question asked by energy auditors to plant team. Most of the cases plant team is not aware, common answer is we are maintaining plant very well. Compressed Air is costliest utility with overall efficiency of less than 15%. So, it is very important to know about the leakage percentage in you plant and maintain it to less than 5%. Regular leak test is very important.
Innovative Energy Conservation Solutions (IECS) recently conducted energy audit in Industry. This plant has 3 shops, getting compressed air from common source. Compressed Air Leakage level in 3 shops is around 7%, 28% and 46%. Same plant, equally old installation, same maintenance team. After getting right information, plant team quickly worked on this opportunity to save 16.91 lakhs in terms money and around reduction of 177 tons of C02 emission in terms of environment pollution.
It is very important to conduct compressed air leakage test. Facilities should conduct same every month to maintain it less than 5%. There are many other opportunities in compressed air system.
1. Maintain minimum possible pressure at compressor outlet
2. Compressor should not run in Unloading mode, we can install VFD to modulate the compressor
3. Pressure drop in system should not be more than 5% of generation pressure
4. Dryers/filters should be having minimum pressure drop
5. Clean Air filters regularly
6. Proper water drainage system should be installed at receiver
7. Installation of Both Wet and dry receiver and many more
IECS is Energy Conservation & Sustainability Consultants collaborating with industries, trade associations, non-profit organisations and government bodies to make them more profitable by reducing operational cost, reducing carbon emissions, and at the same time help the planet to become a better place to live. Our strength lies in the qualified team of Certified Energy Auditors from Bureau of Energy Efficiency, GOI and state of the art instrumentation. This dedicated team has aimed to determine ways to reduce energy consumption per unit of product output and to lower operating costs, has conducted Deta