Compressor installation
AssigneeAtlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap
InventorPieter De Raemaeker
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Abstract
Compressor installation with a compressor element, an outlet with an outlet line, and a dryer, that is provided with a drying section and a regeneration section. The drying section is provided with a first inlet and a first outlet. The first inlet is connected to the outlet line. The regeneration section is provided with a second inlet and a second outlet. A regeneration line (is provided between the second inlet and a first point of the outlet line. At the second outlet a return line connects the second outlet to a second point (on the outlet line downstream of the first point. A primary portion of a heat exchanger is incorporated in the return line. A secondary portion of the heat exchanger is incorporated in an oil circuit of the compressor element.
Claims13
A compressor installation comprising at least one compressor element with an associated oil circuit, wherein the compressor element is provided with an outlet with an outlet line connected thereto, wherein the compressor installation is further provided with a dryer for drying a compressed gas originating from the compressor element, wherein the dryer is of the type that uses a drying agent or desiccant, wherein the dryer is provided with a drying section and with a regeneration section, wherein the drying section is provided with a first inlet for compressed gas to be dried and a first outlet for dried compressed gas, wherein the first inlet is connected to said outlet line for the supply of compressed gas to be dried, wherein the regeneration section is provided with a second inlet and a second outlet for regeneration gas, wherein a regeneration line is provided between said second inlet and a first point of the outlet line for branching off a portion of the compressed gas to be dried, wherein at said second outlet a return line is connected that connects the second outlet to a second point on the outlet line downstream of said first point, wherein, in the return line, a primary portion of a heat exchanger is incorporated for cooling the regeneration gas, wherein a secondary portion of the heat exchanger is incorporated into the oil circuit of the compressor element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.