X-Dry - Heatless regenerated modular adsorption dryers

X-DRY
BACKGROUND
Compressed air contains contaminants such as water, oil
and particulates which must be removed or reduced to the
acceptable level based on specific application requirements.
Standard ISO8573-1 specifies air purity/quality classes for these
contaminants. Humidity (water vapor content) is expressed in
the terms of Pressure Dew Point (PDP) where Dew point is the
temperature at which air is 100% saturated with moisture. When
the temperature of the air is reduced to or below the dew point,
condensation will occur.
Reduction of water content down to pressure dew point +3°C is
usually achieved with refrigerant dryers while for lower pressure
dew points adsorption (also called desiccant) dryers are typically
used.
Heatless regenerated modular adsorption dryers
ADSORPTION DRYER
Typical applications for the adsorption dryers are outdoor
installations where the risk of freezing occurs and applications
with high quality requirements in terms of air dryness (PDP < +3°C)
such as the process air in process industry (food and beverage,
pharmaceutical, electronic, chemical, …).
The most common adsorption dryers are heatless regeneration
adsorption dryers due to their simplicity, reliability and relatively low
investment costs.

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ADSORPTION
Adsorption is a process where specific molecules adhere to
the surface of a highly porous solid (adsorbent/desiccant) by
Better air
electrostatic and molecular forces. The adsorbent is normally
formed in sphere form beads.
Process of adsorption takes place while air flows through column
filled with the beads. Rate of adsorption depends on several
factors (type of adsorbent, relative humidity, inlet temperature,
contact time, face velocity) and therefore adsorption process is
usually set/optimized for every individual application.

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High quality two layer
desiccant bed
X-DRY series adsorption dryers are
filled with a high quality robust
desiccant which results in a stable
operation with a low energy input
for the regeneration. Primary
desiccant is a molecular sieve
with an extremely high drying
Spring fixed dessicant bed
Movement of the desiccant causes
abrasion and chanelling which
results in decrease of the drying
efficiency. Therefore every X-DRY
column is equipped with a spring
which provides constant force on
the desiccant bed thus assuring
uniform distribution of beds
Silencer
High quality silencers assure low
noise operation and excellent
interception of dust with low
backpressure.
High efficiecy intake and
outlet filters
Standard version of X-DRY
series dryer is equipped with
high efficiency filters. Super
fine coalescing filter at the inlet
prevents contamination of the
adsorbent while a dust filter at
the outlet intercepts the dust
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Four individually controlled
valves
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To provide optimum control over
the complete drying process four
high quality electromagnetic
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switch-over without any pressure
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Compact control blocks
Compact and robust design of
upper and lower control valve block
assures reliable operation. Purge
air line is mounted on upper check
valve block so that purge air nozzle
can be replaced if required. During
maintenance complete block can
be removed from the dryer in one
Pressure indicators
Two pressure indicators positioned
on front side of the upper control
block give reliable information
about the pressure inside of each
column. In combination with LCD
display indication on the controller
manometers are excellent tool for
diagnostics.
Controller
Robust SIEMENS PLC assures
reliable and stable operation and
offers variety of settings. Fixed
cycle operating mode can be
switched to dew point dependent
control mode if dryer is equipped
with dew point sensor. The
controller is equipped with LCD

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potential. To prevent potential without any movement during generated by the process. piece. display which provides all the
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resistant silica gel.
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Components 10 min operating cycle 12 6 Easy maintenance Technical data

1 13 15 14 15 2 When FIX operating cycle is selected or when the dryer is not equipped
with a dew point sensor it will operate in pre-set operating cycles meaning Due to innovative column design desiccant replacement Connection Nominal volume flow
Dimensions Mass
length of adsorption and regeneration will be fixed. Energy losses are can be done in an easy and fast way. Complete column Type IN/OUT(3) Inlet(1) Outlet(2)
directly related with an amount of purge air which is used for regeneration. can be removed from the dryer and then refilled or '' [Nm3/h] [Nm3/h] A [mm] B [mm] C [mm] kg
X-DRY energy losses have been optimized due to the 10 minute operating completely replaced with a new one.
X-DRY 300 G 1'' 300 - 570 670 1450 350
cycle:
2 1 When the column is removed clear access to the check X-DRY 450 G 1 1/2'' 450 - 570 870 1450 520
- 5min = Adsorption valve and the purge nozzle is available. X-DRY 600 G 1 1/2'' 600 - 570 1070 1450 690
12 - 4 min = Regeneration X-DRY 750 G 2'' 750 - 570 1270 1450 860
- 1 min = Pressure build up Valves and membranes are located at the back side of X-DRY 900 G 2'' 900 - 570 1470 1450 1030
the dryer, on the lower control block and can be accessed
Extended operating cycle with 12 switch overs per hour also reflects in less X-DRY1050 G 2'' 1050 - 570 1670 1450 1200
and replaced in a quick and easy way.
wear and thus more reliable operation. If the dryer is equipped with a Dew (1)
Refers to 1bar(a) and 20°C at 7 bar operating pressure, inlet temperature 35°C and pressure dew point at outlet -40°C.
point sensor it can operate in a dew point dependent control. In this case
(2)
Outlet flow refers to typical assumption during regeneration phase for operating at nominal inlet flow conditions. Outlet flow includes average air losses of approximately 17,3 %.
11 (3)
Reffers to inlet and outlet filter housing.
the energy losses can be reduced to the minimum required value. 3
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smooth transition
10 STANDARD YEARLY MAINTENANCE Operating pressure range 4 to 16 bar
ADSORPTION 1 ADSORPTION 2 13 Refers to components such as filter elements and Operating temperature range +1,5°C to +50°C
expansion silencers.
Pressure dew points -40°C (-25°C / -70°C)
5 REGENERATION 1 press. REGENERATION 2 press. Voltage, frequency 230V, 50/60 Hz
Power consumption <60 W
0 4 5 10
Protection class IP 65
3 t [min]

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Filter (inlet)* super fine - 0,01 µm
Filter (outlet) dust filter; 1 µm

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Energy saving dew point 15
dependent control (DPD)
X-DRY dryers are designed for “full load” at pre-determined operating
A B
conditions (flow, pressure, temperature). However in reality “full load” is
typically not present all the time meaning that the dryer operates with a
partial load. In this case the amount of “purge air” used for regeneration
CORRECTION FACTORS - F1
can be proportionally decreased. X-DRY dryers are equipped with the dew
Operating pressure [bar] 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
point dependent sensor (available as optional equipment). It can detect TWO YEAR SERVICE KIT
the reduced load and the controller automatically adjusts cycles so that Refers to valve components and sealings. Operating pressure [psi] 72 87 100 115 130 145 160 174 189 203 218 232

energy losses are reduced to the minimum. Correction factor 0,75 0,88 1 1,13 1,25 1,38 1,50 1,63 1,75 1,88 2,00 2,13
1 Compressed air inlet (wet air)
smooth transition 2 Compressed air outlet (dry air) CORRECTION FACTORS - F2 DEW POINT
3 Column filled with dessicant 9 Inlet temperature [°C] 25 30 35 40 45 50 [°C] -25 -40 -70
ADSORPTION 1 ADSORPTION 2 4 Two layer desiccant bed
Correction factor 1,00 1,00 1,00 0,97 0,87 0,80 CD 1,1 1 0,7
5 Controller
REG.1 ENERGY SAVING REG.2 ENERGY SAVING 6 Upper control block 7
7 Lower control block
8 Electomagnetic valve
9 Silencer 8
8 8 8 8 9 10 Non-returning valve

X-DRY adsorption dryers have been designed
for continuous separation of water vapour
from the compressed air thus reducing the
pressure dew point.
Compact X-DRY series dryer consists of upper
and lower control block, controller with LCD
display and minimum two pairs of alternately
operated columns filled with desiccant.
Adsorption takes place under pressure in
the first set of columns while the second
set of columns regenerate with a portion of
already dried compressed air at the ambient
pressure.
When the first set of columns is saturated to
a certain level column switch-over is carried
out and the process of adsorption continues
in the second set of columns without any
drop of pressure at the outlet of the dryer.
Regeneration of the saturated desiccant is Energy saving (stand-by) 11
12
Nozzle
Pressure indicator
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possible because a small portion of already 13 Inlet air filter
dry compressed air is decompressed and when 8
X-DRY series adsorption dryers have an option to receive a stand-by signal 14 Outlet air filter FOUR YEAR SERVICE KIT
expanded it becomes extremely dry.
from the compressor or other compressed air supply. While in the stand-by 15 Condensate drain 8 Refers to replacement of adsorbent, valve
the air can flow freely through both towers in direction from the inlet to the components and sealings.
This portion of extremely dry decompressed
air also called “purge air” is then fed through outlet of the adsorption dryer. Meanwhile the adsorption dryer controller
the saturated column in the reverse flow is in the stand-by mode and ready to resume with the normal operation as
direction in order to remove the adsorbed soon as it gets the appropriate signal. The stand-by signal is relayed to the
water molecules from the desiccant and X-DRY adsorption dryer through a stand-by contact on the controller by a
release them back to the ambient. connected switch.