Membrane dryer for drying moist air with valved scavenger duct

Details Membrane dryer for drying moist air with valved scavenger duct Membrane dryer for drying moist air with valved scavenger duct

1998-09-09

1999-12-21

Spitzer, Robert

Gas separation: apparatus

Apparatus for selective diffusion of gases

Plural separate barriers

96 10, 95 52, B01D 5322, B01D 5326

Patent

active

060043830

ABSTRACT:
A membrane dryer apparatus for moist air includes a housing (1) that contains a tubular fabric strand bundle (7) of tubular fabric strands (8) made of selective absorption material through which air to be dried flows, water vapor diffusing through the fabric and collecting on its outside. A portion of the dried compressed output air is channeled off near the discharge (12) of the membrane dryer and passed through a scavenging air duct (14) having a throttle (16) and passed around the outside of the fabric strand bundle to scavenge moisture and remove it through discharge openings (17, 18) to the outside air. To limit consumption of scavenging air, an independent shut-off valve (19), working as an airflow sensor, is installed in the output air duct (13), and this shut-off valve (19) opens only when output air is actually extracted by a user. This shut-off valve (19) regulates at the same time the scavenging air duct (14) whereby the shut-off valve (19) is connected to a scavenging air valve (22) which is actuated by a control line (23) that in turn is regulated by the shut-off valve (19) and branches off from the output air duct (13). This causes scavenging air to flow through the scavenging air duct only when the shut-off valve (19) is open and output air is discharged from the membrane dryer apparatus.

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