Today, air compressor is one of the vital components of various industrial production plants. The most important question that comes to mind during compressor use is how to save energy. Savings can be achieved by using the waste heat generated during air compression in the compressor.

 What is Energy Recovery System in Compressors?

Today, the increase in energy costs has made energy saving a priority. Businesses started to consider alternatives that would save energy and provide benefit to the environment. At this point, energy recovery systems came into play and enabled businesses to save money by recovering the waste heat generated as a result of the compression process in the compressors.

The heat generated during compression in the compressor is removed by the fan or the cooling system used in the compressor. This removed heat does not provide any benefit to businesses and a great deal of heat energy is thus wasted. Not using waste heat negatively affects operating costs.

 What are the Benefits of the Energy Recovery System in Compressors?

The energy recovery system allows the waste heat obtained from the compressor to be utilized within the facility. Recovered heat may be used to for heating factory and warehouse areas as well as obtaining hot water. This allows an energy saving of 80-90 percent.

There is a misconception about this energy recovery system used in compressors. This misconception is that it increases maintenance costs of the compressor. The energy recovery system is used for compressor energy saving and does not affect the maintenance or life of the compressor at all. The energy recovery system, which does not interfere with the operation of the compressor in any way, provides only benefits you. This way, it does not cause any financial burden since it amortizes itself in a very short time.

The purpose of using the energy recovery system is not only to save energy. It is also used to protect the environment. Thanks to the reutilization of waste heat, our need for various exhaustible energy sources such as coal, oil and natural gas is reduced. However, this is not the only environmental benefit it provides. When fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas are burned, CO2 is released. However, since the use of coal, oil and natural gas decreases with the recovery system, CO2 gas emissions also decrease. In this context, it both contributes to the preservation of exhaustible energy resources and also protects the environment by reducing CO2 gas emissions.

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