Nitrogen

Nitrogen Piping

Our trained technicians install the UltraFill 99+ system, manufactured by Kaeser Compressors. This state-of-the-art Nitrogen Tire Inflation system is the most popular with our tire and auto dealership clients. By using nitrogen, these dealerships can bring new value to their customers by improving safety and helping motorists contribute to energy and environmental conservation.

Unfamiliar with Nitrogen? Let us introduce you!

Nitrogen is all around us: the air we breathe contains roughly 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen and 1% other gases and water vapor.   When used to replace oxygen and other
gases in tire inflation, nitrogen enhances handling, improves fuel efficiency, extends tire life, protects the Earth and, most importantly, keeps you safer on the road.

Tires are permeable, meaning that their contents can eventually escape or leak out over time if the particles are small enough.  Nitrogen is a very large molecule. So, using the breakdown of air above the:

- 1% of other gases and water vapor can actually permeate a tire nearly 250 times
        faster than Nitrogen.
- 21% oxygen can permeate and escape approximately 3-4 times faster than Nitrogen.
- 78% Nitrogen – The largest molecule in the air in your tire:  it is dry and non-
         flammable. Due to  their larger size, nitrogen molecules are the least permeable and
        will stay in your tire longer.

Roughly 85% of American drivers do not check their tire pressure on a regular basis, and could benefit by using nitrogen to inflate their vehicle tires.

Proper tire pressure is a big deal.

Who Else Is Using Nitrogen?

Nitrogen Piping NASCAR – NASCAR teams use nitrogen because it allows them to more accurately predict tire pressure fluctuation. Nitrogen fluctuates with temperature change, but it does so less than when water vapor is present. In addition, higher nitrogen levels eliminate the explosive properties of oxygen (oxygen loses its explosive properties at around 9% or less) NASCAR uses bottled nitrogen for portability. The bottles are delivered to the track by Praxair.

Commercial Airlines – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires nitrogen in all commercial aircraft tires to eliminate the potential for water vapor (inherent in normal compressed air) from freezing at high altitudes. In addition, aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing use nitrogen membranes in their On-Board Inert Gas Generation Systems (OBIGGS) to “top” fuel tanks with nitrogen – an inert gas that does not support combustion.

U.S. Government – NASA and the U.S. military use nitrogen for many of the same reasons it used in commercial aircraft.

Food Processors and Packagers – Oxygen hastens both the chemical breakdown and microbial spoilage of many foods. Think meat, potato chips, cookies, etc. To help preserve foods longer, processors and packagers often use modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and controlled atmosphere packaging (CAP) that replaces some or all of the oxygen in the air inside the package with nitrogen.

(adapted from: http://getnitrogen.org/why/index.php)