Refrigeration Air Dryers

When we cool compressed air, water vapour present in the compressed air is condensed to liquid water and can safely be separated.  Summits Elix series refrigeration air dryer works based on this principle.

Elix heat exchanger is composed of 3 sections namely Pre-cooler (Air to air heat exchanger), Evaporator (Air to refrigerant heat exchanger) & Moisture separator.

Wet compressed air (Red color) enters the pre-cooler section where heat transfer takes place between incoming wet compressed air and outgoing dry compressed air.  Wet air is pre-cooled by outgoing dry cool air.

At the evaporator section air is further cooled to the dew point of 3°C.  Water vapour is condensed and separated at moisture separator and drained via drain port.

Dry cool air (Green color) is passed back via precooler to pre-cool the incoming wet air.   Thus Dry air at normal temperature is available for its use.

The uniqueness of Summits Elix dryers lies in the internal construction of its heat exchanger.   Selectively chosen fin type & optimally sized geometry breaks boundary layer and creates effective turbulence with lesser pressure drop.

Compared with conventional dryer Elix heat exchanger offers following additional benefits

Integrally fused fin eliminates contact Resistance between plates and fins leading to attaining the highest heat transfer co-efficient.

Offset fins, besides creating better turbulence for heat exchange, also act as an efficient preliminary moisture separator.

Inbuilt wire mesh demister provides countless impingement surfaces to coalesce the moisture particle and hence separates it effectively.