Checking and fixing air leaks is a cost effective way of saving energy requiring a small modification or replacement of existing pipe work.
A small leak maybe of 1mm across cost upwards to 50p in energy per day. A large leak of maybe 5mm across will cost several pounds a day.
1. Walk round the factory after everyone has gone home and listen for hissing coming from the factory air system.
2. At the end of the day, turn off your compressor and see how long it takes for the air receiver to drain down. If after half an hour the air receiver pressure has dropped a lot, you probably have some serious leaks in the system!
3. Get an engineer to come and do an air leak survey. The process of completing an air leak survey is an engineer goes round your factory with a special hand held ultrasonic detector. This measuring device is able to detect extremely small air leaks from the hissing noise at quite a distance. They can even find small leaks above suspended ceilings or behind partition walls etc.
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