Energy, economic, and environmental analysis of the Malaysian industrial compressed-air systems
Compressed-air systems account for about 10 of the total industrial-energy use in Malaysia and some other countries. Compressed air is typically one of the most expensive utilities in an industrial facility. Opportunities for potential savings can thus be sought and identified. This article estimate...
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Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
2012
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| author | Saidur, Rahman Hasanuzzaman, M. Rahim, N.A. |
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| description | Compressed-air systems account for about 10 of the total industrial-energy use in Malaysia and some other countries. Compressed air is typically one of the most expensive utilities in an industrial facility. Opportunities for potential savings can thus be sought and identified. This article estimates the energy used by compressed-air systems in Malaysian industries. Various energy-saving measures, such as use of high efficient motors, variable speed drive (VSD), leak prevention, use of outside intake air, reducing pressure drop, recovering waste heat, and use of efficient nozzle, were applied to save compressed-air energy and then the results were compared with available literatures. For an electric motor used in a compressed air system, a sizeable amount of electric energy and utility bill have been found to be saveable using high efficient motors and applying VSDs in matching the speed requirements. Also, significant amounts of energy and emission are reducible through various energy-saving strategies. Payback periods for different energy saving measures have been estimated and found to be economically viable in most cases. |
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| spelling | um.eprints-61812019-10-25T06:25:44Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/6181/ Energy, economic, and environmental analysis of the Malaysian industrial compressed-air systems Saidur, Rahman Hasanuzzaman, M. Rahim, N.A. TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Compressed-air systems account for about 10 of the total industrial-energy use in Malaysia and some other countries. Compressed air is typically one of the most expensive utilities in an industrial facility. Opportunities for potential savings can thus be sought and identified. This article estimates the energy used by compressed-air systems in Malaysian industries. Various energy-saving measures, such as use of high efficient motors, variable speed drive (VSD), leak prevention, use of outside intake air, reducing pressure drop, recovering waste heat, and use of efficient nozzle, were applied to save compressed-air energy and then the results were compared with available literatures. For an electric motor used in a compressed air system, a sizeable amount of electric energy and utility bill have been found to be saveable using high efficient motors and applying VSDs in matching the speed requirements. Also, significant amounts of energy and emission are reducible through various energy-saving strategies. Payback periods for different energy saving measures have been estimated and found to be economically viable in most cases. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy 2012 Article PeerReviewed Saidur, Rahman and Hasanuzzaman, M. and Rahim, N.A. (2012) Energy, economic, and environmental analysis of the Malaysian industrial compressed-air systems. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 14 (2). pp. 195-210. ISSN 1618-954X, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-011-0386-9 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-011-0386-9>. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84862131424&partnerID=40&md5=d68eae68903a320b821f118c06e7ddcf 10.1007/s10098-011-0386-9 |
| spellingShingle | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Saidur, Rahman Hasanuzzaman, M. Rahim, N.A. Energy, economic, and environmental analysis of the Malaysian industrial compressed-air systems |
| title | Energy, economic, and environmental analysis of the Malaysian industrial compressed-air systems |
| title_full | Energy, economic, and environmental analysis of the Malaysian industrial compressed-air systems |
| title_fullStr | Energy, economic, and environmental analysis of the Malaysian industrial compressed-air systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy, economic, and environmental analysis of the Malaysian industrial compressed-air systems |
| title_short | Energy, economic, and environmental analysis of the Malaysian industrial compressed-air systems |
| title_sort | energy economic and environmental analysis of the malaysian industrial compressed air systems |
| topic | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
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