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• Best Practices Manual
• Improving Compressed Air System Performance: A Sourcebook for Industry
• Published Articles
• Fact Sheets
• Case Studies
• Tip Sheets
• Guidelines
• Evaluation of the Compressed Air Challenge Training Program
• Newsletters

Best Practices Manual

• Introduction
• Sample Section
• Table of Contents
• Order Here

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Improving Compressed Air System Performance: A Sourcebook for Industry

This Sourcebook is designed to provide compressed air system users with a reference that outlines opportunities for system performance improvements.

• Complete Document
• Intro/Quick Start Guide/ Section 1
• Section 2
• Section 3
• Appendices

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Published Articles

Compressed Air Best Practices

• ASME EA-4-2010 - Energy Assessment for Compressed Air Systems
• Food Industry Factory Saves $154,000 in Annual Energy Costs
• Eliminating Pressure Problems in Compressed Air Systems
• International Wire Trims Compressed Air Costs Using the "Systems Approach"
• Six Applications for Compressed Air Storage
• Plastic Injection Molder Saves $53,000
• Success Stories at BC Hydro
• The Biggest & Worst: Tales from a Compressed Air System Auditor's Personal Notebook
• Cycling Refrigerated Air Dryers - Are Savings Significant?
• Compressed Air in Wastewater Treatment
• Energy-Savings at Milk, Cheese, and Ice Cream Plants
• Compressed Air Efficiency Opportunities in the Plastics Industry
• Matching the Supply and Demand in a Compressed Air System
• VSD Compressor Control
• The "Dirty Thirty" - Discovering Pressure Differential at the Far End
• Dealing with High Volume Intermittent Demands
• Compressed Air Controls
• Optimizing Pneumatic Systems for Extra Savings
• Heat Recovery and Compressed Air Systems
• Compressed Air Systems Analysis
• Hospital Air System Savings
• Finding and Fixing Leaks
• Compressed Air Dryers
• The Systems Approach
• Understanding Pressure Drop
• New Products and Expanded Activities

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Maintenance Technology

• Compressed Air Challenge: "Tanks" For The Savings
• Efficient Control Of Screw Compressors
• Compressed Air Challenge: Turning Down Pressure To Cut Operating Costs
• Are You Wasting Money Fixing Compressed Air Leaks?
• Overcoming Your Challenges: Turn Your Air Compressor Into A Flowmeter
• Compressed Air Challenge: Finding And Fixing Compressed Air Leaks
• How Much Is Your Air System Really Costing?
• Overcoming Your Challenges: Training and Resources Designed With You In Mind

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Plant Services

• Improve Compressor Efficiency at the Dirty 30
• Optimize Compressed Air Reliability
• A Breath of Compressed Air: Remove Particulate and Airborne Contaminants to Ensure Worker Safety
• Compressed air systems' waste heat improves plant economics
• Are VSD-controlled compressors best for regulating air pressure?
• Study shows lack of compressed-air-system training
• Don't let system components kill air compressor efficiency
• Baseline and monitor efficiency of compressed air systems
• Unwinding the spin
• Unwinding the spin - Part II
• The rise and fall of modulation
• Stop the bleeding
• Hosing down your losses
• Planning air system upgrades
• Squeezing money out of thin air
• The secret is in the pipe
• Compressed air systems are key to productivity

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Fact Sheets

Specific opportunities to improve compressed air performance.

• Fact Sheet 1 - Assessing Compressed Air Needs
• Fact Sheet 2 - Inappropriate Uses of Compressed Air
• Fact Sheet 3 - Compressed Air System Audits
• Fact Sheet 4 - Pressure Drop & Controlling System Pressure
• Fact Sheet 5 - Maintenance of CA Systems for Peak Performance
• Fact Sheet 6 - Compressed Air System Controls
• Fact Sheet 7 - Compressed Air System Leaks
• Fact Sheet 8 - Packaged Compressor Efficiency Ratings
• Fact Sheet 9 - Compressed Air System Economics
• Fact Sheet 10 - Heat Recovery with Compressed Air Systems
• Fact Sheet 11 - Proven opportunities at the Component Level

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Case Studies

A look at what others in your industry have done to increase their energy savings.

• Compressed Air Project Improves Efficiency and Production at Harland Publishing Facility
  PDF 172 KB
• Compressed Air System Enhancement Increases Efficiency and Provides Energy Savings at a Circuit Board Manufacturer
  PDF 187 KB
• Compressed Air System Improvements at an Auto Plant
  PDF 256 KB
• Compressed Air System Improvements Increase Production at a Tin Mill
  PDF 256 KB
• Compressed Air System Improvement Project Saves Foundry Energy and Increases Production
  PDF 305 KB
• Compressed Air System Modifications Improve Efficiency at a Plastics Blow Molding Plant
  PDF 196 KB
• Compressed Air System Optimization Improves Production and Saves Energy at a Satellite Manufacturer
  PDF 615 KB
• Compressed Air System Optimization Project Improves Production at a Metal Forging Plant
  PDF 266 KB
• Compressed Air System Optimization Saves Energy and Improves Production at Synthetic Textile Plant
  PDF 278 KB
• Compressed Air System Optimization Saves Energy and Improves Production at a Textile Manufacturing Mill
  PDF 217 KB
• Compressed Air System Overhaul Improves Production at a Powdered Metal Manufacturing Plant
  PDF 308 KB
• Compressed Air System Project Improves Production at a Candy-Making Facility
  PDF 184 KB
• Compressed Air System Redesign Results in Increased Production at a Fuel System Plant
  PDF 200 KB
• Compressed Air System Renovation Project Improves Production at a Food Processing Facility
  PDF 443 KB
• Compressed Air System Retrofitting Project Improves Productivity at a Foundry
  PDF 185 KB
• Compressed Air System Retrofit Improves Productivity at a Petroleum Packaging Facility
  PDF 179 KB
• Compressed Air System Retrofit Reduces Energy Costs at a Newspaper Printing Facility
  PDF 551 KB
• Compressed Air System Upgrade Generates Significant Energy Savings at a Steel Mill
  PDF 331 KB
• Compressed Air System Upgrade Improves Production at a Steel Mill
  PDF 72 KB
• Compressed Air System Upgrade Results in Substantial Energy Savings
  PDF 209 KB
• Compressed Air Training Keeps Machining Company on the Cutting Edge
  PDF 77 KB
• Consolidated Compressed Air System Reduces Power Consumption and Energy Costs
  PDF 197 KB
• Implementing a Compressed Air Leak Management Program at an Automotive Plant
  PDF 316 KB
• Motor Assembly Plant Saves $85,000 with Compressed Air System Improvements
  PDF 274 KB
• Snap-on Tools'® Kenosha Plant Eliminates Need for New Air Compressor
  PDF 84 KB
• Upgrade of Compressed Air Control System Reduces Energy Costs at Michelin Tire Plant
  PDF 202 KB

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Tip Sheets

Quick advice on how to keep your systems running at their maximum efficiency.

• Alternative Strategies for Low-Pressure End Uses
  PDF 247 KB
• Analyzing Your Compressed Air System
  PDF 244 KB
• Compressed Air Storage Strategies
  PDF 259 KB
• Compressed Air System Control Strategies
  PDF 243 KB
• Determine the Cost of Compressed Air for Your Plant
  PDF 305 KB
• Determining the Right Air Quality for Your Compressed Air System
  PDF 249 KB
• Effect of Intake Air on Compressor Performance
  PDF 245 KB
• Eliminate Inappropriate Uses of Compressed Air
  PDF 262 KB
• Engineer End Uses for Maximum Efficiency
  PDF 247 KB
• Maintaining System Air Quality
  PDF 247 KB
• Minimize Compressed Air Leaks
  PDF 265 KB
• Preventive Maintenance Strategies for Compressed Air Systems
  PDF 246 KB
• Remove Condensate with Minimal Air Loss
  PDF 244 KB
• Stabilizing System Pressure
  PDF 244 KB

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Guidelines

• Guidelines for Selecting a Compressed Air System Provider

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Evaluation of the Compressed Air Challenge Training Program

• Executive Summary
• Complete Document

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Newsletters

• Compressed Air Challenge Newsletter - Spring 2012
• Compressed Air Challenge Newsletter - Winter 2012
• Compressed Air Challenge Newsletter - Fall 2011
• Compressed Air Challenge Newsletter - Summer 2011
• Compressed Air Challenge Newsletter - Spring 2011
• Compressed Air Challenge Newsletter - Winter 2011
• Compressed Air Challenge Newsletter - Fall 2010
• Compressed Air Challenge Newsletter - Summer 2010

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