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That’s a promise. www.atlascopco.us – 866-688-9611 Atlas Ad 8.375 x 10.875 - CABP.indd 1 9/1/15 11:20 AM COLUMNS NOVEMBER 2017 | VOLUME 12, NO. 10 | SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING FEATURES 12 The ANSI/ISA Instrument Air Standard and Adsorption Type Dryers By Deepak Vetal, Atlas Copco Compressors 18 Great Plains and Air Capital Equipment Monitor Great Savings By Nicholas De Deken, EnergAir 26 Compressed Air Purification Fundamentals – the Compressor’s Job 12 By Tim Dugan, P.E., Compression Engineering Corporation 34 Compressed Air Assessment Finds Problems at a Meat Processor By Ron Marshall, Marshall Compressed Air Consulting 18 COLUMNS 4 From the Editor 6 Industry News 44 Resources for Energy Engineers Technology Picks 49 Advertiser Index 49 The Marketplace Jobs and Technology 34 airbestpractices.com 3 | 11/17 COLUMNS FROM THE EDITOR Compressed Air Purification The ANSI/ISA-7.0.0-1996 Instrument Air Standard is often used as a reference COMPRESSED AIR BEST PRACTICES® in production facilities. Pressure dew point, particle size, lubricant content EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Manager, Demand Side Ball and contaminants are the four elements identified in the standard in its effort Doug Barndt Energy-Sustainability Corporation to define instrument air quality for use in pneumatic instruments. Deepak Vetal, from Atlas Copco, provides us with a succinct summary of the Standard Richard Feustel Senior Energy Advisor Leidos followed by a review of adsorption compressed air drying technologies. William Jerald Energy Manager CalPortland Global EH&S/Plant Varroc Lighting Jennifer Meier Air Capital Equipment has represented Sullair in Kansas since 1978 and Engineering Manager Systems now represents them also in Oklahoma and parts of Missouri. Their longtime customer, Wichita- Thomas Mort Thomas Mort Senior Auditor based seeding equipment manufacturer Great Plains, has grown over the years and had Sullair Consulting compressors running in five separate buildings. Nicholas De Deken, from EnergAir, provides Corporate Energy Team Brad Reed Toyota (retired) us with an interesting audit story detailing how using a master compressor control helped Great Leader Plains consolidate and optimize their compressed air system. Industrial Energy Managers Brad Runda Global Director, Energy Koch Industries Air compressors are actually responsible for removing most of the moisture in a compressed air Uli Schildt Energy Engineer Darigold system. Tim Dugan, from Compression Engineering Corporation, provides us with a solid review Energy Performance Michelin North Thomas Sullivan of the air compressor intake, oil-temperature control, after-cooler cleanliness and maintenance, Manager America moisture separator design and drain maintenance. All these factors impact performance. Paint & Powder Booth Fiat Chrysler Bryan Whitfield Specialist Automotive Ron Marshall has provided us with an article about an audit done at a meat processor where Director Marketing David Andrews Sullair the energy costs associated with compressed air were $153,000 per year. The audit discovers Communications these costs can be lowered by almost fifty percent. Chief culprits were 71 compressed air leaks Vice President Erik Arfalk Atlas Copco and air compressors running in very inefficient modulating modes of operation. Communications IAC Air Steve Briscoe VP Energy Management Thank you for investing your time and efforts into Compressed Air Best Practices®. 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