Sustainable Heat Recovery Systems for Oil-free Compressors
Heat Recovery Save Money and reduce your Carbon Footprint
Turn waste heat to your advantage
It's critically important that we focus on energy now and in the future:
Turn this waste heat to your advantage: recovering it will allow you to save huge amounts of energy, cut CO2 emissions and improve operating costs.
Why heat Recovery
It is a thermodynamic fact that around 94% of the energy needed to run a
compressor gets converted to heat. Without heat recovery, this heat is directly
blown into the atmosphere.
The heat generated during compression is paid for as part of the process, then it creates additional costs as this heat needs to be removed by cooling fans or by the use of water. At the same time, most companies consume a lot of energy and money to generate hot process water, space heating or preheat water for steam generation.
Given that compressed air systems account for 10% of all electricity used in industry, and energy is the largest single lifecycle cost of a compressor, it makes sense to recover this heat, save energy and reduce costs
Give your compressed air system an efficiency upgrade
With a heat recovery system from CompAir, the heat generated by the compressor can be re-used, providing the following BENEFITS:
- Significant saving in energy costs
- Extremely short payback time - typically less than a year
- Lower CO2 emissions
- Turnkey solutions
- Easy installation and operation
- Small footprint
- No impact on the compressed air supply
- High reliability
ULTIMA™
The Ultima compressor range offers various heat recovery options to accommodate individual customer needs. The water-cooled models can for example be delivered with just a preparation for external heat recovery, with an additional control of the cooling water outlet temperature (Heat recovery+) or with E-max, an absolute turnkey solution that includes all main components needed in a heat recovery system.
Absolutely unique is the integrated heat recovery option for the air-cooled version of Ultima. In fact, Ultima is the fifirst and only air-cooled oil-free compressor on the market with optional heat recovery, providing usable water temperatures up to 85°C. It’s a turnkey solution with all required components included in the compressor package. This means no additional footprint, no complex installation and thousands of Pounds of potential savings every year.
"Did you know that the air-cooled ULTIMA is the only air-cooled oil-free compressor on the market which is applicable for heat recovery and delivers substantial energy saving?"
So how much can you actually save?
D-Series
Also all water-cooled models of the D Series compressor range from 37kW up to 315kW, fixed speed and regulated speed, can be delivered with a preparation for external heat recovery, which enables them to provide hot water with temperatures of - depending on model - up to 75℃ or even 90℃. Moreover, the models up to 200kW are also compatible with E-max, the turnkey heat recovery box.
E-Max a turnkey heat recovery system for oil-free compressors
Scope of supply
- Heat recovery heat exchanger to heat up your usable water
- Backup heat exchanger, operated in times when the heat demand is not sufficient to cool down the cooling water to the requested max. inlet temperature for the compressor
- Speed regulated pump to control the cooling water temperature before the heat recovery heat exchanger
- Intuitive coloured touch screen controller providing a quick and comprehensive performance overview, including visualisation of current and cumulated recovered heat
Broad range of further options:
- Electrical valve kit 1: To control the water outlet temperature on the customer side of the heat recovery heat exchanger
- Electrical valve kit 2: To control the external cooling water flow through the backup cooler in order to reduce water consumption when the backup cooler is not needed
- Additional backup pump
- Connecting kit comprising ball valves and adapters from Victaulic to 1" internal threads for all water connections
- Compressed air aftercooler (provided loosely. The E-max box as a standard includes inlet and outlet connections for the aftercooler's cooling water)
U-Cooler/E-Cooler - a perfect extension for E-max
Highly efficient V-shaped cooling module for trouble-free waste heat removal from the ULTIMA cooling cycle. A complete package of cooling module, pump station and control integrated into the compressor. Easy to install, easy to operate and virtually maintenance-free.
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Different Oil-free Heat Recovery Systems
ULTIMA™
The Ultima compressor range offers various heat recovery options to accommodate individual customer needs. The water-cooled models can for example be delivered with just a preparation for external heat recovery, with an additional control of the cooling water outlet temperature (Heat recovery+) or with E-max, an absolute turnkey solution that includes all main components needed in a heat recovery system.
Absolutely unique is the integrated heat recovery option for the air-cooled version of Ultima. In fact, Ultima is the fifirst and only air-cooled oil-free compressor on the market with optional heat recovery, providing usable water temperatures up to 85°C. It’s a turnkey solution with all required components included in the compressor package. This means no additional footprint, no complex installation and thousands of Pounds of potential savings every year.
"Did you know that the air-cooled ULTIMA is the only air-cooled oil-free compressor on the market which is applicable for heat recovery and delivers substantial energy saving?"
So how much can you actually save?
D-Series
Also all water-cooled models of the D Series compressor range from 37kW up to 315kW, fixed speed and regulated speed, can be delivered with a preparation for external heat recovery, which enables them to provide hot water with temperatures of - depending on model - up to 75℃ or even 90℃. Moreover, the models up to 200kW are also compatible with E-max, the turnkey heat recovery box.
E-Max
E-Max a turnkey heat recovery system for oil-free compressors
Scope of supply
- Heat recovery heat exchanger to heat up your usable water
- Backup heat exchanger, operated in times when the heat demand is not sufficient to cool down the cooling water to the requested max. inlet temperature for the compressor
- Speed regulated pump to control the cooling water temperature before the heat recovery heat exchanger
- Intuitive coloured touch screen controller providing a quick and comprehensive performance overview, including visualisation of current and cumulated recovered heat
Broad range of further options:
- Electrical valve kit 1: To control the water outlet temperature on the customer side of the heat recovery heat exchanger
- Electrical valve kit 2: To control the external cooling water flow through the backup cooler in order to reduce water consumption when the backup cooler is not needed
- Additional backup pump
- Connecting kit comprising ball valves and adapters from Victaulic to 1" internal threads for all water connections
- Compressed air aftercooler (provided loosely. The E-max box as a standard includes inlet and outlet connections for the aftercooler's cooling water)
U-Cooler/E-Cooler - a perfect extension for E-max
Highly efficient V-shaped cooling module for trouble-free waste heat removal from the ULTIMA cooling cycle. A complete package of cooling module, pump station and control integrated into the compressor. Easy to install, easy to operate and virtually maintenance-free.
Calculate Your Savings
Calculate Your Savings
Find out your energy and cost savings when you invest in a latest-generation oil free compressor and a heat recovery system.