Are you having condensate problems in you airline and equipment?
Are your Air cylinders, Solenoid valves and air tools failing prematurely?
Do you carry out car body repainting or shot blasting?
If the answer to any of the above is yes you should install a dryer
The function of a compressed air dryer is to remove enough condensate from your compressed air to prevent further condensate forming in you airlines and associated equipment.
Most common compressed Air Dryer Technologies
(Line filters are recommended to be installed with all dryers)
Refrigerant dryer:
Refrigeration dryers employ heat exchangers, one for air-to-air and one for air-to-refrigeration The refrigerant compressors used in this type of dryer are usually of the hermetic type. The goal of having two heat exchangers is that the cold outgoing air cools down the hot incoming air which make this type of dryer more efficient. At the same time the increase in the temperature of outgoing air prevents condensation forming on the outside of pipework.
Deliquescent dryer :(not widely used now)
Consists of a pressure vessel filled with a hygroscopic media that absorbs water vapor. The media gradually dissolvesor deliquescesto form a solution at the base of the pressure vessel. The liquid must be regularly drained from the vessel and new media must be added. The media is usually in tablet or briquette form.
Desiccant dryer:
Other terms commonly used are regenerative dryer and twin tower dryer, and to a lesser extent adsorption dryer.
Air is passed through a vessel with two "towers" filled with a desiccant media. This desiccant media attracts the water from the compressed air. When the desiccant becomes saturated the dryer switch towers once this cycle completes some compressed air from the system is used to "purge" the saturated desiccant bed by simply drying the wet desiccant.
Membrane dryer:
The water vaporladen air passes through the center bore of hollow fibers in the membrane bundle. At the same time, a small portion of the dry air product is redirected along the outside surface of the fibers to sweep out the water vapor which has permeated the membrane. The moisture-laden sweep gas is then vented to the atmosphere, dry air is supplied to the application (line filters must be used before this type of dryer)
If you are unsure of the correct dryer for your application contact PPS to discuss your needs, if needed we will visit you to determine the correct technology for your application.