If you’ve been in the compressed air business long enough, you’ve heard the following contradictory statements about the same project – usually given after start-up and a difficult customer call: Service ma.
[pdf] The waste hot recovery equipment introduces high-temperature circulating oil and high-temperature compressed air into the heat water unit. The heat generated during the operation of the air compressor is fully absorbed by the water heater. And the compressor can be cooled down at the same time.
[pdf] External air is introduced into the air compressor through forced convection by a cooling fan. When the air flows through the plate-fin radiator, it carries away the heat generated by the compressor (including lubricating oil and compressed air).
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