Energy saving made easy - synchronization of ventilation technology and production.
Ventilation systems are often operated at their rated output. However, full capacity is rarely required during operation. This means unnecessary power consumption and therefore usually thousands of euros in unnecessary operating costs. With the Kappa AirdynamicTM system control, it is possible to link the air volume to the current production load. In this way, an air technology system not only regulates the air quality, but also the purse almost automatically.
Changing process conditions, increasing output, reducing operating costs, increasing plant safety, improving plant availability - there are many reasons for modernizing a plant.
Roland Brandl, who has been a project manager in the Filter Services division for many years, not only has the right story for every system, but also numerous ideas on how to further optimize the air technology for every existing system. Regardless of whether it's a matter of making the right adjustments to reduce operating costs or setting the right levers in motion to get more safety and comfort out of already optimized systems. As an example, he cites the massive potential energy savings that resulted for a customer who adapted the system control to the current production load:
“We installed our A.I.R.TM hall air cleaning system in a customer's welding hall in 2009. The system is continuously maintained by us and is in excellent condition. During our last inspection, however, the customer told us that the utilization of the production capacity had changed drastically in the individual shifts. We then attempted to evaluate the capacity utilization and determine a power requirement - with this data-based model, we were able to show the customer one thing: an air handling system that is geared to the current capacity utilization has considerable potential for energy savings.”
The customer then commissioned Kappa to retrofit the Kappa AirdynamicTM Systems . It now permanently and automatically determines the emission load in the hall: if there is a lot of welding, the emission load increases. AirdynamicTM measures the workload via a sensor system and passes the information on to Kappa Zeromatic®, which automatically increases the air flow rate of the hall air purification system. If less welding is carried out in the hall, the system also recognizes the lower emission load and automatically reduces the required air flow rate. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Save operating costs with Kappa Airdynamic
In the current case, the annual electricity consumption was reduced by 470,000 kWh by retrofitting the Kappa AirdynamicTM system. Our experience shows that even savings in the six-digit kilowatt hour range with Kappa AirdynamicTM are no exception. It is not an isolated case that ventilation systems are often operated at their rated output. During operation, however, full capacity is rarely required. This means superfluous power consumption and, as a rule, thousands of euros in unnecessary operating costs. Kappa AirdynamicTM therefore not only regulates the air quality, but also your wallet almost automatically.