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Energy, resource, emissions savings for Europeans industry

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Optimised exchanger operation and new maintenance equipment will lead to tremendous resource savings

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Europeans maintenance market represents a value of 100 Mia. Euro

Of them for Germany 20 Mia. Euro Heat exchangers are used in large numbers for

multiple applications Nearly no measuring instruments are used for

exchanger operation 1 single Austrian service company maintained 500

heat exchanger within half a year 2011

Costs due to over-design, additional fuel consumption and maintenance, loss of production, etc. have been estimated as 0.25% of the GNP of industrialised countries.

Some facts:

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One don’t need to take a sledgehammer to crack a nut

… one don‘t need to use 1000, 3000 bar pressure water to clean heat exchanger – if cleaning operation can success-fully be performed at 12 bar by the RTC equipment. AC Rädler environment technique GmbH, Vienna developed the RTC equipment for most resource saving efficient tubular heat exchanger cleaning.

Any kind of hard and even fully blocked tubes are regained by the RTC treatment. In some cases whole exchanger investment is regained.

RTC cleaning is recommended for graphite exchangers.

Use of resources: RTC mechanically

12 bar/5 KW/h

High pressure 1.000 bar/480KW/h

High pressure 3000 bar/

250 KW/h Energy

specific consumptionequivalent KW conversion: KW in l/fuel diesel

5 KW/h electricity

24 l/h fuelcomplies to 480 KW/h

5 l fuel x 480 KW /100 = 24 l

12,5 l/h fuelcomplies to 250 KW/h

5 l fuel x 250 KW /100 = 12,5 l

Energy in 20 days 20 days á 8 h = 160 h

800 KW(~192 l)

5 KW x 160 h

3.840 l fuel 24 l x 160 h

2.000 l fuel 12,5 l x 160 h.

specific costs of energy

electricity 0,08 €/KW fuel 1,30 €/lfuel 1,30 €/l

Costs of energy in 20 days

64 € (~250 €) 4.992 € 2.600 €

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Heat exchanger can be maintained by either RTC or High pressure equipment

The difference are savings on fuel or electricity Fuel consumption for instance during 20 days

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CO2 EMISSIONS

800 KW(~192 l)

3.840 l fuel 2.000 l fuel

specific emissions 20 days á 8 h = 160 h

0,32 kg/KW0,325 kg x 5 KWx160 h

2,65 kg/l2,65 kg x 24 l x 160 h

2,65 kg/l2,65 kg x 12,5 l x 160 h

CO2-EMISSIONS in 20 days

260 kg CO2 10.176 kg CO2

5.300 kg CO2

Use of resources: RTC mechanically

12 bar/5 KW/h

High pressure 1.000 bar/480KW/h

High pressure 3000 bar/

250 KW/h

Using RTC as maintenance equipment, leads to emissions reduction such as for 20 days.

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Use of resources: RTC mechanically

12 bar/5 KW/h

High pressure 1.000 bar/480KW/h

High pressure 3000 bar/

250 KW/h

WATER

specific consumption

10 l/min

256 l/min

46 l/min

Water consumption 20 days á 8 h = 160 h (1 m³ = 1000 l)

96 m³

10 lx60 minx160 h/1000

2.842 m³ 256 lx60 minx160/1000

442 m³ 46 l x60 minx 160 h/1000

specific costs of water 5,- €/m³ 5,- €/m³ 5,- €/m³

Costs of water /20 days 480,- € 14.210 € 2.210 €

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Using RTC as maintenance equipment will lead to reduction of waste water and to relieve waste water treatment plant – such as during 20 days

Legend:

1) Press information dd. 27.06.2011 by Wirtschaftsverband für Industrieservice e.V. (WVIS), Germany

2) Press information specialist journal Ölwerk 2011, page 11

3) Homepage of the Heat Exchanger Fouling and Cleaning Conference Series: www.heatexchanger-fouling.com

AC Rädler Environment technique Ltd.

A-1220 Vienna, Leonard-Bernstein-Street 8/2/23.8 + 43(0) 676 374 65 09 + 43(0) 676 616 99 22 office@ac-raedler.at www.ac-raedler.at

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