Compressed Air technology
Filtration
Particles, aerosols and vapour out.
Schematic section, not to scale
How it works
Compressed air filters remove particles, oil aerosols and oil vapour. Filter grades are selected to reach the air-quality class an application needs.
Coalescing elements capture aerosols, particulate elements capture solids and activated carbon adsorbs vapour.
Performance range
Selected by flow, pressure and target quality class
Typical industry range. Exact capability is model specific, see each model’s curve.
In the catalogue · 750 models from 14 manufacturers
- Rated capacity
- 2.88 – 36,100 m³/h · 684 models
- Weight
- 0.18 – 1,440 kg · 503 models
- Max. pressure
- 14 – 500 bar · 184 models
Spread of each model’s own rated figure, as published by its manufacturer.
Advantages & tradeoffs
- Low-cost air quality improvement
- Modular
- Easy to stage
- Pressure drop as elements load
- Element replacement
- Requires drains
Best applications
Common in Pharmaceutical, General Manufacturing.
Maintenance
Differential pressure monitoring, element replacement, drain checks.
Energy characteristics
Specific-energy comparisons (kW per unit of flow at your operating point) appear here as sourced performance curves are added. Until then, compare models directly on the Performance Map.
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