Liquid Condensate Collection and Drain Apparatus for Compressed Air-Gas Systems and Method Therefore

A system process and apparatus for draining liquid condensate from compressed air/gas systems comprising:

• a means to collect liquid condensate to a chamber/reservoir and evacuate the same in discharging with no-loss of compressed air/gas;
• said collection means having at least one inlet port for liquid condensate to enter chamber/reservoir and at least one outlet port for the discharging of liquid condensate from the chamber/reservoir housing;
• means to reduce line pressure from the entry of the drain device to chamber/reservoir operating pressure;
• said reduce line pressure means having adjustment capability to set any desired reduction of line pressure to drain device operation pressure;
• means to inspect inner chamber reservoir and a means to optionally vent inner chamber reservoir or insert instrumentation into inner chamber reservoir;
• said inspection, venting or instrumentation means having addition ports accessible on the chamber/reservoir housing;
• wherein, said chamber/reservoir housing is of molded construction for liquid condensate to freely trickle through the inlet port into collection chamber/reservoir,
• where it is at a reduced pressure, and, at a suitable interval will evacuate any collected liquid condensate at the outlet port by discharging as drainage, where said discharging of drainage would carry substantially all contaminates, particulates and slug present in the condensate, out of the drain device.

A system process and apparatus for draining liquid condensate from compressed air/gas systems comprising:

• a means to collect liquid condensate to a chamber/reservoir in a molded housing and evacuate the same in discharging with no-loss of compressed air/gas from the upstream line pressure;
• said collection means having an inlet port disposed to the housing for liquid condensate to enter chamber/reservoir and an outlet port for the discharging of liquid condensate from the chamber/reservoir housing;
• means to reduce line pressure from the entry of the drain device to the inner chamber/reservoir operating pressure;
• said reduce line pressure means having adjustment regulator to set any desired reduction of line pressure to drain device operation pressure;
• means to inspect inner chamber reservoir by accessing an inspection port on the chamber housing, and, a means to optionally vent inner chamber reservoir;
• said inspection, venting or instrumentation means having addition ports accessible on the chamber/reservoir housing;
• wherein, said chamber/reservoir housing is of molded construction of high strength, fiber-filled polymers or aluminum casting, for liquid condensate freely to trickle through the integral inlet port into collection chamber/reservoir, where it is at a reduced pressure, and, at a suitable interval will evacuate any collected liquid condensate at the integral outlet port by discharging as drainage, where said discharging of drainage would carry substantially all contaminates, particulates and slug present in the condensate, out of the drain device.