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variable speed drives for high efficiency solutions
W
orld leaders met at the United has risen so the cost of ac easily save up to 50 per cent of their
Nations climate change drives has fallen and the electrical rating. Building
conference (coP 15) in copenhagen, in energy saving potential hvac fans and chiller
December last year to discuss ways to of drives has increased pumps can also
counter global warming in the future. dramatically, while offer enormous
But will their deliberations fully exploit yielding a rapid return on savings. even in
the use of existing technology for saving investment, even using supermarkets,
energy and thus global emissions? drives of modest power their refrigeration
electronic speed control of ac motors ratings. systems can easily
has always had the potential to save It is now acknowledged realise 20 per cent
vast amounts of energy on fans, pumps globally that fitting energy savings
and compressors. as the cost of energy variable speed drives (vSDs) by utilising speed
to existing fans, pumps control of the
and compressors in retail, compressors. to facilitate these
industrial and commercial kinds of savings, Danfoss Drives has
operations could produce used the vSD technology to produce
global carbon savings the high efficiency solutions, that helps
way beyond the original customers the world over to make their
Kyoto commitments. contribution to energy saving while
the applications improving profitability at the bottom
are legion. circulating line, year after year. n
pumps in district heating
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schemes, when driven at
variable speed instead Danfoss Drives is based in Nordborg,
of being throttled, can Denmark www.danfoss.com
virtual reality training Save energy and money on your existing
system helps advance thermal installations with specialist advice
clean coal technology
M
ost thermal installations in Maxon is a burner and control
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nvensys operations Management operation today are equipped equipment manufacturer and is able to
says the US Department of energy with conventional gas or oil fired check your installation with an on-site
will utilise the company's eyeSim burners that use traditional control visit and offer advice on how you can
virtual reality training solution to assist mechanisms. improve the efficiency and safety of
in the development of new generation In the past decade there have your current burner installation.
zero-emission integrated gasification been many important developments Maxon offers diverse lines of
combined cycle (IGcc) power plants in both combustion technology inside industrial combustion equipment for
with carbon capture. the burner and in the way fuel control industry.
the training centre is part of the systems are engineered. It has practical solutions for gas,
Doe's initiative to develop new clean- If you are considering a retrofit, oil, dual fuel, waste fuels, and bio
coal power plants that burn fuel more it is very important to have your fuels. From raw material processing to
efficiently. Invensys will provide a full- installation checked by a specialised finished goods packaging, the company
scope, high-fidelity, real-time dynamic company who can advise you on how has products for most every industrial
simulator for a generic IGcc plant with an upgrade can affect your burner and heating need. these include: dryers,
carbon capture. the Doe's National overall system performance. heaters, boilers, process and control
energy technology Laboratory will the investment in latest generation valves, ovens, furnaces, air heaters,
operate the simulator at its Dynamic equipment will typically pay for itself thermoformers, flame laminators,
Simulator research & training center due to fuel cost savings alone. washers, fryers, and controls,
in Morgantown, West virginia, and Furthermore, upgrading an older reboilers, fuel valves and control
at West virginia University's National gas or oil control system to comply skids. n
research center for coal and energy. n with the latest european directives and
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standards will lead to safer equipment,
For more information, visit thus lowering the risks of incidents and Maxon is based in vilvoorde, Belgium.
www.invensys.com plant downtime. www.maxoncorp.com
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