Dryer for compressed gas, compressor installation provided with a dryer and a method for drying compressed gas

Abstract

A dryer for compressed gas includes a pressure vessel containing a drying zone and a regeneration zone, a drum within the rotation symmetrical part, equipped with a regenerable drying agent; driving means for rotating the aforementioned drum so that the drying agent is successively moved through the drying zone and the regeneration zone, an inlet for the supply of the compressed air to be dried to the drying zone, an outlet for the removal of the dried compressed gas, and a first connection line for branching off of a partial stream of the dried compressed gas and transfer of this partial stream to the regeneration zone. The drying zone is on outlet side is subdivided using a divider into a first outlet zone with which the outlet is connected for the dried compressed gas, and a second outlet zone with which the first connection line is connected.

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