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US 2003/0163929 A1Published application
Compressor unit, provided with an adsorption dryer and adsorption dryer therefor
OwnerDanny Etienne Andree Vertriestinventor
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The invention relates to a compressor unit comprising a compressor unit comprising compressor element (2), the outlet conduit (3) of which connects to an adsorption dryer (6) with a vessel (8) and a rotor (7) mounted therein. On each of the extremities of the vessel (8), two compartments (20, 21, 23, 24) are formed. The portion of the rotor (7) situated between one compartment (24) n he o extremity and a compartment (21) on the other extremity forms a drying chamber (9), whereas the portion of the rotor (7.) situated between the other compartments (20, 24) forms a regeneration chamber (10) and is situated in the outlet conduit (3) upstream of a cooler (4). Between the compartments (20, 21, 213, 24) on each extremity, a separation compartment (22, 25) is formed and means (30, 21) are provided to remove gas therefrom (22, 25).
- Compressor unit comprising at least one compressor element (2), the outlet of which, by means of an outlet conduit (3), connects, over a cooler (4) and a water separator (5), to an adsorption dryer (6) of the type comprising a vessel (8), a rotor (7) mounted therein in a rotatable manner, and means (13) for rotating the rotor (7), whereby on each of the extremities of the vessel (8), in front of an extremity of the rotor (7), at least two separated compartments (20,21;23,24) are formed, respectively provided with an inlet or outlet (28,26;29,27) for the supply, discharge, respectively, of gas, and the portion of the rotor (7) situated between a compartment (24) on the one extremity and a compartment (21) on the other extremity of the vessel (8) forms a drying chamber (9) which is filled with a regeneratable drying agent (18), and the portion of the rotor (7) situated between the other compartment (20) on the first-mentioned extremity and the other compartment (24) on the other extremity of the vessel forms a regeneration chamber (10) which is filled with regeneratable drying agent (18), characterized in that the portion of the rotor (7) which forms the regeneration chamber (10) is situated in the outlet conduit (3) between the compressor element (2) and the cooler (4) and that, between said compartments (20,21) on the one extremity of the vessel (8) and between said compartments (23,24) on the other extremity of the vessel (8), a separation compartment (22,25) is formed which separates the compartments (20 and 21;
- Compressor unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the separation compartments (22,25) at both extremities are in mutual connection.
- Compressor unit according to claim 2, characterized in that the separation compartments (22,25) on both extremities are in mutual connection by means of at least one portion (17) of the rotor which is situated between the portions forming the drying chamber (9) and the regeneration chamber (10).
- Compressor unit according to any of the claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the means for removing gas from the separation compartments comprise an ejector (30) in the outlet conduit (3) which, by a suction conduit (31), is in connection with a compartment (25).
- Compressor unit according to claim 4, characterized in that the ejector (30) is situated between the adsorption dryer (6) and the cooler (4).
- Adsorption dryer (6) of the type comprising a vessel (8), a rotor (7) mounted therein in a rotatable manner, and means (13) for rotating the rotor (7), whereby at each of the extremities of the vessel (8), in front of an extremity of the rotor (7), at least two separated compartments (24,21;20,23) are formed, respectively provided with an inlet or outlet (28,26;29,27) for the supply, discharge, respectively, of gas, and the portion of the rotor (7), situated between a compartment (24) on the one extremity and a compartment (21) on the other extremity of the vessel (8), forms a drying chamber (9) which is filled with a regeneratable drying agent (18), and the portion of the rotor (7), situated between the other compartment (20) on the first-mentioned extremity and the other compartment (24) on the other extremity of the vessel, forms a regeneration chamber (10) which is filled with regeneratable drying agent (18), and which is characterized in that the portion of the rotor (7) which forms the regeneration chamber (10) is situated in the outlet conduit (3) between the compressor element (2) and the cooler (4) and that, between said compartments (20,21) on the one extremity of the vessel (8) and between said compartments (23,24) on the other extremity of the vessel (8), a separation compartment (22,25) is formed which separates the compartments (20 and 21;
- Adsorption dryer (6) according to claim 6, characterized in that the separation compartments (22,25) on both extremities are in mutual connection.
- Adsorption dryer (6) according to claim 7, characterized in that the separation compartments (22,25) are in mutual connection by means of at least one portion (17) of the rotor (7) which is situated in, between the portions forming the drying chamber (9) and the regeneration chamber (10).
- Adsorption dryer (6) according to any of the claims 6 to 8, characterized in that it comprises only one drying chamber (9) and one regeneration chamber (10).
- Adsorption dryer (6) according to claims 8and 9, characterized in that the drying chamber (9) and the regeneration chamber (10) have a cross-section perpendicular to their longitudinal direction having the shape of a circle sector of approximately 160°.
- Adsorption dryer (6) according to any of the claims 6 to 10, characterized in that the means for removing gas from the separation compartments comprise a suction conduit (31) which is connected to an ejector (30).