EP1007852B1 - Compressor having a water circulation system - Google Patents

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EP1007852B1
EP1007852B1 EP98940741A EP98940741A EP1007852B1 EP 1007852 B1 EP1007852 B1 EP 1007852B1 EP 98940741 A EP98940741 A EP 98940741A EP 98940741 A EP98940741 A EP 98940741A EP 1007852 B1 EP1007852 B1 EP 1007852B1
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Hakan Saletti
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Svenska Rotor Maskiner AB
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C29/00—Component parts, details or accessories of pumps or pumping installations, not provided for in groups F04C18/00 - F04C28/00
    • F04C29/0007—Injection of a fluid in the working chamber for sealing, cooling and lubricating
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C2210/00—Fluid
    • F04C2210/12—Fluid auxiliary
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C2210/00—Fluid
    • F04C2210/60—Condition
    • F04C2210/62—Purity

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  • the present invention relates to a rotary screw compressor that includes a water circulation system.
  • a compressor that includes a water circulation system will discharge more water than the amount of water delivered thereto with the air intake. Such conditions occur in desert climates and in extremely cold winter conditions. If the intake air is not enriched with water or is heated and enriched with water, more water will leave the system together with the hotter compressed air than that delivered to the system with the intake air. This water deficiency must be made-up with water taken from an external source.
  • the compressor and the entire water circulation system must be cleaned periodically. Cleaning of the compressor is a particular onerous task.
  • the object of the present invention is to prevent or at least greatly reduce the delivery of impurities or contaminants to the compressor with water taken from an external source, e.g. water-carried contaminants that are liable to form deposits.
  • the water condensed or separated from the air is clean and can be circulated in the system.
  • the impurities or contaminants present in the water will depend to a greater or lesser extent on the quality of the water entering the circulation system.
  • the large majority of impurities present in the incoming water will remain in the steam generator.
  • the substantially pure water is delivered to the working chamber of the compressor in the form of steam.
  • the steam generator Since the water supplied contains impurities or contaminants, the steam generator must be cleaned periodically. Those deposits formed in the generator will be restricted to a relatively limited area in which no movable parts work. Thus, only the steam generator need be cleaned, instead of needing to clean the compressor and remaining parts of the water circulation system.
  • Figure 1 shows a rotary screw compressor 1 driven by a motor M.
  • the compressor 1 includes two mutually co-acting helical screw rotors mounted in a working chamber 2.
  • a low-pressure gas normally air, is delivered to an inlet channel 27 and passes therefrom into the working chamber 2 of the compressor 1, through an inlet port 3.
  • the gas is compressed by the compressor 1 and leaves through an outlet port 4 connected to an outlet channel 5.
  • the compressor 1 is of the water-flow type, meaning that water is supplied to the compressor 1 at least for cooling, sealing and lubricating the rotors and the working chamber 2. Water is injected into the chamber 2 through an opening 6.
  • the outlet channel 5 has provided therein a water separator 7 in which water is separated from the compressed gas and returned to the working chamber 2 through a conduit 8 and via the inlet opening 6. The compressed, water-depleted gas is taken out from the separator 7 through an outfeed channel 9.
  • the separator 7 includes a water separating element 10, preferably a mechanical element such as a cyclone, for instance.
  • the water separated from the gas by the separating element 10 is collected on the bottom of a casing surrounding said element.
  • a drainage conduit 11 connected to the water separator 7 or by the conduit 8 that connects the separator 7 to the compressor working chamber 2.
  • the drainage conduit 11 includes a valve 18 which is controlled and actuated by a control device 6.
  • the water separator 7 includes a level sensor 12, which is adapted to sense the presence of water at the highest permitted water level in the separator 7.
  • the sensor 12 is connected to the control device 16 over a control unit 14.
  • the water separator 7 also includes a second level sensor 13 which is adapted to sense the presence of water at the lowest permissible water level in the separator 7. This sensor 13 is connected to an electric control device 17 over a second control unit 15.
  • the inventive arrangement also includes a steam generator 19. Steam is delivered to the compressor 1 to replace water carried away with the compressed gas, when the steam contains more water per unit of weight than the supplied gas.
  • the steam generator 19 is connected to a water source 21, via a control and metering unit 20.
  • the metering unit 20 functions to supply water to the steam generator 19 when actuated.
  • a conduit 26 connects the water source 21 with the control-and-metering unit 20 which, in turn, is connected with a water inlet port 28 of the steam generator 19 by means of a conduit 22.
  • the steam generator 19 includes a casing in which there is maintained a variable water level, which includes a lowest permitted level.
  • a level sensing and indicating device 23 is provided in the steam generator 19. This sensing and indicating device is connected to the control-and-metering unit 20.
  • the steam generator 19 also includes a steam generating element 24, e.g. an electric immersion heater.
  • the energy supplied to the steam generating element 24 is controlled by the electric control device 17.
  • an outlet port 26 which is connected by a steam conduit 25 to the low-pressure gas inlet channel of the compressor 1.
  • gas preferably air
  • gas is supplied to the inlet channel 27 and into the working chamber 2 via the inlet port 3.
  • the air compressed in the working chamber leaves compressor 1 through the outlet port 4 and is conducted to a cyclone 10 in the water separator 7, through the conduit 5.
  • Water is collected in the lower part of the separator 7 while the air from which water has been extracted collects in the upper part of said separator.
  • the air is taken from the separator through the conduit 9, whereas the water leaves the separator 7 through the conduit 8 and is injected into the working chamber 2 of the compressor 1 through the opening 6.
  • the valve 18 in the drainage conduit 11 is closed.
  • water is delivered from the external source 21 to the control-and-metering unit 20 and from there to the steam generator 19.
  • the water level in the separator 7 will fall.
  • the sensor 13 sends a signal to the electric control device 17.
  • the control device 17 actuates the element 24 which then generates heat to convert the water in the steam generator 19 to steam.
  • the steam leaves the generator 19 through the outlet port 26 and flows into the inlet channel 27 of the compressor 1, through the conduit 25.
  • the steam accompanies the ingoing air into the compressor and therewith increases the water content of the air.
  • the generator 19 Since the generator 19 is dimensioned so that the amount of steam delivered to the compressor 1 is greater than that required to maintain a status quo, the water level in the separator 7 will rise.
  • the generator 19 preferably generates steam over a given period of time during which the water level in the separator 7 rises, and is cut-off automatically when said level has reached above the lowest permitted water level. After the generator 19 has been shut down, the water level in the separator 7 will fall if the water content of the air supplied is constantly too low for equilibrium to prevail. When the water level has again fallen to the level of the sensor 13, the generator 19 will be re-activated. If the water content of the supplied air is now greater than the amount required to establish equilibrium, the water level in the separator will rise. When the water level has reached the level of the sensor 12, the valve 18 will be caused to open for a period of time required to lower the water level.
  • water level is meant a level interval that depends on the physical size of the sensor used.
  • the water level in the separator 7 can be controlled also by other methods.
  • the control device 17 can be actuated by the sensor 12 and the control unit 14, so that the supply of energy to the electric immersion heater 24 will be switched off when the highest permitted level is reached in the separator, instead of opening the valve 18. If this fails to lower the water level in the separator 7 within a given time period, the valve 18 can be caused to open for said determined time interval.

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SE9703098 1997-08-28
SE9703098A SE9703098D0 (sv) 1997-08-28 1997-08-28 Kompressor med vattencirkulationssystem
PCT/SE1998/001500 WO1999011937A1 (sv) 1997-08-28 1998-08-21 Compressor having a water circulation system

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