gas and air dryer Flashcards
as air warms up the amount of water is holds
increases
weight of one grain of water
1/7000 lbs
large volume of liquid entering inlet of a compressor
slug
desiccant
adsorption
deliquesant
absorbtion
cycle of removing moisture from dessicant
regeneration
amount of dry air to regenerate dryer bed
10-15%
desiccant type that also acts as a filter
molecular sieve
used to collect dust from desiccant as post filter
coalescing filters
filter used on natural has inlets
scrubbers
dessicant found in rotary drum
silica gel
percent of air used in regeneration cycle of rotary drum dryer
25%
most common deliquescent
urea or salt
direction of flow through a chemical dryer
upwards
temperature that dryers need to be heated to reduce freezing
5celicus
absorbing agent in liquid dehydration dryers
ethynol glycol
ethynol glycol (liquid dehydration dryer) are heated to
190-205
amount of pure glycol after still
98%
heat that cannot be senses by a thermometer
latent heat
heat that can be senses by a thermometer
sensible heat
air circuit process
air to air HE
air to refrigerant HE
water seperator
HE
refrigerant circuit
compressor
condensor
expansion valve
evaporator
refrigeration cools gas
condenser
refrigeration heats gas
evaporator
temperature for refrigeration dryer
2-3 celcius
least complicated mechanical dryer, uses baffles to reduce velocity
liquid dryer
mechanical seperator found after aftercooler
centrifugal
mechanical dryer lowers dew point
over compression
coalescecing filter micro size removal
.01 micron
used to measure dew point
hygrometer
