Recently, I was reading the book "Lessons for the 21st Century" written by Yuval Noah Harari, in which he describes the current challenges we are facing. One of the major challenge is the Climate change and the catastrophic consequences it has on our society. He underlines the need for action...

10- Usage of compressed air should be reduced (leakage reduction, air consumption minimalisation) The best way to reduce the Energy of Compressed Air is not to use Compressed Air when it is not needed. Compressed air has many benefits and is in many cases the best solution for certain applications....

9- Remaining waste heat should be reused when economically viable Referring to belief 8, the remaining waste heat, is energy which can be recovered. Compressing air, brings the air in another state (different pressure), but as such does not contain energy. All the energy is in the form of heat...

8- Waste heat from the compression should be kept as low as possible Law of Physics define that the power needed to compress Air is 100% converted into Heat ! For most people difficult to understand ! They will ask, what about the efficiency ? To compress Air, the amount...

7- Auxiliary (dryers and filters) equipment should in be included in the evaluation Compressing Air is like squeezing an orange. The juice is coming out in high quantities, depending on the content of juice within the orange. The same is with Ambient Air, the relative humidity is defining how much...

6- Compressor room control is a must The compressor room consists mostly of multiple compressors to handle the variating flow. A compressor room control, regulates the different air-compressors in function of the demand. In partial load, many types of compressors do not run efficiently. Good to know is...

5- The right choice of compressor type must be based on energy efficiency on full load and partial load In a factory, a responsible for compressed Air is assigned. This can be the owner, the technical director or service technician. He is responsible for the Compressed Air installation and needs...

4- Waste of the compressed air installation should be measured Our planet is being combusted with waste. Alot of new rules and legislation is being introduced in various areas, such as ban of plastic bags, plastic plates, knifes and forks, straws, recycling of plastic PET bottles, .. All good initiatives...

3- The sustainability of a compressed air installation should be evaluated including disposal of the installation after its lifetime Like all other equipment, manufacturers are seeking lower cost manufacturing methods, in order to be more competitive in sales and make more profit for the company. We see prices of...

2- The energy efficiency should be measured by the users permanently The energy efficiency of a compressed air installation is the most debated argument when compressor manufacturers sell an Air-Compressor or Compressed Air installation. The reason is quite simple because 80% of the cost for compressed air during a period of...