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Heat exchangers are totally necessary in the refrigeration cycle: as shown in the diagram below, two out of the four basic steps in the refrigerant cycle are heat exchangers! Their operation affects greatly to the overall plant efficiency, so their maintenance is very important. Heat exchangers, lik[..]

What is power quality? Power quality is not an easy term to define, as there are many factors that could be involved in the definition, but in broad terms power quality is usually related to following concepts:

Most of the industrial processes include the conduction of fluids or energy transfer. This is possible thanks to the centrifugal pumps which are the most popular turbomachinery. The growth and improvement of the industrial processes have been always linked to the improvements in the pumping equipmen[..]

Thermal energy storage (TES) is the process of collecting thermal energy for future use. Thermal energy storage operates like a battery, using a combination of cooling equipment and energy storage tank to transfer cooling production to off-peak hours, usually nighttime. Ice or chilled water that is [..]

An industrial chiller protects processing equipment despite costing a small fraction of most of these facilities. It also increases production, specifically enhancing accuracy and speed of production in food, beverage, and pharmaceutical among other industries. Therefore, it is a no brainer that the[..]

Hot and humid summer weather affects turbine performance substantially, yet this is the most critical time for power plant service to users. A knee-jerk reaction would be to enhance installed turbine capacity to offset the deficit created by subdued performance and increased power demand. Instead of[..]

The average temperature for most tropical regions is about 35° C. This and the accompanying high humidity spells doom for power plants in such regions unless something is done to counter the effects. Large scale power-generation relies on gas turbines, which have limitations at higher temperatures. [..]

Most modern cities use more than 25 % of their electricity for air conditioning. Providing comfort in public spaces such as hospitals and offices has become a necessity nowadays. At the same time, energy efficiency is something the society cannot afford to ignore with the skyrocketing electricity co[..]

Power plays a high important role on the industrial and human progress improving our way of life and the economic development of our society. Continuous access to power must be supplied by power producers while maintaining customers demand and strict quality standards with competitive prices. These [..]

With the increasing need for refrigeration, compressors are being developed in numbers and with better technology. However, the basics still stand. With the many refrigeration compressor types available, selecting one for your application can be overwhelming. Some factors to consider for the best un[..]

Less than three decades ago, full load kW/ton was still a widely used metric of chiller efficiency. It was only in the late 1980s that stakeholders in the industry realized that this indication was incomplete because full load conditions are rare in real life situations. That was the beginning of be[..]

Since 1902 when Willis Haviland Carrier invented world’s first modern air conditioning system, the air conditioning technology has grown tremendously to today, when the chiller is not only energy efficient, but also user friendly. ARANER is one of the respected providers of this solution. In this po[..]