With a view to decreasing the cost of compressed air in the European Union, this book gives a broad overview on energy consumption and growth by compressed air systems.
Using compressed air in the industrial and service sectors is a common practice, since production, handling and use are safe and easy.
Compressed air accounts for as much as 10% of industrial electricity consumption, that is more than 80 TWh per year in the European Union. However, energy efficiency of many compressed air systems is low. Improvements in the range from 5 to 50% are possible, but a large
technical and profitable savings potential is not realized under current market and decision mechanisms. This book gives a broad overview on energy consumption and growth by compressed air systems. The energy savings potential is determined and the impacts are analyzed. Based on these results, two action programs are presented, each composed of specific measures, which are designed to realize the existing savings potential. Finally, the likely impacts of the proposed programs are evaluated.
Contents:
The book has 162 pages, 19 figures and 35 tables and costs 40 Euro.
