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  • What is air compressor heat recovery?
  • What are the benefits, and how can it help you lower your costs?
  • How can we help? A look at Ingersoll Rand’s innovative heat recovery solutions…

What Is Air Compressor Heat Recovery?

Heat is a natural by-product of the compression process, meaning that it is an inevitable outcome of any operations or applications that involve an air compressor. However, did you know that a significant percentage, sometimes as high as 94%, of this heat can actually be recovered and utilised rather than wasted? This is air compressor heat recovery.

But what can this reused heat be used for? The heat you repurpose can be used for various applications around your facility, including heating water, ambient air heating, pre-heating for steam generation, and sanitary purposes, as well as for any industrial processes where preheated or heated water is required.

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What Are The Benefits, And How Can It Help You Lower Your Costs?

  • The major benefit of heat recovery is that it helps you to reduce your energy costs and consumption by recovering the excess heat from your compressed air system. This way, you’re reusing energy you’ve already consumed and paid for rather than paying for more.
  • Heat recovery is a way you can operate more sustainably, as it reduces your CO2 emissions and your ecological footprint without having an impact on your compressed air supply. In today’s climate, with sustainability becoming increasingly important, heat recovery is a crucial way to operate in a more environmentally friendly manner.
  • The significant energy savings from air compressor heat recovery will have benefits for your facility, as will the short payback time of the low investment cost in heat recovery systems.
  • Compressed air is an expensive way of powering equipment, but using alternative diesel or electric tools isn’t a guaranteed way to cut costs. Therefore, by leveraging something your system already produces, in this case, heat, you can transform waste into a more productive asset for your operations.
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How Can We Help? A Look At Ingersoll Rand’s Innovative Heat Recovery Solutions:

At Ingersoll Rand, we understand the environmental and operational benefits of air compressor heat recovery. This is why we offer a range of solutions designed to optimise the cost and energy efficiency of your oil-free compressors. Let’s take a look…

E75-160ne air-cooled

E200-355kW

Sierra & Nirvana 37-160kW water-cooled

ES Series

E-Series And ES-Series With Built-In Heat Recovery:

We offer our innovative E and ES-Series of oil-free rotary screw compressors with the option of built-in heat recovery. Already renowned for their unparalleled energy efficiency, the optional heat recovery solution unlocks further energy and sustainability-related savings. Able to effortlessly achieve 90ºC water outlet temperatures, recycle heat and minimise operating costs, the benefits are invaluable.

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Turnkey Heat Recovery Solution For Oil-Free Compressors:

The E-max solution helps you meet your efficiency and sustainability goals by transforming waste heat into energy savings. With our Turnkey solution, which is compatible with water-cooled and oil-free compressors, you can reduce your CO2 emissions and improve operating costs.

Plus, for the perfect extension to the E-max heat recovery box here is E-Cooler – highly efficient V-shape cooling module for trouble-free waste heat removal from the E/ES Series cooling cycle – easy to install and operate with virtually no maintenance needed.

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Heat-Of-Compression Dryers:

Heat-of-compressor (HOC) dryers are renowned for being among the most efficient on the market, as they recover heat to offset virtually all electricity costs, except for the operating cost of the compressor controller. Ingersoll Rand’s HC series are high-performance HOC dryers featuring dual-tower desiccant design technology, consistently delivering -40°C pressure dew points. These dryers also boast an operating cost that is much lower than typical desiccant dryer designs.

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Interested in any of our innovative heat recovery systems, or intrigued as to how they can help optimise your cost and energy efficiency? Please contact us for more information, and one of our expert team members will be more than happy to help.