Plant and Compressor Room Cooling
Hot air is less dense than cool air. A typical screw compressor produces 6% less volume of compressed air at 300C than at 150C.
After
compression the air is cooled in an after-cooler which uses oil as a heat
transfer media. In extreme temperatures this oil becomes hot and the compressor
will automatically shut down.
At high
temperatures the oil will degrade faster and form ‘lacquering’ which can lead
to blockages in the narrow bores of the heat exchanger circuit.
The heat
from the oil is transferred to the compressor house typically using fan
assisted heat exchangers. If there is inadequate ventilation this air can be
recycled back into both the compressor intake and the oil cooler causing all of
the above problems to occur.
EcoCoolers
can be used to supply cool air using very simple installations at a fraction of
the cost of air conditioning.
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