Airgon A22 Gas removal and energy improvement testing

Airgon A22 除气和能源改进测试

• 批准号: 10074454
• 金额: $ 0.37万
• 依托单位: AIRGON TECHNOLOGIES LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10074454
• 关键词: Airgon; A22; Gas; removal; energy

The core problem is confirming the Airgon unit's claims that continuous air and entrained gas removal improves system performance under specified test settings.Specifically proving that removing Nitrogen and Oxygen from the water system improves heat output for less fuel consumed and how this a) results in savings, b) improves the life of the boiler and system components, and c) significantly reduces unplanned maintenance.The previous versions of the device show between 15-20% improvement in heating system performance and whilst untested, notionally proves the other benefits. The challenges are that these improvements cannot currently be determined in advance, the result of which means that the accreditation criteria for a Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) are impossible to meet.The major challenge is that Building Research Establishment (BRE) have stated that they are looking to determine a means whereby performance recovery as well as simple efficiency improvements can be measured to obtain accreditation. Airgon restores wet heating systems to near optimal performance by reversing deterioration caused by the effect of dissolved gasses in the heating system water, and because all systems are unique there is no one size fits all result.Nobody we have engaged to date has shown any confidence of being able to for work with us on these objectives. None-have carried out tests of this type before with known levels of deterioration simulating a variety of common issues and measured the time taken to remove entrained gasses from an aqueous solution and record their lowest levels of saturation to determine effectiveness.There is no standard or determined methodology that can be applied to obtain these values. We can determine the levels of a given gas dissolved in water phase using Henry's Constant and measure the results pre and post installation of Airgon to determine how much of each gas has been removed. The results can then be used to determine any improvements in thermal transfer and reduction in energy consumption. However, the uncertainty of the determined values using this methodology could be quite high. Moreover, the challenge is that nobody has done it precisely and this forms the basis for the claims of the energy saving properties of our unit. Therefore, we need advanced thermodynamic studies to accurately determine the solubility of gases in the aqueous phase.

核心问题是证实 Airgon 装置的主张，即在指定的测试设置下，连续去除空气和夹带气体可提高系统性能。具体证明，从水系统中去除氮气和氧气可提高热量输出，从而减少燃料消耗，以及这 a) 如何节省成本，b) 提高​​锅炉和系统组件的使用寿命，c) 显着减少计划外维护。该设备的先前版本显示加热系统性能提高了 15-20%，虽然未经测试，但理论上来说证明了其他好处。挑战在于，这些改进目前无法提前确定，这意味着不可能满足标准评估程序 (SAP) 的认证标准。主要挑战是建筑研究机构 (BRE) 表示，他们正在寻求确定一种方法，通过该方法可以衡量性能恢复以及简单的效率改进以获得认证。 Airgon 通过扭转加热系统水中溶解气体的影响而导致的恶化，将湿式加热系统恢复到接近最佳性能，并且由于所有系统都是独一无二的，因此没有一种方法适合所有结果。迄今为止，我们接触的任何人都没有表现出任何信心能够与我们合作实现这些目标。以前没有人进行过此类测试，以已知的恶化程度模拟各种常见问题，并测量从水溶液中去除夹带气体所需的时间并记录其最低饱和度以确定有效性。没有标准或标准确定可用于获取这些值的方法。我们可以使用亨利常数确定溶解在水相中的给定气体的水平，并测量 Airgon 安装前后的结果，以确定每种气体的去除量。然后，结果可用于确定热传递的任何改进和能耗的降低。然而，使用这种方法确定的值的不确定性可能相当高。此外，挑战在于没有人能够精确地做到这一点，这构成了我们单位的节能特性主张的基础。因此，我们需要先进的热力学研究来准确确定气体在水相中的溶解度。