Technical Considerations And Uses Of Air Blowers In Australia

What Are Air Blowers?

Air Blowers are mechanical devices that are used to force gas or air through a duct. These air blowers force gas from storage tanks, industrial systems, tanks, or open environment air into pipelines, and vessels. It all depends on the required flow and pressure, and the blower is chosen for many tasks including conveying, aeration, mixing, vacuum distillation, etc. 

PumpAir Solutions provides a wide range of best-in-class air blowers based on your requirements for flow and pressure. However, choosing the best air blower might be challenging, particularly if you don’t know about your application. So remember that the air blower you are buying should be reliable, operate without any problem for a long time, and make as little noise as possible. Alternatively, choosing the wrong air blower may show poor performance along with useless power consumption. 

Technical Considerations To Keep In Mind While Choosing the Best Air Blowers in Australia.

Remember to consider the factors discussed below before choosing an air blower in Australia- 

1- Flow and Pressure

An industrial air blower installation of the correct size will contribute to an energy-efficient process. For instance, replacing the compressor with an air blower to produce 0.3 and 1.5 bar(g) air will result in significant savings in a case where compressor turndown is used as the low-pressure source. As a result, 7% of the energy is lost for every bar(g) of air when compressed above the actual need.

2- Application Conditions

Application conditions also affect the selection of an industrial air blower. Like, choosing a technology with an effective positive displacement screw, lobe blower, or multi-stage centrifugal to provide a reliable source of low-pressure air with little sensitivity to dust or high ambient temperatures may be required for air blower installation in a dusty environment or hot, humid place. On the other hand, a more energy-efficient technology with a higher initial cost could be able to better satisfy the application requirement of reduced energy expenses.

3- Initial investment versus highest ROI

The lowest operational expenses may not always come from the cheapest solution. To get the highest return on investment(ROI), it is therefore important to keep track of all necessary expenditures throughout the whole life cycle of the equipment along with considering investment costs.

4- Operational Noise Levels

Latest versions of low-pressure air blowers come with the feature of an Intelligent baffle and canopy design that provides lowered sound levels down to 72dB(a) and an enhanced working environment. As a result, installation costs are decreased because no noise-insulated rooms or doors are required. 

5- Lifetime Support and Service

When it comes to routine maintenance and service assistance, some older air blower technologies may need to be serviced, repaired, or reconstructed offsite. However, each technology’s design and mechanism differ on the number of essentials and service periods and benefits of lifetime customer support plans. Therefore, the latest oil-free, low-pressure air blowers now include low-maintenance components and elevated on-site repair phases.

What are the different Industrial Uses Of Air Blowers in Australia?

1- Wastewater Treatment 

• Wastewater treatment is carried out when plants use aerobic biological processes to break down waste products. 
• In other words, millions of bacteria consume organic waste and then break it down into carbon dioxide, nitrogen gas, and water.
• Therefore, aeration tanks are filled with a lot of air since germs need oxygen to survive. 
• Air blowers must run continuously during this procedure, and there must be a constant flow of pure, 100% oil-free air.

2- Aquaculture and Fisheries

• The aquaculture industry regularly employs air blower applications requiring compressed air or oxygen, whether it’s to help maintain water quality, establish an effective feeding system, make a protective bubble barrier, or move live organisms from one location to another. 
• The transmission of Class 0-certified clean, oil-free air or, in the event of dense populations, oxygen generators is necessary for many of those processes involved in the development of freshwater or saltwater populations of organisms such as fish, crustaceans, and molluscs.

3- Cement Factories

• Blower technology is used to carry out the moving, mixing, heating, and chilling operations involved in the manufacture of cement. 
• Without low-pressure machinery, multiple processes i.e, from pneumatic conveying and combustion air to cooling air and aeration would not be possible.

4- Decomposition of Exhaust Gases

• Low-pressure air blowers are used to remove sulfur dioxide from the exhaust flue gases in coal-fired plants where the combustion of fossil fuels releases sulfur dioxide. 
• Flue gas desulfurization helps in meeting regulatory standards for emission reduction. 
• Since coal-fired power stations remain active all the time, plants can use air blowers that can deliver the right quantity of air based on demand with almost no downtime.

5- Food and Bevarages

• Low-pressure and oil-free blowers are widely used in the food and beverage industry. 
• Other application areas include meat processing, poultry production, dairy product manufacture, and production of preserved fruits and vegetables, along with brewing and beverage activities. The main use of an air blower is to transfer air in both vacuum and pressure. 
• Many food manufacturers have wastewater treatment facilities that sterilize sewage water and control organic waste. 

Final Thoughts

Over the years we have helped our customers in selecting the right product from a broad range of air blower technologies like linear Air Blowers and side channel blowers for domestic and semi-commercial plants and roots-type blowers for commercial water/ wastewater treatment. We have access to products from Techno Takasuki Hiblow Air Blowers, Nitto Piston Blowers and Gardner Denver Thomas Blowers. For larger blowers, we select the right product from FPZ, Busch, Elmo Rietschle, Pedro Gil, Sutorbilt or Robuschi all of which are world-renowned. For more details, visit https://www.pumpair.com.au/ today.