dbday
Mechanical
- Jan 10, 2009
- 82
Hi,
I have a 50 cubic foot air reciever which is kept at 10 barg.
Occaisionally I need to blow down the vessel quickly and have noticed that ice forms on the valve and sometimes in the pipework after the valve, when I do this. There are restrictions in the pipework after my valve which resist the flow as well as locally increase the flow velocity, and these suffer from icing.
I realise that ice formation does depend on the moisture content in the vessel, but is this the only factor, if the air was "dry" would it still happen ? also as the output of the compressor does not go through a drier is there another way to remove moisture at the output of the compressor before it gets to the vessel to reduce the incidence of ice ?
Any pointers to redude the ice would be appreciated.
I have a 50 cubic foot air reciever which is kept at 10 barg.
Occaisionally I need to blow down the vessel quickly and have noticed that ice forms on the valve and sometimes in the pipework after the valve, when I do this. There are restrictions in the pipework after my valve which resist the flow as well as locally increase the flow velocity, and these suffer from icing.
I realise that ice formation does depend on the moisture content in the vessel, but is this the only factor, if the air was "dry" would it still happen ? also as the output of the compressor does not go through a drier is there another way to remove moisture at the output of the compressor before it gets to the vessel to reduce the incidence of ice ?
Any pointers to redude the ice would be appreciated.
