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10/02/2010

A.E. Lienhard
Reclaimer
Functions of

Pressure and Vacuum

 Functions of Reclaimer

What is a Reclaimer ?
A Reclaimer is a SF6- Gas Serviceequipment

Functions of the built in components

(DILO Reclaimer)

Pressure and Vacuum

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Remaining SF6-Gas Quantities

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 Functions of Reclaimer (Example of possible gas losses)

Gas losses while reclaiming SF6-Gas

Assumption: Gascompartement Size 3, 3-phase

-- Volume of gascompartement 6078 Liter total

-- Filling pressure 420 kPa abs
-- Quantity of SF6-Gas 155 kg

Final pressure 1000mbar remaining gas 36.9 kg

Final pressure 200mbar remaining gas 7.4 kg

Final pressure 50mbar remaining gas 1.8 kg

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Final pressure 1mbar remaining as 0.04 kg

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 Functions of Reclaimer

 Components in a reclaimer

Compressor Unit
Two compressors and one
suction pump
Vacuumpump
Filling device
Pressure reduction device, heating

Manometer
Vacuummeter
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Control panel
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 Functions of Reclaimer

 Components in a reclaimer
Reclaimer with
„Double action“
possibilities

SF6-Gas Reclaiming
and
Air evacuating
at the same time
possible
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same components, but bigger

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 Functions of Reclaimer

The compressor-unit is feeding SF6-Gas from one

compartement into a other compartement.
Mostly from component gasroom into a tank (Bottle). Seldom from a
bottle in a gascompartement.
The compressor will always be supported by a helping unit.
actual versions: suctionpump = rotationpump

compressor unit

SF6-
Tank
compressor
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“helping unit”
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 Functions of Reclaimer

The compressor-unit is can feed SF6-Gas from one

compartement into a other compartement, but in
the other direction, this without the use of „helping
unit“

This is a manual process

compressor unit

SF6-
tank
compressor helping unit
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 Functions of Reclaimer

The vacuumpump is feeding air from a

gascompartement into the atmosphere

Atmosphere
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vacuumpump
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 Functions of Reclaimer

A gas ballast valve, built in the

vacuumpump, is removing humidity from the
vacuumpump-oil to the atmosphere
(for Leybold type vacuumpump)

Atmosphere
gasballast-
valve
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vacuumpump
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 Functions of Reclaimer

A filter unit (dry- and particlefilter)

is cleaning and drying SF6-Gas
It cannot remove Air from SF6-Gas

Reclaimer

Filter unit

SF6-Tank
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particle filter drying filter

 Functions of Reclaimer

A pre-filter unit (dry- and particle filter) ensures that no

gas which is very polluted can enter into the reclaimer.
Sametime it is cleaning and drying the gas.

Prefilter
unit

Reclaimer
SF6-
Tank
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 Functions of Reclaimer
A evaporator (heater) is heating up SF6-gas
and ensures that no liquid gas will be filled
into a gascompartement.
It is further on heating up the gas slightely.

Reclaimer

evaporator

SF6-Tank
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 Functions of Reclaimer
Pressure and Vacuum

Analog-Manometer
kPa abs
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 Functions of Reclaimer

Digital-Manometer
with Thermometer
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 Functions of Reclaimer (Repetition)

680 kPa abs to

about 120-130 kPa Compressor
abs

120-130 kPa abs to Suction-Pump and

< 1 mbar Compressor

from
atmospherique pressure
(100 kPa abs = 1000 mbar)
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to < 3 mbar Vacuumpump

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 Functions of Reclaimer (Example of possible gas losses)

Gas losses while reclaiming SF6-Gas

Assumption: Gascompartement Size 3, 3-phase

-- Volume of gascompartement 6078 Liter total

-- Filling pressure 420 kPa abs
-- Quantity of SF6-Gas 155 kg

Final pressure 1000mbar remaining gas 36.9 kg

Final pressure 200mbar remaining gas 7.4 kg

Final pressure 50mbar remaining gas 1.8 kg

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Final pressure 1mbar remaining as 0.04 kg

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