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Air Compressor with Adjustable Speed Drive

Adjustable Speed Drive (ASD) control of oil-lubricated or oil-free rotary screw air compressors is more efficient than load/unload, modulating, or modulating with unloading flow control.

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Energy Savings: 38%

Regional Potential: 0.35 MWh/year

ID: 90

Ammonia Heat Pump Waste Heat Recovery

Ammonia heat pumps convert the waste heat from refrigeration into useable high temperature heat, rather than exhausting it to the atmosphere through evaporative condensers.

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ID: 629

Automatic Reset of Dryer Dew Point Setpoint

For dryers serving compressed air systems that have distribution piping in spaces that experience seasonal changes in temperature. This setpoint is a function of the critical (lowest) ambient air temperature.

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ID: 132

Clean-On-Demand Compressed Air Controls for Baghouses

Controls that limit the use of compressed air so it is used only when industrial baghouses need to be cleaned.

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Energy Savings: 5%

ID: 171

Combination Gears for High Gear Ratio Applications

Two-stage gearboxes that are a more efficient alternative speed reducer to worm gears in applications with high gear ratios

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Energy Savings: 17%

ID: 435

Compressed Air Recovery System for PET Blow Molding Facilities

A system that recovers spent air from the polymer bottle-blowing process and uses it for the initial blow on preforms or feeds it into the plant compressed air distribution system.

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Energy Savings: 100%

ID: 444

Conversion of Industrial Equipment from Compressed Air to Direct Drive

Compressed air is often used in industry to drive processes that could be achieved using far less electricity. Electricity savings of up to 80% may be realized for switching from use of compressed air to direct-drive (via electric motor) for specific applications.

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Energy Savings: 85%

ID: 160

Dew Point Demand Controls for Twin-Tower Compressed Air Desiccant Dryers

A compressed air drying system that uses dew point demand controls to shut off the dried purge air flow when the media in the off-line tower has been regenerated and delays tower switchover until the media in the in-service tower has been exhausted.

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Energy Savings: 40%

Regional Potential: 0.11 MWh/year

ID: 437

Digital Ultrasonic Compressed Air Leak Detectors

Tools to identify the acoustic signature of a compressed gas moving from the high pressure to the low pressure side of a leak. Advanced detectors can also quantify the magnitude of the leak.

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Energy Savings: 75%

Regional Potential: 0.98 MWh/year

ID: 448

Electric Arc Furnace Charge Preheating

A waste heat recovery process for continuous feeding and preheating of scrap charge to an electric arc furnace after preheating it with furnace exhaust gases.

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Energy Savings: 23%

ID: 453

Electrodialysis for the Wine Industry

A process to stabilize wine prior to bottling and cut energy use by about 80% compared with traditional cold stabilization, which involves keeping wine in bulk cold storage for long periods of time.

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Energy Savings: 75%

ID: 65

Electron Beam Curing

Use of an electron beam to cure inks, laquer, paint, adhesives, resins, composites, and for crosslinking of polymers.

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Energy Savings: 88%

ID: 466

Encourage Replacement of In-Service Standard Efficiency Motors with Premium Efficiency Models

Encourage replacement of in-service industrial motors with NEMA Premium®- or Enhanced-efficiency motors that are 2% to 9% more efficient than standard motors.

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Energy Savings: 4%

Regional Potential: 0.71 MWh/year

ID: 230

Energy-Efficient Repulper Rotor

A tank with an efficient rotor in the bottom used to repulp bales of pulp and mix the pulp fibers with water prior to making paper.

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Energy Savings: 23%

ID: 454

Fine Grinding Technology for Mines and Concentrating Plants: "Stirred Mill" vs. Ball Mills

An energy-efficient alternative to the ball mills used for material size reduction at mines.

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Energy Savings: 30%

ID: 479

Heat Activated Heat Pump/Chiller System

Co-produces hot water and chilled water with high-input energy conversion efficiency. Steam, natural gas, propane or waste heat streams can be used as thermal input sources. Potential applications include food processing, dairies, breweries, restaurants, laundries, comme...

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Energy Savings: 77%

ID: 138

Heat of Compression Desiccant Dryers

Use waste heat from an air compressor to regenerate the desiccant in the off-line tower, thereby saving energy through reduced purge air requirements and/or reduced use of supplemental electric heating.

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Energy Savings: 70%

Regional Potential: 0.05 MWh/year

ID: 2

High speed Turbo Blower for Wastewater Treatment

A high-speed centrifugal blower with high flow and high pressure output utilizing magnetic or airfoil bearings and integrated variable speed control.

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Energy Savings: 20%

Regional Potential: 0.06 MWh/year

ID: 310

Industrial Heat Pumps

Heat pumps that increase the temperature of a low-grade waste heat stream that may otherwise be exhausted to the environment, to make it more useful for industry—for direct process use or to preheat supply or combustion air.

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Energy Savings: 27%

ID: 457

Infrared Drying and Curing

Recent innovations have been made in energy efficient infrared drying and curing techniques.

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ID: 628

LED UV Water Disinfection

An LED-based UV light to effectively and efficiently disinfect water supplies by deactivating micro-organisms, bacteria, spores, molds, and viruses.

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Energy Savings: 80%

ID: 480

Line Start Permanent Magnet Motors

Motors that can start and accelerate when they are directly connected to line voltage without the need for a controller, operate at synchronous speed, and achieve Super Premium Efficiency levels.

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Energy Savings: 8%

ID: 434

Low Energy Pulp Pressure Screen Rotor

A more efficient rotating airfoil that keeps a screen separating pulp from contaminants at a recycled paper mill from becoming plugged up by using negative pressure pulses to backflush the narrow slots in the screen.

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Energy Savings: 52%

ID: 458

Microwave Curing, Sintering, and Heat Treating

A process of transferring heat energy electromagnetically, evenly and quickly throughout a part or coating, enabling better process temperature control, shorter cure cycles, and less energy use.

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Energy Savings: 81%

ID: 451

Near-Net-Shape Casting

Refers to multiple techniques available to reduce the amount of machining and surface finishing required for the final cast part.

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Energy Savings: 25%

ID: 183

On-Demand Ventilation Controls for Dust and Fume Collection Systems

An automated dust collection system using automated dampers that close when equipment is not being used, greatly reducing unneeded ventilation.

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Energy Savings: 25%

ID: 296