Heat Recovery and Compressed Air Systems
Posted by IAP on 01/10/2025
From the Compressed Air Challenge
Having a fundamental understanding of how your plant’s compressed air system works and what forces influence it will help you improve its performance. The overall efficiency of a compressed air system can be as low as 10–15%. The figure below shows two main components of inefficiency — one is from the wasted air due to losses through leaks, artificial demand and inappropriate uses, the other is due to heat of compression.