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Brown, gray or off-white activated alumina desiccant beads, does your regenerative dryer desiccant look like this?
Does your regenerative dryer desiccant look like this? Your company may rely on a regenerative desiccant dryer to keep their compressed air in the best-operating conditions for production. Most industrial users of compressed air are familiar with regenerative desiccant air dryers. These dryers are really the only choice when ultra-dry compressed…
Are Deliquescent Dryers Difficult to Maintain? See how easy it is to fill a Desiccant Dryer.
We hear many different comments about our Deliquescent Dryers. One of the foremost common misconceptions we hear about our dryers is that they are challenging to Maintain. This is one misconception we want to squash right here and now. Deliquescent dryers require the least amount of maintenance out of any…
Choosing Replacement Desiccant: Pitfalls to Avoid
Desiccant doesn’t last forever, regardless of the type of compressed air dryer that you have. All desiccant needs to be replaced or replenished eventually. However, a few things have to be pinned down before deciding what material is most appropriate for the dryer. What Type of Dryer is it? Most…
What is Natural Gas Dehydration? Different types of Natural Gas Dryers.
*written by an independant 3rd party* Natural gas dehydration can play a crucial role in the proper operation of your gas processing application. Whether it is an onshore or off shore gas processing facility, pipeline compressor or LNG producing system, adequate dehydration of your process gas can save a substantial…
Important Desiccant Maintenance – Replacing Deliquescent Desiccant in your Compressed Air & Natural Gas Dryers
Have you replaced your Dry-O-Lite Deliquescent Desiccant within the last 6 months? If the answer is no, you should replace the Dry-O-Lite Desiccant in your compressed air dryer. Not doing so could affect your compressed air dryer performance and lead to a catastrophic failure downstream. Every 30-60 days you should…
ADSORBENT DESICCANTS: Know what you are purchasing!
Photo of the 15,000 scfm Heat of Compression Dryer. Recently a Van Air Systems distributor called me about a competitor’s Heated Regenerative Dryer. This particular dryer was a 15,000 SCFM Heat of Compression dryer. The customer was having dew point performance issues. Heated type dryers need to have their desiccant changed…
Natural Gas Dehydration, Fuel Gas Conditioning, Instrument Gas Drying
Natural gas emerges from the ground with little resemblance to the clean dry fuel used in our homes and power plants. Many contaminants are present in raw natural gas including water vapor, which can cause a range of problems. These problems include the freezing of regulators and pipes, hydrate formation,…
Van Air Systems has a New High Performance Deliquescent Desiccant.
Deliquescent desiccant dryers are the perfect solution for removing moisture from compressed air and natural gas applications that are; point of use, remote use, requires portability, are intermittent flows. Some additional benefits of deliquescent desiccant dryers are; they do not require purge gas, they have no vent emissions and they…
Dependable, Cost-Effective & Energy-Free – Deliquescent Desiccant. It’s time to save big!
First let’s first get back to the basics and discuss what does Deliquescent Desiccant mean? Deliquesce means to dissolve. Desiccant is a drying agent. So Deliquescent Desiccant is a drying agent that dissolves. Did you know? Van Air Systems has more than 65 years of experience developing desiccant formulas right…
Install a Deliquescent Dryer (with 10BF desiccant) after a Refrigerated Dryer to Lower Dew Point
Here’s an interesting question I am occasionally asked: If I install a deliquescent dryer after a refrigerated dryer will I get a lower dew point? Here’s what such an installation would look like: A refrigerated dryer delivers a dew point of 38°F to 50°F. But often a compressed air user…
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