MANN+HUMMEL:
SMART FILTRATION

With pollution believed to be a contributing factor in up to 500,000 deaths annually in the region, IoT and smart monitoring provide a means to both monitor and improve the situation across the region, especially in densely-populated areas.

Mann+Hummel is a company that has seen the potential economic and environmental benefits of IoT.

The firm creates industrial-grade applications for air filtration in an IoT lab based in Singapore. The filters collect and analyze data to improve air cleaning performance and reduce fine dust pollution. Together with Bosch’s IoT cloud service, the firm manages the functionality of what can be thousands of devices or more.

reduction in energy demands

reduction in filtration workloads

reduction in total cost of air filtration systems

When utilized in airports with high energy consumption and on-site filtration workloads that were placing severe strain on systems, the Mann+Hummel’s eco16 program and IoT-based HVAC filter systems were able to reduce energy demands by 28%, cut filtration workloads by 85%, and lower the total cost of air filtration systems by 37%.

Almost 1,000 filters were installed on site in a major airport. The average pressure drop over the filters’ service life reduced from 350 Pa to 250 Pa, resulting in a projected energy cost of $435,500 being reduced to approximately $260,000.

In turn, the smart filtration system lowered the cycle cost over 12 months from $520,000 to $305,500. Cost savings were also enjoyed by the airport as 2,500 fewer filters were required on site, reducing on-site logistics and labor costs.

reduction in projected energy cost

reduction filtration cycle cost