Chapter 22: Compressed Air Evaluation Protocol. The Uniform Methods Project: Methods for Determining Energy Efficiency Savings for Specific Measures (September 2011 - August 2020)
- Nexant, Inc., San Francisco, CA (United States)
- Cadmus, Waltham, MA (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Compressed-air systems are used widely throughout industry for many operations, including pneumatic tools, packaging and automation equipment, conveyors, and other industrial process operations. Compressed-air systems are defined as a group of subsystems composed of air compressors, air treatment equipment, controls, piping, pneumatic tools, pneumatically powered machinery, and process applications using compressed air. A compressed-air system has three primary functional subsystems: supply, distribution, and demand. Air compressors are the primary energy consumers in a compressed-air system and are the primary focus of this protocol. The two compressed-air energy efficiency measures specifically addressed in this protocol are: high-efficiency/variable speed drive (VSD) compressor replacing modulating, load/unload, or constant-speed compressor; compressed-air leak survey and repairs. This protocol provides direction on how to reliably verify savings from these two measures using a consistent approach for each.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Nexant, Inc., San Francisco, CA (United States); Cadmus, Waltham, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Advanced Manufacturing Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1762439
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/SR-7A40-77820; MainId:30735; UUID:ce897146-8c75-4c0d-af74-324d8293081b; MainAdminID:19136
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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