A stream of compressed air does not look like a power source. In factories, it usually hisses through pipes, drives tools, then disappears as waste.

Compressed air is critical in many industrial and nonindustrial applications, including powering pneumatic tools and conveyor systems, cleaning equipment and airfilling amusement park objects. While ...

Researchers from Canada have analyzed the performances of an aboveground compressed air energy storage system (CAES) with both an experimental setup and a numerical model. A quasi-steady-state ...

Compressed air is so commonly used in commercial, industrial, and institutional settings that it is often incorrectly assumed to be less potentially dangerous than it actually is. In fact, there are ...

After receiving a litany of abuse from fellow hot rodders and mechanics about my lack of pneumatic capabilities in my shop in the past, I decided once and for all that it was time to get real and set ...

The VMAC G30+GEN air compressor/generator combines two convenient forms of power into a single, innovative system. Operators with VMAC’s rotary screw air compressor/generator combo on their service ...

Compressed air experts MB Air Systems are on hand to provide your firm with the equipment, maintenance & servicing needed, ...

My love affair with compressed air started a number of years ago when I got an entry level oil-less air compressor for Christmas. Looking like a bloated red fire hydrant lying on its side, it made a ...

Compressed air is vitally important to all power plants. Although in some cases it is used simply for convenience, such as when operating certain pneumatic tools, in other cases, compressed air is ...

Seamus Garvey is the Founding Chairman of the newly established International CAES Alliance, which aims to raise awareness of the potential and power of CAES. Electricity generated by fossil fuels is ...

The shift towards connected compressors is not a leap into automation but an incremental journey of insight and refinement. As analytics, AI and integration technologies mature, manufacturers are ...