Consistent air quality and energy savings provided by heat of compression air dryer

Journal Article · Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1986 · Chem. Process. (Chicago); (United States)

OSTI ID:5544063

Brown, F; Hodel, A E

The six-year-old compressed air dryers serving the plant and instrument air needs at Monsanto Company's W.G. Krummrich plant in Sauget, IL were no longer performing at peak efficiency. Dryer reliability had declined. Energy usage of the heat regenerated dryers was substantial. The 60 kw heaters used to regenerate the desiccant were operating 2 1/2 out of 4 hours on a timer controlled continuous cycle. Engineers decided to remove the old, inefficient air compression and drying equipment air compression and drying equipment at the W.G. Krummrich plant and replace it with a state-of-the-art system. The combination of a compressor and dryer package was specified to incorporate heat recovery/energy savings. Monsanto's engineers specified an air system that would operate on demand and use a heat of compression air dryer that was available commercially.

• Research Organization: Monsanto Co.
• OSTI ID: 5544063
• Journal Information: Chem. Process. (Chicago); (United States), Journal Name: Chem. Process. (Chicago); (United States)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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