DRYER ENERGY SAVING SYSTEMS – CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY
Customers will now be well aware of the UK Climate Control Levy "Energy tax" that is to be imposed on all industrial electricity consumers, in an attempt to get them to work at reducing their overall energy consumption and to reduce the level of emissions that are being discharged to the atmosphere.
Silicair are very aware that compressed air is a energy consuming utility, and many of our dryers consume some energy in their operation. Some of the energy relates to pure electrical cost especially with internally heated dryers and heatless dryers consume a small proportion of dried compressed air to enable the reactivation process to take place.
However, dryer energy consumption can be minimised by ensuring that the dryer control system is able to take account of loading on the dryers themselves. Most desiccant dryers are designed to operate as if they are operating at the maximum load to prevent problems with reactivation. However, if you are operating a dryer at only 50 per cent load, you do not need to consume energy at the 100 per cent load rate.
Silicair Dryers have two systems to offer that will enable you to reduce your energy consumption if the dryers are operating at below full load. Firstly they have a compressor link control system that is a standard feature on all heatless dryers which means that the dryer can be linked to the compressor and will only operate when the compressor is running, thus saving purge air usage. Alternatively, the full Dryer Energy Saving System (DESS) can be installed to any medium / larger dryer to ensure that the changeover cycle is then controlled by the outlet dewpoint rather than the fixed time cycle. This can save a large amount of energy in electrical cost and purge air, especially when the dryer is operating on low load conditions. Further details are available on request.
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