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Auditing of Compressed Air and Vacuum Systems
Providing there is sufficient evidence to warrant
investigation, having an audit completed on your compressed air system is the first step to creating
the opportunity for energy and carbon savings.
ACT offers a comprehensive independent audit which covers all key areas including generation, treatment, distribution
and process usage. This will include identifying and quantifying any
probable process misuse and
wastage.
On completion of an audit ACT will prepare the findings and present them to the
client. This will include proposing methods of eradicating the problems that are the cause of misuse and wastage. In
most cases this can initially be achieved using no and low cost methods.
Audits can be carried out on a fully funded or part funded basis using the
Carbon Trust funding route within the United Kingdom, or they can be financed directly by the company. No audit is undertaken
unless there is sufficient evidence of
recoverable energy or carbon savings. ACT carry out a free pre-audit
investigation to establish the potential. ACT guarantee a return on any audit
funding in terms of payback against costs with delivered energy savings.
ACT are able to advise you on specific qualifying criteria for any support
funding.
A comprehensive audit will identify those areas
creating inefficiencies;
all areas are
covered including generation, treatment, distribution & process usage
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Continual Improvement
Even
after an audit has been completed and problems creating misuse and wastage have
been resolved, system
inefficiencies can still occur. This is because system dynamics will always
change, as fluctuations in the demand for
compressed air change, e.g. when production needs alter or when equipment is
added or removed to a compressed air system.
Constant policing of the system
is the only way to
ensure it remains energy efficient.
A Plan
of Continual Improvement can be developed to meet each clients system needs and
ensures that ACT are
constantly supporting the client in managing their compressed air system
efficiently.
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Training
ACT offer best practice compressed air and vacuum system awareness training at
all levels to suit individual
requirements. The interactive training programme consists of derived best
practice procedures relevant to the plant's
technology field to enable the end user to continually recognise and act on
opportunity for improvement. Training can
also incorporate recognised site specific detail following an audit. The
training programme is designed for all employees,
from owner/users, productive and engineering personnel.
Funding
support is sometimes available for training through local initiatives (e.g.
Learning Skills Council etc.) ACT are able
to advise you on your local funding agencies.
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Design Advice
ACT offer Design Advice and implementation support to existing and new build
systems. The clients objectives are
identified from which mid and long term operational requirements are established
in terms of volume, pressure and
quality (including process use requirements). Using our industry knowledge we
are able to design and / or advise on
the best technology available to meet the site specific requirements for
compressed air and vacuum services. This
ensures that the optimum system operational efficiency is installed and
maintained throughout its life expectancy,
reducing the operational costs to the business.
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