airinotec saves industrial company millions in operating costs and makes an important contribution to decarbonisation
As one of the world's leading specialists in the field of industrial process air and air conditioning technology, we help our customers in a wide range of industries to increase the energy efficiency of their processes, reduce production costs and improve the quality of their end products. In this way, our employees make a decisive contribution to a better future with their day-to-day work! This is also demonstrated by one of our most recent project examples from the paper industry.
Sample calculation: How we help the CO2 balance
‘In this project, a heat recovery system with 1.9 megawatts was installed in the bonnet exhaust air of the existing pre-drying section. In addition, a heat recovery system totalling 1.2 megawatts was installed downstream of the two Turbair blowers. The thermal output recovered in this way totalling 3.1 megawatts can be used to generate the required process hot water almost all year round with 8,300 operating hours. This enables significant savings to be made in terms of steam consumption, operating costs and the CO2 balance,’ explains Managing Director Sascha Paulus in an interview.
Such projects clearly show how important an energy-efficient air conditioning and ventilation technology concept is in connection with the energy optimisation of industrial operations and how great the contribution to decarbonisation can be.
The result:
- Energy reduction: > 25,000 megawatt hours per year
- Steam savings: > 43,000 tonnes per year
- Savings in operating costs: > 1.5 million euros per year
- CO2 savings: > 10,000 tonnes per year
- Return on investment: < 1 year (no more words needed)
Saving CO2 is roughly equivalent to travelling around the world 1,000 times
A saving of 10,000 tonnes of CO2 is roughly equivalent to the amount of CO2 produced by driving a diesel car around the world more than 1,000 times. ‘Such projects clearly show how important an energy-efficient air conditioning and ventilation technology concept is in connection with the energy optimisation of industrial operations and how great the contribution to decarbonisation can be,’ Paulus continues.
‘The energy transition is one of the most challenging tasks of our time. Looking at the existing industrial landscape, the associated plant inventory and its primary energy consumption, it becomes clear what potential can be realised in terms of sustainability if we work together even more frequently on such projects in industry in the future - let's tackle it together!’
