
Function description
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Function description
The dryer dries the compressed air supplied by the compressor and makes it
available for industrial use.
If so, installed up- and downstream filters purify the compressed air, feeded to
resp. dissipated from the dryer.
The two vessels contain an extremely porous drying agent by means of which
humidity is removed from the compressed air and stored just as in a sponge. The
stored humidity is then removed again from the drying agent and re-introduced
into the ambient environment.
To this end, the two vessels alternate between different operating modes. Whilst
in one vessel, compressed air is de-humidified (adsorption), in the other vessel
the humid drying agent is prepared for another charge (regeneration). These two
states, which run in parallel during compressed air preparation, are described
below.
Adsorption
Via a compressor, humid compressed air is
supplied to the compressed air inlet of the dryer.
From here, the compressed air flows upwards
through the absorption vessel, which is
pressurised. In so doing, the drying agent
dehumidifies the air. The dry compressed air is
supplied to the pipe network via the compressed
air outlet of the dryer.
Here, adsorption is shown in the
left vessel.
Regeneration (running in parallel to the adsorption)
At the same time the other vessel is prepared for a renewed take-up of humidity.
This process is called regeneration.
The regeneration is subdivided into three phases: expansion, dehumidification,
and pressure build-up.
With the
dewpoint-sensing control
option, the regeneration phase is followed by a
standby phase.