DRYPOINT® RA - BEKO TECHNOLOGIES - #3

With the DRYPOINT® RA compressed air refrigeration dryer, BEKO has extended its range of dryers by another cost-effective alternative.

The extremely efficient design enables reliable and economic operation.

The technical highlights include:

• Vertical arrangement of the heat exchanger with condensate flow from top to bottom (best solution in terms of physics)

• Stainless steel demister for reliable separation

• Large calming space to prevent condensate carry-over

• Countercurrent heat exchange system

1 Warm, moisture-saturated compressed air is cooled down

to a temperature of +3°C. The generous dimensions of the heat exchanger promote especially effective cooling, while flow resistance is reduced to an absolute minimum.

2 Contrary to conventional systems the air follows a downward path through the heat exchanger. Gravity action results in particu­larly high droplet separation of almost 99%. Within the very large condensate collection space, the flow velocity is greatly reduced, so that carry-over of droplets that have already been separated is reliably prevented.

3 The dried, cold compressed air is reheated in an air-to-air heat exchanger before discharge from the dryer. During this process, the relative humidity of the air is lowered considerably and up to 60 % of the cooling energy is recovered.

4 The produced condensate is discharged from the DRYPOINT® RA unit through the level-controlled BEKOMAT® condensate drain in a way that avoids pressure loss. The condensate can then be safely treated with appropriate treatment systems, such as the OWAMAT® oil/water separation system or the BEKOSPLIT® emulsion splitting plant.

The comprehensive DRYPOINT® RA range makes it possible to select a treatment system that is ideally suited to the actual operating conditions.