How to Design the Perfect Compressed Air System

In this webinar we highlight the questions you need to consider before starting or updating your compressed air system.

How much air do I really need?
How dry and clean does it need to be?
What is the best piping for compressed air?
What long-term costs should I be aware of?

Whether you are designing a new system from the ground up or looking to update your current system - you need to watch this webinar! You will learn the important questions that need to be answered to help you design the perfect system for your application.

Hosted by John Rodriquez, Customer Service Representative and Presented by Mickey Bartlett - Senior Technical Support Advisor

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[rasmysticflame]

I'm here to learn as much as possible!!!

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Dear Fluid-Aire Dynamics,

I have quastion, The distribution piping from Header CDA to POU can install in rain gutter?

[coledavidson]

What kind of compressor is good for pressurizing, say, a 2 gallon tank for a small pneumatic cylinder?

[CaliberDesign-ef]

i would like to know, How do you size the piping from the compressor to the equipment and air ports?

[rizadervisoglu]

In our system, we observe pressure fluctuations due to the drying unit (two-stage pressure change style). We use about 6000l/h (max) at 0.62 kPa pressure with a min-max deviation of 0.2kPa. I was planning to install an air tank after the dryer but I was curious about its size and if there is a better solution, maybe a combination of a limiter together with a tank or any other?

[SorenCicchini]

I understand that two air recievers is preferred, but as you said, many organizations only want to pay for one. In this case, should the dryer (assuming they also only will pay for one dryer) be protecting the vessel or downstream of it, protecting the distribution pipework and instruments?

[jbmoore]

Is the air required for your system simply the sum of all air needed at each outlet?

[adolphuszausa]

Put like half dozen spark plugs on the turbine so when you spray oxy setaline or nitrious into turbine and U egnite spark plugs it will flame up and boost like your on a fighter jet but on water

[adolphuszausa]

Then I need to suck hot air from the turbine to air tanks and the air in the tanks will have no moisture

[commenter]

VSD thing is not that simple, though!
Most of the time when driver is going bad, ( and they do go bad, very often) the price of the replacement offsets the savings, in some cases even surpasses the savings if failed prematurely.

Another thing: VFD drivers introduce harmonics to grid, for which power companies penalize end users. Of course there’s line reactors and filters, but that’s another very expensive equipment.

I would say better way is to control displacement by mechanical means with something like sliding or plunger valves, or run multiple smaller machines in lead/lag set up fir variable loads - but everybody have jumped on “government stupidity” band wagon, now days!!!

[dancin]

Troubleshooting a system that has failing compressors 4 compressors feeding 8 cigarette machines...3 five HP and one 3 HP....15 cfm on the 5 hp

[adolphuszausa]

I would put a small electric motor on the first fan of turbine so when your not using nitros or oxy setaline ethier that's still debatable on which is the better 1 to Use all you do to start it is turn on the air once it's craken at idle air tanks fill instantly so U have instant power on the throttle then I can increase the flow of the first fan of the turbine and fire up some nos to pick up pase the faster it moves the faster the fans turn on there own with out any more spraying or from the electric first fan can switch of so fan free spins

[jprimemfp]

Galvanized pipe is only galvanized on the outside of the pipe, so it essentially holds the same attributes as black iron pipe on the inside.

[adolphuszausa]

Hey lying, if I wanted to use air pump to power my jetski ? !!! I would build a fan turbine free spinning blades with compressed air tanks 1 big 1 and couple little tanks, then add a couple oxy setaline tanks small and that's where my boost and after burners come from and a couple small compresors maybe could get some hard core psi coming out of the rear outlet and never need fuel again U can also tap into main turbine to keep air tanks full so free air motor