Installation and Operation Manual
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The air constituents can be in gas, vapour and aerosol form and are converted into carbon
dioxide (CO
2
) and water (H
2
O) in the
BEKOKAT
®
.
The incoming oil-saturated air from the compressor normally has a temperature of 10 K above
the ambient temperature. This is used in the heat exchanger W1 by the hot air from the Reactor
B1 at preheated temperatures of about 100°C up to +130°C. Then it flows over the converter
located in the catalytic converter, which is heated by means of the electric heating system E1
to the operating temperature of +150 °C set on the operating part.
The system uses a catalytic converter specially developed and optimized for the total oxidation
of hydrocarbons (lubricants, oil) in compressed air.
In the converter, the hydrocarbons contained in the air are catalytically oxidised by means of
atmospheric oxygen. The resulting heat reaction is negligible in the usual hydrocarbon
concentrations in compressed air. The cleaned compressed air is then cooled in the heat
exchanger W1 to a temperature of approx. 10 K ... 15 K via inlet.
