System Assessments

Thought Leaders on System Optimization Past & Future

Edited by Troy Dreier, Senior Editor, Compressed Air Best Practices® Magazine

We asked a hand-selected list of original equipment manufacturers, independent compressed air system sales and service companies, manufacturing plants and independent system auditors to share their thoughts, highlighting the changes they’ve seen over the past 20 years, then predicting what the next 20 years will bring.

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Inappropriate-Use Assessment Saves 1,881 scfm

By Hank Van Ormer, Air Power USA

This factory currently spends \$735,757 annually on the electricity required to operate the compressed air system at its plant. The group of projects recommended in the system assessment will reduce these energy costs by an estimated \$364,211 (49% of current use). Estimated costs for completing the recommended projects total \$435,800. This figure represents a simple payback period of 14.4 months.

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Food Industry Expertise at Parker domnick hunter

Compressed Air Best Practices® Magazine spoke with the Parker PDF (Purification, Dehydration, and Filtration) Division.

Compressed Air Best Practices spoke with the Parker PDF (Purification, Dehydration, and Filtration) Division.

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Compressed Air Leaks: Fact vs. Myth

By Hank Van Ormer, Air Power USA

Compressed air leaks - every system has them. Is a leak identification and control program economically rewarding and/or necessary? Upper management sometimes doesn’t recognize the true cost of not repairing air leaks. Knowing the high cost of compressed air, why wouldn’t every facility with a compressed air piping system implement a continuous leak identification and repair program?

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Compressed Air Management Systems Assist Sustainability Programs

Compressed Air Best Practices®

We are finding significant changes in industry with regards to which managers are involved with our discussions.

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Evaluating Central Compressed Air Management Systems

Hank Van Ormer, Air Power USA

Productivity and profits are very directly linked to the compressed air system, as is waste elimination. High performance central compressed air management systems can respond quickly to even extreme system fluctuations, improving productivity and minimizing energy waste. This is accomplished with modern software systems analyzing and processing appropriate data and triggering proactive actions - before the dynamics effect the compressed air production system.

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Grimmway Farms Implements System Automation

Patricia Boyd, Ecos Air

This article presents a case study of Grimmway Farms; a carrot growing and packing firm located in California’s Central Valley that was able to improve its compressed air system efficiency after implementing system automation and making relatively small equipment and piping changes.

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Easy-to-Implement Master Control and Monitoring Systems

By Jan Hoetzel, SIGA Green Technologies

Easy-to-implement master control and monitoring systems provide crucial system information including the key performance indicators required to manage air compressors and their associated energy costs.

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Control Systems for Small and Medium-Sized Air Compressors

By Bob Foege, Standard Pneumatic Products

In today’s world, where “green” is “gold”, the efficient operation of multiple air compressors has taken on a new sense of urgency. In an era where giant manufacturing campuses with huge compressed air systems are fast disappearing, the emphasis shifts now to improving the efficiency of the higher numbers of installed small and medium size air compressors.

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