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In Design and Sizing of Compressed Air Dryers, you'll learn ...
- The negative effects of moisture-laden air in a compressed air system
- The characteristics and operating principles of various types of air dryers and their relative merits in different applications
- How to size and select an air dryer
- The standards for the quality of compressed air
Overview
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Credit: 4 PDH
Length: 81 pages
Water is a challenge in every air compressor system. As air is compressed, water is brought into the air stream. During cooling, that water condenses and is mixed with the compressed air that’s delivered to the tool or application. Some water is okay for most applications, but too much water can be a problem. If this moisture is not properly removed, it may cause major problems with downstream compressed air equipment and manufactured products it comes into contact with. Moisture-laden compressed air systems can lose efficiency and require dramatically increased maintenance, which can result in costly downtime. That’s where air drying comes in.
A compressed air dryer is a device that removes water vapor from an air system by lowering the dew point. The lower you drive the compressed air dew point, the drier the air will be, but it will increase both the capital and operating costs. Therefore, the important thing to note is that you should dry compressed air only to the extent required by the application.
In this course, you will learn why and how compressed air should be dried to meet specific needs.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Why compressed air should be dried
- What is the dew point, and what is the effect of pressure on the dew point
- Why is knowledge of dew point in compressed air important
- The difference between dew point and “pressure dew point”
- The typical range of dew point temperatures to be found in compressed air
- How to calculate the condensate generation
- The different methods of air drying
- Applications that are better suited to refrigerant, desiccant, or membrane types of dryers
- The most effective method of regeneration
- How to select and apply correction factors to air dryers
- The methods of condensate disposal
- Applicable rules of thumb data for selection and sizing of dryers
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 25 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 4 PDH
Length: 81 pages
