Compressed Air Piping Design Handbook Pdf
Compressed air and ii equipment that is planned to be installed that will use compressed air.
Compressed air piping design handbook pdf. It is intended to provide you with guideposts about. This system design engineering guide covers the fundamentals of compressed air technology and highlights ways to improve efficiency in a compressed air system. It also includes some general case. Metal pipe can be black iron copper stainless steel or extruded aluminum alloy.
Then 100 8 800 scfm 1. Owners of compressed air piping systems tend to focus on the compressor and think of the piping as less of a concern. Pipe diameters of 3. The compressed air pipe routing design and dimensions are important factors for the efficiency reliability and cost of compressed air production.
The handbook covers a mixture of theory and practice. May 15th 2020 at. Ambient air s impact on compressed air system performance 2 part of the scope of this paper. 5 2 design your piping and fittings 18 5 3 select and locate air receivers 18 5 4 select dryers separators and filters 19 5 5 locate inlet and discharge air outlet 20.
To find the free air equivalent for 100 acfm of compressed air refer to the vertical line at 100 psi go up to the diagonal then horizontal to the left to find the multiplier of 8. 9 components of compressed air system 10 compressed air treatment 11 after coolers 12 dryers 13 compressed air filters 14 six levels of compressed air treatment quality 15 receivers 16 compressed air distribution network 17 piping materials 18 hose and tubing 19 condensate control 20 miscellaneous elements 21 the cost of compressed air. Multiply scfm by 0 5 to obtain nl s figure c15 2 ratio of compression free air to compressed air. Multiply psig by 6 9 to obtain kpa 2.
Fundamentals of compressed air production. Occasionally a large pressure drop in the piping system is compensated by adjusting or increasing the working pressure of the compressor from for example 7 bar to 8 bar. However just as hearts can fail due to clogged arteries compressors can fail due to poor piping. Include the total number of all tools or equipment of the same type.
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