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(OP)
We have two compressors with dryers auto drains and then the air line goes out for 200' out in the plant. Should there be some type of drains out in the plant where the air just waits to be used up. we have equipment that locks up and no one knows way. does condensation come in to play here?

Thank you for any responses in advance.

RE: compressor

Rust, corrosion.
What kind of dryers?  Is there moisture in the equipment air exhaust?  What is the 'equipment' that 'locks up'?
When you inspected the locked up equipment, what was the nature of the internal condition?
Do you use any lubricators in the lines to the equipment?

Ted

RE: compressor

In general there should be a drip leg and a manual drain, at least, at each point of use.  I could swear I've seen standard details in handbooks for mechanical engineers and for plant engineers.

 

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

RE: compressor

puckman,
Another way of saying what the others have said is that your dryers do not get the water content to zero.  They may be really good and get it really low, but not zero.  Now you take it outside and run a line a couple of hundred feet.  Some amount of the water vapor will condense in the line.  It is a good idea to provide a means to remove it.  As Mike said, there should be a drain at every point of use, probably in addition to a header drain.

David

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(OP)
I told everything i know about the air line and was trying to find out about correcting this setup. by using a little knowledge the line 200' long without anyway of releasing the condensation has to be a bad setup. there are actuators and solenoids on the header. the header does not have a way to release the condensation from the line except by going into the actuator.
So what i got out of this is to have a way to vent the condensation from the line , this should keep the equipment dry.
thank you guys for the help/

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