BladeAir - Efficient Oil-Free Industrial Compressed Air

几乎所有的制造业在其操作的某些方面都使用压缩空气，通过压缩和加压空气将电动机的动力转化为动能。每年，英国工业使用超过10TWh的电力来压缩空气——相当于近1.5个发电站的发电量，并向大气排放了超过500万吨的二氧化碳（碳信托，2012）。市场领先的工业空气螺杆压缩机系统基于1935年的设计，制造和维护成本高昂，并且能源效率低下。考虑到高电力消耗和相关的二氧化碳排放成本，制造业正在研究替代解决方案，以更低的能源成本生产清洁、高质量的空气，提高运营效率，减少对环境的影响。Lontra Limited开发了一种基于紧凑型双作用旋转压缩机的创新压缩机概念，该压缩机具有在各种压力范围内产生空气的潜力。到目前为止，叶片压缩机tm已经成功地在低压（1bar）的市政和管制废水部门进行了演示，在那里观察到减少了100万美元的能源消耗20%。工业空气代表着一个巨大的市场，可以实现显著的节能效益。在这个市场上，典型的压力范围是7-10巴。为了满足行业需求，Lontra将进一步开发叶片式压缩机，克服许多机械设计挑战，实现高压叶片式压缩机演示原型，在与食品加工、水泥、织物和炭黑制造行业的利益相关者以及潜在的许可合作伙伴（如Lontra）进行初步讨论后，激发进一步的兴趣。压缩机oem)。项目结束后6个月将进行具体应用程序试验；预计将于2017年底进入市场。

Almost all manufacturing industries use compressed air in some aspect of their operations, converting power from a motor into kinetic energy by compressing and pressurizing air.Annually, UK industry uses over 10TWh of electricity to compress air – equivalent to the output of almost 1.5 power stations and over 5 million tonnes of CO2 emitted to the atmosphere (The Carbon Trust, 2012). Market leading industrial air Screw Compressor systems are based on designs dating to 1935 that are expensive to manufacture and maintain, and are highly energy inefficient. Given the cost of high electricity consumption and associated CO2 emissions, manufacturing industries are investigating alternative solutions to produce clean, high quality air with lower energy costs, improved operational efficiency and reduced environmental impact.Lontra Limited has developed an innovative compressor concept based on a compact, double acting rotary compressor which has the potential to produce air in the range of pressures. To date, the Blade CompressorTM has been successfully demonstrated at low pressure (1bar) in the Municipal & Regulated Wastewater sector, where reductions in energy consumption of >20% were observed. Industrial air represents a large market, where significant energy saving benefits can be achieved. In this market, typical pressure ranges are from 7-10 bar. To address industry requirements, Lontra will further develop the Blade Compressor, overcoming a number of mechanical design challenges to achieve a high pressure Blade Compressor demonstration prototype to stimulate further interest following initial discussions with stakeholders in the food processing, cement, fabric & carbon black manufacturing industries & potential licensing partners (eg. compressor OEMs). Application specific trials will follow 6 months from project end; with market entry expected late 2017.