According to the International Institute of Refrigeration, 20% of the global warming potential of refrigerating and air-conditioning systems come from leaks (direct emissions), while 80% results from their energy consumption (indirect emissions).
Compressed air has become vital for day-to-day operations in most industries. Currently, the most commonly used compressors are oil-injected rotary screw. As the name suggests, it requires oil to operate.
Maybe one of the keys to the solution of the climate changes lies in an invention, which is more than 60 years old? While the discussions leading up to COP15 have tended to focus on developing renewable energy, well-known technologies can already reduce the burden on the climate considerably.
When setting up a data centre, IT managers used to focus solely on ensuring that servers were constantly available. Today, the subject of energy efficiency is moving to centre stage. For not only do operators face higher electricity consumption by their air conditioning due to increased server computing power - energy prices are also rising.
The pumps market in Europe has grown consistently, riding on high oil prices and the resulting boom in process industries. In 2008, the pumps market for process industries in Europe was valued at approximately $5 billion. However, with the onset of the economic crisis towards the end of 2008, the demand for pumps witnessed marginal decline in certain end-user industries.
A persons health, performance and well-being depend to a great extent on the ambient conditions to which he is exposed. Temperature, humidity, air flow velocity and CO2 content in the air must be optimally adjusted to each other for ambient conditions to be ideal. This requires careful measurement of the parameters and regulation of the air conditioning and ventilation systems.