Compressed Air Best Practices - October 2008 - (Page 25) Focus Industry AUTOMOTIVE TRANSIT | 10/08 | In addition, by offering air cooled air compressors, the installation costs were greatly reduced by not requiring additional cooling water capacity and piping which was very appealing to the Windshear project team and allowed them to size a smaller cooling water system for the overall project. The smaller cooling system provided initial cost savings as well as overall operational cost savings by reducing the required cooling water flow by 250 gallons-per-minute (gpm). The system design specification calls for 8,760 hours of operation per year. This equates to 131.4 million gallons of water saved per year — by choosing an air-cooled air compressor. “We were able to save significant installation dollars by not having to install water cooling systems here at Windshear,” said Tom Eshelman, Compressor Center Manager for Atlas Copco in Winston-Salem. Left to Right: Robert and Tom Eshelman (Atlas Copco) supervised the installation and performed the scheduled maintenance on the compressed air system. Conclusion Windshear Inc. is open for business and uniquely positioned in the North American market. The compressed air systems are up and running and the Rolling Road measurement systems are working perfectly. Race cars are running at 180 mph and engineers are measuring “yaw” (new vocabulary for me) and its’ effects on the dynamic down force on the car. Quietly and efficiently, compressed air continues to play a key role with new technologies and applications. For more information, please contact Compressed Air Best Practices, email: rod@airbestpractices.com, www.airbestpractices.com www.airbestpractices.com 25 http://www.UESoundAdvice.com http://www.airbestpractices.com http://www.UESoundAdvice.com http://www.UESoundAdvice.com/8e http://www.airbestpractices.com
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