We recently joined the Parliamentary Secretariat for Youth, Research, and Innovation for a Thematic Press Event which focused on the future of Energy. Parliamentary Secretary Keith Azzopardi Tanti emphasised the vital role that local research plays in addressing global energy challenges.![]()
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Representing our team, Prof. Ing. Paul Refalo shared how our project AIR SAVE makes industries greener by optimising compressed air systems and lowers both energy costs and carbon footprints.![]()
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#research #energy #sustainability #Smart #industry
๐ฌ๐ง World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development ๐ง![]()
Today we celebrate World Engineering Day ๐, recognising how engineering drives innovation, sustainability and real-world impact.๐ฌ๐ง World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development ๐ง![]()
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Today we celebrate World Engineering Day ๐, recognising how engineering drives innovation, sustainability and real-world impact.![]()
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At AIR SAVE, engineering is at the core of what we do, combining compressed air expertise, Industry 4.0 and intelligent data-driven methods to tackle one of industryโs most overlooked challenges: energy losses in compressed air systems.![]()
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Through advanced fault monitoring and fault-mitigating control ๐, AIR SAVE enables more efficient and sustainable industrial operations๐ฑ, reducing energy consumption and emissions, achieving up to 100% mitigation of fault-related losses, without compromising performance.![]()
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๐ฒ๐น Jum Dinji tal-Inฤกinerija gฤงall-Iลผvilupp Sostenibbli ๐ง![]()
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Illum niฤฤelebraw il-Jum Dinji tal-Inฤกinerija ๐ fejn nirrikonoxxu kif l-inฤกinerija tmexxi l-innovazzjoni, is-sostenibbiltร , u l-impatt li qed tฤงalli fid-dinja reali. ![]()
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F’AIR SAVE, l-inฤกinerija tinsab fil-qalba taโ dak kollu li nagฤงmlu. Billi ngฤงaqqdu l-gฤงarfien espert fl-arja kkompressata mal-Industrija 4.0 u metodi intelliฤกenti bbaลผati fuq id-data, nindirizzaw waฤงda mill-akbar sfidi fl-industrija li spiss tiฤกi injorata: it-telf taโ enerฤกija fis-sistemi tal-arja kkompressata.![]()
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Permezz taโ monitoraฤกฤก avvanzat u kontroll li jnaqqas il-ฤงsarat ๐, AIR SAVE jippermetti operazzjonijiet industrijali aktar effiฤjenti u sostenibbli ๐ฑ Dan inaqqas il-konsum tal-enerฤกija u l-emissjonijiet, filwaqt li jikseb sa 100% mitigazzjoni tat-telf ikkawลผat minn ฤงsarat, mingฤงajr ebda kompromess fuq il-prestazzjoni.
๐ Congratulations to our researcher, Dr Massimo Borg, on the successful completion of his Ph.D.!![]()
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His research, โFault Monitoring and Control for Sustainable Compressed Air Systems,โ advances statistical methods to deliver intelligent, cost-effective solutions for detecting, diagnosing, and mitigating pneumatic faults. The work demonstrates significant reductions in fault-related compressed air consumption by up to 100%, while maintaining production performance, marking a major step forward for smart and sustainable industrial systems.๐ฑ![]()
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Well done Massimo Borg!![]()
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Supervisors: Prof. Ing. Paul Refalo, Prof. Ing. Emmanuel Francalanza![]()
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#PhD #research #sustainable #engineering
๐๐๐’๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐: โ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ-๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐โ.![]()
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This is exactly what we work hard for! ๐๐ป![]()
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A few weeks ago, our industrial partner AIM Enterprises Ltd introduced us to Alberto Cassadio and Stefano Perego from SMC Italia. We had the pleasure of welcoming them to the ๐Engineering Research and Innovation Labs at the University of Malta ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.![]()
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๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ป Thanks to their input and feedback, we are working hard to make AIR SAVE a step closer to commercial viability!![]()
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We look forward to further collaboration in the future! โ๏ธ![]()
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Paul Refalo Emmanuel Francalanza Peter Xuereb Massimo Borg Jasmine Mallia Angelo Mifsud Ylenia Grech Mifsud![]()
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#CompressedAir #AppliedResearch #industry4 #SustainableIndustry
The AIR SAVE team, in collaboration with our industrial partner AIM Enterprises Ltd, achieved third place in the ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ โญ![]()
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This outcome reflects ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ of the project team. The work continues to build on the results of the previous project, with further advancements currently underway through the Go-To-Market (GTM) funding programme ๐ค![]()
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The recognition ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐![]()
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Project supported through the Xjenza Malta TDP Funding.![]()
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Paul Refalo Emmanuel Francalanza Peter Xuereb Massimo Borg Jasmine Mallia Angelo Mifsud Ylenia Grech Mifsud ![]()
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#XjenzaMalta #ResearchImpact #teamwork #funding #innovation #AppliedResearch