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Using Steam and Hot
Water Cooling for Air Compressors
The cost of energy can be lowered in
several different ways by providing steam and hot water for cooling and
heating needs in various industrial and manufacturing plants. Due to the
rise in energy costs and expenses, it is becoming more important in
today's world to discover new ways in which people can preserve energy
and become more energy efficient, while at the same time lower the cost
of energy usage.
Steam or hot water is needed, and often used, for the heating and
cooling needs in many industrial and manufacturing plants today. Over
70% of natural gas input energy to fuel engine-driven air compressors is
accessible for heat recovery from the engine jacket coolant and the
exhaust of the engines in order to produce steam or hot water. As a
result, the cost is virtually nothing for producing steam or hot water
if the natural gas cost is allocated to the cost of compressed air.
In order to obtain compressed air free of charge, the natural gas
engine-driven air compressor can be regarded as a boiler, provided that
the cost of natural gas is allocated to the production of steam and hot
water.
The steam or hot water that is generated from the recovered heat can be
used in many different methods. For example, this recovered heat may be
utilized in the following ways: in plant building or processing heat
needs; in regenerating desiccant (dry or dehydrating) systems if used to
control humidity; and in plant or process cooling needs by energizing
absorption chillers.
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