A practical approach to investigating energy consumption of industrial compressed air systems

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-36

  Eret, P ^a   Harris, C ^a   O'Donnell, G ^a   Meskell, C ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Air consumption modeling; Compressed air systems; Exergy; Leakage; Pressure decay test

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; COMPRESSED AIR MOTORS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXERGY; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MANAGEMENT;

AIR CONSUMPTION; COMPRESSED AIR APPLICATIONS; COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEM; CONSUMPTION RATES; DUTY CYCLES; END-USES; ENERGY INPUTS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ENTIRE SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL CONTEXT; INDUSTRIAL SITES; KEY ELEMENTS; LEAK RATE; MANUFACTURING SITES; OPERATIONAL CHANGES; PRESSURE DECAY; PRESSURE DECAY TESTS; PRODUCTION FACILITY; PRODUCTION YIELD; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 84859710664     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: 20412967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957650911423173     Document Type: Article

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