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7.11 Oil separator filter

Oil separator filter

Developers’ contact information

State Scientific Institution “The Powder Metallurgy Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus”
41 Platonov Street, Minsk BY-220005

L.P. Pilinevich
Tel.: +375 (17) 292-84-01

Summary

Treating and drying of gases and compressed air from impurities and condensed moisture is the most important way to raise the operational life of different-purpose vehicles and machinery. At the modern level of automation, the demand for pure and thoroughly dried gases has considerably increased.
A high-performance device for cleaning and drying of compressed air and other gases is proposed in this project. This device contains a body frame, a three-layered filter unit made from two layers of hydrophilous material and one layer of water repellent; inlet and outlet nozzles; taps for moisture and oil removal.
Operating principle: holdup of particle impurities at the surface of filtering element of the 1st layer, inertial separation of water drops, vapour and spray condensation in volumetrical hydrophilous filtering medium of the 2nd layer and holdup of newly formed moisture particles at the surface of the 3rd hydrofuge filtering layer.
Advantages over analogues: simplicity of operation, high degree of treating from moisture, oil, contamination that is attained due to filter original design and high-performance of three-layered filtering medium. The filter provides compressed gas treating from moisture and oil drops and sprays as well as solid particles with the dimensions of more than 5 micrometers.

Description

The technology of production of high-performance devices for treating and drying of compressed air and other gases is proposed here. This technology includes the following main operations: filter unit production from metallic powder; filter body production, their assembly and carrying out of performance tests.

Technology type

Technical advantages and economic benefits

Designation: compressed air treating from moisture and mechanical pollution.
Scope of application: pneumatic supplies of industrial buildings and facilities, local pneumatic systems of machine-tool, pressing, paint and other process equipment, etc.Advantages over analogues: The filter provides compressed gas treating from moisture and oil drops and sprays as well as solid particles with the dimensions of more than 5 micrometers. At Client’s will, it is possible to produce oil separators with productive capacity from 60 to 2000 m3/hour.

Technology differentiation and uniqueness

Simplicity of operation, high degree of treating from moisture, oil, contamination that is attained due to filter original design and high-performance of three-layered filtering medium. The oil separator filter has been granted two patents of the Republic of Belarus.

Context in which technology was identified

“The week of high technology in St. Petersburg”, the 6-th and 8-th International Exhibitions, 2001 and 2003.;
9-th, 10-th, 11-th International Specialized Exhibitions “Metal powder industry - 2003, 2005, 2007”

Technological keywords

Compressed air, treating, filter, moisture, separation, oil separator.

Development Stage

Intellectual property rights

Range of applications

Energy industry
Environmental security and protection
Industrial production, materials and transport.

Classifier Used at the EU Innovation Relay Centres

Preferable Regions

Practical experience

Primary consumers: OJSC “Keramin”, Motive-power depot (Minsk), MAZ, MTZ, BMZ, Minsk VPZ, Production Association “Khimvolokno” (Svetlogorsk), Production Association “Mogilevtransmash”, CTJS “Lida pivzavod”, Novolukoml GRES, Petchiza bakery plant, Vitebsk dental care, Molodechno Gormolzavod and many other enterprises and organizations of the Republic of Belarus, Ukraine, Russia.

Environmental impact

None.

Type of collaboration sought

Terms and restrictions

None.

Available technical assistance