{"id":1321,"date":"2019-12-02T15:52:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T15:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/priorclavena.com\/?p=1321"},"modified":"2020-01-28T19:04:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T19:04:30","slug":"autoclave-energy-savings-what-really-makes-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2019\/12\/02\/autoclave-energy-savings-what-really-makes-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Autoclave Energy Savings: What Really Makes a Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We get many questions about autoclave energy savings. This isn&#8217;t surprising: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/why-priorclave\/autoclave-energy-water-consumption\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Research labs generally use three to four times more energy<\/span><\/a> that similar-sized office spaces. The primary culprits: Devices responsible for heating or cooling, &#8220;always-on&#8221; equipment, and anything with a 3-phase power supply. So if you&#8217;re looking to cut your lab&#8217;s energy (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/Is-Your-Autoclave-Bleeding-You-Dry.pdf\"><span class=\"s2\">not to mention water!<\/span><\/a>) bill, your autoclave is a good place to start.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But we see many &#8220;energy saving&#8221; features being advertised that have little hope of making a real dent in your energy bill. For example, autoclave size and orientation has less impact on your autoclave&#8217;s energy consumption than you might assume. Top-loading and front-loading units of the same size generally have comparable heating demands. In many cases, an autoclave has to more than double in size (regardless of orientation) before it bumps up to a larger heater.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Similarly, load type and size often has little impact on energy efficiency. According to technicians in our London production facility, sterilizing a small fluid load (e.g., racks of test tubes) requires roughly the same amount of energy as sterilizing larger fluid loads (e.g., 500mL bottles of saline solution)\u2014even though the large fluid load cycle is slightly longer. For that matter, a 30-minute waste load\u2014although twice as long as a 15-minute fluid load\u2014requires only about 15 to 20 percent more energy. And vacuum cycles\u2014which can significantly bump up water consumption, depending on the style of vacuum used\u2014have very little impact on energy consumption overall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>What Really Impacts Autoclave Efficiency<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the end, there are two<b> major<\/b> factors contributing to your steam sterilizer&#8217;s high energy consumption:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The <i>steam source<\/i> and the <i>chamber shape<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In short, for a given working volume, the most efficient autoclave will <i>always<\/i> have a cylindrical pressure vessel and in-chamber steam generation. In our next post, we&#8217;ll dive into the debate with a bit more detail.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We get many questions about autoclave energy savings. 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