Compressed Air Best Practices - September 2008 - (Page 30) | 09/08 Focus Industry FOOD PACKAGING & PROCESSING | ACCURATE AIR ENGINEERING AND CALIFORNIA’S FOOD INDUSTRY What other efficiency opportunities do you see in the food industry? We see many, many installations with multiple partially loaded air compressors. We install compressor control automation systems at these plants and are invariably able to turn off at least one air compressor at each site. Implementing air storage strategies is also very effective. So much auditing has been done on supply side. The idea now is to really look at the demand side for best practices in the total plant. We also continue to preach managing air leaks out there in the plant. There’s no doubt it makes sense to fix leaks. What kind of auditing services does Accurate Air offer? A food processing plant in Los Angeles saves energy with VSD compressors. AAE’s Compressed Air Efficiency Division is managed by Kyle Harris and has earned a strong reputation in California. AAE was one of the first to promote energy reduction practices and has built a strong relationship with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and with the various utility companies in the State of California. Through comprehensive data logging and analysis, AAE is assisting our customers with their goals to significantly reduce the energy costs of their compressed air systems. We are also able to seamlessly get the power company involved with rebate incentives. California has a lot of industry where the average horsepower (hp) of the system is 100 to 200 hp. This is the core of our industry. Each branch operation at Accurate Air Engineering is set up to do System Assessments for these types of installations. The Assessments last a minimum of seven days and include kW measurement and data logging. The Assessment will also help the user make the applications for energy-efficiency rebates with the local utility company. Full-blown demand-side and supply-side audits are done by Kyle Harris and will normally last one full week. We usually do them for customers who have a total installed hp of 800 to 1,000 hp. Vineyards are reducing energy costs with variable speed drive air compressors. 30 www.airbestpractices.com http://www.airbestpractices.com
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