Air Power Analysis Package (APAP)
APAP is a turnkey platform for metering, measuring and analyzing industrial compressed air systems. It is a permanent monitoring system that includes meters for power, airflow, and air pressure, along with data logging and analysis tools. Metering data is collected every 3 seconds and uploaded to the APA hosted server, where it is analyzed and presented in various reports that quantify the efficiency of the system. The APA hosted server also includes an innovative ROI analysis engine that calculates potential energy savings.
Compressed air is most often the least efficient utility in industrial use. Compressed air systems are commonly overlooked, or at least misunderstood, when considering energy conservation measures. In large part, that's because the efficiency of compressed air systems can be difficult to quantify.
Without tangible measurements, how do you know where you're starting from? What do you plan to achieve (e.g. leak reduction, lower pressure, improved compressor efficiency)? What is it going to cost? What will the savings be?
APAP is a permanent metering system that allows you to measure the airflow, pressure, and power before, during, and after the energy reduction/remediation project.
Using the actual measured airflow consumed in the plant, the ROI engine calculates projected energy saving based on adjusts for:
- Planned/proposed airflow reduction from leak remediation or other demand reduction steps
- Changes to air compressor controls
- Addition of air receivers
- Replacement or addition of new air compressor(s)
- Compressor sequencing
The APA server has a comprehensive database of published CAGI data sheets for air compressors from Atlas Copco, Boge, CompAir, FS Curtis, Gardner Denver, Ingersoll-Rand, Kaeser, Quincy, and Sullair. ROI projections are calculated using methodology published by Compressed Air Challenge (CAC) and the Compressed Air and Gas Institute (CAGI).
You can access the CAGI database for free. Click here to get a free login account.
After the compressed air system optimization steps have been performed and remediation steps are complete, APAP can be used to measure the results to verify that performance objectives have been achieved. APAP can provide on-going analysis of leak load and periodic air-power energy analysis to ensure that projected savings are realized and sustained.
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