Compressed Air Best Practices - June 2008 - (Page 12) | 06–07/08 | PHARMACEUTICALS COMPRESSED AIR AUDIT OF THE MONTH A Pharmaceutical Compressed Air System Audit compressors if factory demand should increase. The dryers have integrated 1-micron particulate filters. We recommend that the facility install a 0.01 ppm oil coalescing filter to protect against oil contamination downstream. The 1,040-gallon air storage tank is adequate for the air demand in the facility. During production, we recorded an average airflow of 307.30 cfm, which means the tank is providing 3.38 gallons of storage per 1 cfm of air storage. The tank is also piped properly (after the air dryer) with air entering the bottom of the tank and exiting the top — providing more surface area for moisture to be separated and fall to the bottom of the tank. C. Solving the Problems with Moisture It was initially reported that the plant was “having problems resulting from an excess of water in the compressed airlines” with the primary area of concern being the small cylinders in the plant. As , a standard part of our audit procedure, we took dew point readings. These tests showed a refrigerated drying system according to its specifications. The data depicted below shows a very steady dew point with less than half a degree fluctuation over a ten-minute time span. The 36° F average dew point is well within the expected range of performance for these dryers. Moisture in Pneumatic Cylinders Created Production Downtime As a result of the ongoing condensation issues, the factory had taken some actions in hopes of remediating the problem. The solution the plant put into place was to install water separators on each line and open the drains on Filter-Regulator-Lubricators (FRLs) throughout the plant. We found a total of 18 FRL units with the drains open, exhausting approximately 2 cfm each worth of compressed air, totaling 36 cfm worth of compressed air. The problem with this is that the only thing exhausting through the drains was compressed air, thereby decreasing plant pressure at the same time. 12 www.airbestpractices.com http://www.airbestpractices.com
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