Energy Efficiency guide for Air Compressors

Energy Efficiency guide for Air Compressors udemy course

Concepts and Practices for Energy Efficiency Improvements in Air Compressors

This Course is specially design for Mechanical Engineering students, Utility Managers/Maintenance Mangers.

• significant amount of electricity used by Air compressors in the industries.

• It is used in a variety of industries to supply process requirements, to operate pneumatic tools and equipment

• Only 10 – 30% of energy reaches the point of end-use, and

• balance 70 – 90% of energy of the power of the prime mover being converted to unusable heat energy and to a lesser extent lost in form of friction, misuse.

Thus the Knowledge of Air compressor is important for Mechanical Engineering students, Utility Managers/Maintenance Mangers.

Course covers:

1. Significance of Air Compressor in the industry & it's types

2. Air Compressor selection criteria

3. Air Compressor Capacity: Free Air Delivered (FAD)

4. Air Compressor capacity Controls

5. Effects of Localized & Operational parameters on the Air Compressor performance (Energy Consumption)

6. Compress Air leakage assessment, measurements 7 correction (Numerical ton Leakage calculation)

7. Air Compressor installation tips to the Practicing Engineers

8. Case study on the Energy Audit of the Air Compressor

Compressor Efficiency (Assessment of Compressors)

• Most practical: specific power consumption (kW / volume flow rate)

• Other methods

• Isothermal

• Volumetric

• Adiabatic

• Mechanical

Capacity: full rated volume of flow of compressed gas

• Actual flow rate: free air delivery (FAD)

• FAD reduced by ageing, poor maintenance, fouled heat exchanger and altitude

• Energy loss: percentage deviation of FAD capacity