仪表、工艺空气系统基础知识培训.ppt

Now take that already contaminated air and draw it into a compressed air system. Some people will say: “It’s OK, I have an compressor intake filter”. A standard compressor intake filter provides 2 micron filtration. (Higher quality intake filter, such as on Sullair compressors can do somewhat better.) But the intake filter is only a means of primary protection for the compressor, and unfortunately, approximately 80% of particles in the air are smaller than 2 microns. In fact most are much much smaller. Even with our conservative estimate of 4 million particles of dust per square foot, this only reduces it to 3.2 million particles per square foot. And once the air is compressed the situation gets much much worse… Now compress that air to 100 psig and watch what happens. - The water now goes up to 100% relative humidity and even condenses to a liquid. - Dust multiplies by 7.8 times to almost 25 million parts per cubic foot, - All the other contaminants are also 7.8 times more concentrated than before. In addition to the concentrating effects of compression, the very act of compressing the air adds even more contamination. The compressor and air system will add oil, rust particles, wear particles and pipe scale. The amount of each contaminant that it adds depends on the type of the system, (I.e. oil flooded vs. oil free compressor) as well as the condition of the system. What you end up with is a very damaging and concentrated mixture of contaminants in your compressed air system. If these contaminants are not removed, the result can be very costly: - Corrosion of pipe work, - Water freezing in unheated lines, - Wear and failure of tools and equipment - Spoilage of product, especially in the food or pharmaceutical industries - Growth of bacteria and mold All of this of course leading to - maintenance costs, and - lost production time. And something not everyone thinks about - eventually this compressed air gets discharged into the air that your employees