The Importance of the Systems Approach for Compressed Air Analysis

The Importance of the Systems Approach for Compressed Air Analysis

From Compressed Air Best Practices

The component-level approach is often taken to improve a compressed air system, and it typically involves very specific, short-payback, and easily quantifiable measures (i.e. replacing an old compressor with a more efficient one). The Department of Energy and the Compressed Air Challenge, however, advocate a systems approach as the best practice for analyzing and improving a compressed air system. According to those organizations, the systems approach “requires not only addressing individual components, but also analyzing both the supply and the demand sides of the system and how they interact."