Compressed Air Best Practices - March 2009 - (Page 36) ® | 03/09 Focus Industry ENERGY MANAGEMENT | DEMAND-SIDE SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION: POINT-OF-USE A I R C Y L I N D E R S , VA LV E S , D I S T R I B U T I O N A N D S T O R A G E There are many options available when it comes to adding point-of-use storage. One must first establish the root cause of the pressure drop, and then place the volume where it will benefit. In most cases the pressure drop is cause by undersized FRL’s (filter regulator lubricator). As shown previously, cylinders actuate quickly and demand peak flows of air far greater than most point-of-use components can handle. Using calculations on the previous pages, you can size a receiver for the highvolume intermittent flow required for a particular cylinder. Sometimes the pressure drop is caused by only one culprit component. Once that is identified you need only to add the volume for that circuit. Pictured here are classic installations that served to alleviate the pressure drop caused by undersized components. If storage is placed in the branch line feeding the end use, there is a likelihood that the pressure drop will still exist. The reason is that the FRL was causing the pressure drop and the volume was on the wrong side of the FRL so it couldn’t be utilized. Below pictures show placement of the receiver above the piping and downstream of the lubricator. If the volume was placed below the pipe, the lubricant would tend to collect in the tank and maybe not get to the end use components as desired. 36 36 www.ai b estpractices.com www.airbestpractices.com http://www.airbestpractices.com
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