Clean, Dry Compressed Air | KMB/KMP Series

Description

Adsorption Dryers

Whether a compressed air user wants to control the growth of microorganisms (essential for direct and in‐direct contact applications in the food, beverage & pharmaceutical industries), ensure air used for critical applications / instrumentation is free from water contamination or has external piping where low ambient temperature can cause condensation, adsorption dryers are the go‐to dryer technology.

There are many different adsorption dryer technologies available and whilst they all reduce water from the compressed air in the same way, they differ in the way they regenerate the desiccant material.

Blower Regeneration Adsorption Dryers

Blower regeneration dryers do not use process air to regenerate the adsorbent desiccant material, instead they use ambient air for both regeneration and cooling (reducing energy consumption and process air loss).

For regeneration, the ambient air is heated and push across the desiccant bed using a blower. To cool the desiccant and ensure it is at the optimum temperature for adsorption, the heat source is simply removed, and the desiccant cooled to ambient temperature.

Blower regeneration dryers can be supplied with purge cooling, or zero loss cooling utilize existing water sources on site (cooling or chilled water).

Advantages

• Parker KMB/KMP dryers provide a constant outlet dewpoint in accordance with ISO8573-1
• Air quality is enhanced when installed with Parker OIL-X High Efficiency Coalescing pre-filtration and General-Purpose Dry Particulate post filtration
• No process air (KMP) is used during regeneration & cooling of the desiccant material, reducing energy consumption
• Regeneration under blower further improves energy efficiency
• Can utilize existing water source on site to further reduce energy consumption by using loop cooler to replace purge cooling.
• Thermal insulation for reduction of heat loss and touch protection fitted as standard
• Full feature PLC control with dewpoint display and Energy Saving Technology fitted as standard
• Large flow capacities

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