In depth knowledge about regenerative desiccant Air dryers

Dry is very useful in working environment to prevent equipments and machinery with condensation and corrosion which can disrupt manufacturing processes and contaminate products. Water is basic element, initiate chemical reactions and physical erosion. Even water contain in the Air can be the cause of deficiency for performance and decay. Regenerative desiccant air dryers is a mechanism develop to generate compressed dry air and prevent machinery from corrosion and other damages, it helps to improve performance too.

Let's see how a regenerative desiccant air dryer works?

In order to understand how desiccant air dryers work we have to understand what is desiccant really mean for us.

A desiccant is a specialized drying agent that works by removing water vapors from the compressed air. There are two main types of desiccant, including silica gel and activated alumina used in air dryers. Usually, the desiccant takes the form of small beads, and it requires thousands of these beads to operate an air dryer properly.

How this dry air generator works?

Typically, a desiccant dryer system will have a two-tower design. While both towers have thousands of desiccant beads, they perform two very different processes.

One tower works to dry the compressed air by removing the water vapor, and the second tower works to regenerate the desiccant. The goal of the regeneration cycle is to remove as much water from the compressed air as possible to bring it to a level where the water will not condense.

The air compressor desiccant dryer is programmed to handle this process automatically based on dew point levels. It is important, however, to regularly check to make sure that the air dryer is functioning correctly. This can be done by looking through the small glass window located on the desiccant air dryer system. Through the window, you will see indicator beads that will change color if there is too much water in the air.