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instrumentation in sugar industry are pneumatically controlled.
To operate in peak efficiency, clean, dry, compressed
air is required. Compressed air cannot be used directly
because it contains contaminants like dust, oil, moisture
etc. While filters may remove dust and oil, moisture can
only be removed by using a Compressed Air Dryer. |
Sugar is extremely
hygroscopic, i.e. it absorbs moisture very quickly. Thus, the
moisture must be kept under control at every process during
the manufacture of Sugar
Failure to remove moisture from compressed
air used for instrumentation typically leads to problems like
failure of electro-pneumatic signaling device which in turn
results in the valve to 'fail' and thus, the whole operation
is disrupted.
Apart from problems like malfunctions
of instrumentation and control system, production loss due
to break downs and increased maintenance costs, and other
harmful effect of moisture in compressed air, particularly
in the sugar industry in product contamination. Sugar, being
a food product, if contaminated, can have fatal effect. Thus,
the importance of having clean dry compressed air cannot be
overlooked or ignored at any cost.
Another typical problem of sugar
Industry arises during the process of sulphur burning. Sulphur
reacts with moisture to form sulphuric acid, damaging them
irreparably.
The only positive means of moisture removal
from the compressed air stream is the installation of an air
dryer. Water vapour can economically be removed by two methods;
one is cooling the air and the other method is by adsorption.
Delair offers a wide range of both refrigeration dryers and
adsorption dryers for all your needs.
For general plant and instrumentation air where requirement
is between 3°C PDP to 6°C PDP, delair refrigeration
dryers, - FDI Series, does the job.
If the application requires extra dry air and PDP below 2°C
then delair has a large range of adsorption Dryers - DC Series
and engineered systems.
Delair has countless Compressed Air
Dryers working in the Sugar Industry to provide moisture free,
"bone dry" compressed air for trouble free operation
of instrumentation and tools and contamination free sugar.
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