EP4529486A1 - Drucklufterzeugungsvorrichtung und verfahren zum betreiben derselben - Google Patents
Drucklufterzeugungsvorrichtung und verfahren zum betreiben derselbenInfo
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a compressed air generating device, with a control and regulating device, with at least one controllable and regulatable electric motor, with at least one air compressor that can be driven by the electric motor, with an air inlet via which ambient air can be sucked into the at least one air compressor, with at least one air cooler, which is connected or connectable to the output of the at least one air compressor, to an air dryer, the input of which is connected to the output of the at least one air cooler, to a coolant inlet opening, via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the at least one air cooler and other components of the compressed air generating device, and with a coolant outlet opening through which heated coolant can be removed from the compressed air generating device.
- the invention also relates to a method for operating such a compressed air generating device.
- the intercooler can therefore increase the efficiency of the second compression stage. Furthermore, before or after the first compression stage, additional ones can be used Facilities for processing the air used may be arranged, such as further cooling devices or air drying devices.
- Facilities for processing the air used may be arranged, such as further cooling devices or air drying devices.
- One disadvantage is that the compressor described is designed as a reciprocating piston compressor, which disadvantageously requires a lubricant.
- the design of the cooling system is not described further.
- a system for generating dry compressed air which has a cooled compressor for sucking in and compressing ambient air.
- the compressor is followed by a cooler in the direction of flow of the compressed air, which serves to cool the compressed air generated.
- the cooling effect of the cooler is achieved by means of a fan and water droplets directed onto the surface of the cooler, which evaporate there and thereby remove heat from the cooler and indirectly from the compressed air.
- the cooler is followed by an air dryer which contains a desiccant that removes moisture from the compressed air and thereby lowers the dew point of this compressed air.
- the compressed air dried in this way has an air humidity of less than 35% at the outlet of the air dryer, which should be sufficient to protect devices subsequently supplied with this compressed air from corrosion or freezing due to the formation of water ice.
- a compressor system for generating dry compressed air in which an air-cooled radiator is used to cool the compressed air generated by a compressor.
- a water separator downstream of the radiator by means of which water droplets can be removed from the compressed air, which are formed by condensation when the compressed air cools down. Since the compressed air is not yet sufficiently dry to be able to avoid freezing at low temperatures when used in pressure medium consumers, the water separator is followed by an air dryer in which the compressed air is further dried.
- a compressed air generating device which has an electric motor which can drive two air compressors arranged in series.
- ambient air is generated by means of the first air compressor sucked in and compressed.
- the pre-compressed compressed air is fed to the second air compressor via a check valve, an intercooler and a switching valve.
- the pre-compressed compressed air is further compressed and then passed on to compressed air consumers via an aftercooler or another switching valve.
- the intercooler and the aftercooler are cooled using a liquid coolant and are used to cool the compressed air generated by the air compressors.
- the liquid coolant comes, for example, from a cooling circuit of a vehicle and in the compressed air generating device first supplies a cooling device of the electric motor, then the intercooler and then a cooling device of the first air compressor. From there, the coolant goes to the aftercooler and then to a cooling device of the second air compressor before the coolant is returned to the vehicle's cooling circuit.
- An air dryer is neither shown nor described in this compressed air generating device.
- a water-cooled and oil-free two-stage air compressor is known from US 2010/0 303 658 A1, which has a water-cooled intercooler which is arranged between a first air compressor and a second air compressor with regard to the air flow.
- the air compressed by the first air compressor is cooled by the intercooler, and the air compressed by the second air compressor is cooled by an aftercooler whose cooling water inlet is hydraulically connected to the cooling water outlet of the intercooler.
- a compressed air supply system for locomotives and a method for operating the same in which the air sucked in and compressed by a compressor is cooled in an air cooler and then fed to a first compressed air storage. From this first compressed air reservoir, the compressed air travels via a check valve that closes in the return flow direction to a prefilter which has a drainage valve. After separating liquid and aerosolized water from the compressed air in the pre-filter, the compressed air goes to an air dryer. A temperature sensor arranged at the air flow inlet of the air dryer or in its immediate vicinity is connected to a control unit via a sensor line.
- the temperature sensor can display the actual Measure the temperature of the compressed air flowing into the air dryer and make this measured value available to the control unit.
- the controller can calculate an appropriate purge cycle time for the drain valve based on the saturation partial pressure of water vapor at the measured actual temperature of the compressed air and control its operation to remove the water accumulated in the pre-filter.
- the desiccant of the air dryer of such generic compressed air generating devices must also be repeatedly freed from the moisture that has accumulated there, because if the moisture absorption capacity of its desiccant is saturated, it is no longer able to work in accordance with the task.
- the dry compressed air absorbs moisture from the desiccant of the air dryer and transports it outside into the environment of the compressed air generating device.
- the invention is based on the object of presenting a compressed air generating device with a compressor, a liquid cooling system and an air dryer, which is compact and can be produced inexpensively.
- this compressed air generating device should enable a lower consumption of dried compressed air during regeneration of a desiccant of the air dryer than with known compressed air generating devices.
- the compressed air generating device should be coolable by means of more than one external cooling device.
- the necessary cooling requirements as well as that required regeneration compressed air volume can be determined by a method and the compressed air generating device can be controlled and / or regulated accordingly.
- the invention initially relates to a compressed air generating device, with a control and regulating device, with at least one controllable and regulatable electric motor, with at least one air compressor that can be driven by the electric motor, with an air inlet via which ambient air can be sucked into the at least one air compressor, with at least one Air cooler, which is connected or connectable to the outlet of the at least one air compressor, with an air dryer, the inlet of which is connected to the outlet of the at least one air cooler, with a coolant inlet opening, via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the at least one air cooler and other components of the compressed air generating device is, and with a coolant outlet opening, via which heated coolant can be removed from the compressed air generating device.
- the air cooler which is arranged as the last air cooler in front of the air dryer in the flow direction of the compressed air is the first of the coolant when viewed in the flow direction of the coolant can be flowed through.
- an aftercooler is first flowed through by the still comparatively cold liquid coolant, which is arranged directly in front of the air dryer when viewed in the flow direction of the compressed air. This cools the compressed air as much as possible, so that some of the humidity contained in this compressed air precipitates in the form of small drops of water before it reaches the air dryer. This water will then for example, removed from the compressed air by a water separator in the aftercooler before it reaches the air dryer.
- a small amount of condensed water droplets can also be carried along by the comparatively strongly cooled compressed air via a short compressed air line to the air dryer, in the inlet collection area of which these water droplets collect and are removed during the next regeneration process with the regeneration compressed air flowing out of the air dryer. Because a comparatively large amount of moisture is removed from the compressed air before the air dryer reaches the drying agent, the air dryer is then required less to dry the compressed air. As a result, a regeneration process that consumes dried compressed air needs to be carried out on the air dryer less frequently.
- the compressed air generating device With a control and regulating device, with an electric motor, with two air compressors that can be driven by the electric motor and act one after the other, with an air inlet via which the first air compressor, ambient air can be sucked in, with a first air cooler designed and arranged as an intercooler and with a second air cooler designed and arranged as an aftercooler, the inlet of the intercooler being pneumatically connected or connectable to the outlet of the first air compressor, the outlet of the intercooler being connected to the Inlet of the second air compressor is pneumatically connected, and wherein the outlet of the second air compressor is pneumatically connected or connectable to the inlet of the aftercooler, with an air dryer, the inlet of which is pneumatically connected to the outlet of the aftercooler, and with a coolant inlet opening through which the intercooler as well as the aftercooler and other components of the compressed air generating device, a liquid
- This compressed air generating device is also characterized in order to produce the advantages already mentioned in that the aftercooler, which is arranged as the last air cooler in front of the air dryer in the flow direction of the compressed air, is the first through which the coolant can flow, viewed in the flow direction of the coolant.
- a coolant inlet of the aftercooler is connected to the coolant inlet opening of the compressed air generating device, and that a coolant outlet of the aftercooler is connected to a coolant inlet of the intercooler is connected, that a coolant outlet of the intercooler is connected to a coolant inlet of a dryer module cooler, that a coolant outlet of the dryer module cooler is connected to a coolant inlet of the electric motor, that a coolant outlet of the electric motor is connected to a coolant inlet of the second air compressor, that a coolant outlet of the second air compressor is connected to a coolant inlet of an inverter, which is used to control and regulate the electric motor by means of the control and regulating device, that a coolant outlet of the inverter is connected to a coolant inlet of the first air compressor, and that a coolant outlet of the first air compressor is
- the dryer module cooler is designed and arranged in such a way that at least components of the air dryer can be cooled with it. It can also be provided that a multi-circuit protection valve arranged close to the air cooler is structurally integrated into the dryer module cooler or can be cooled by it.
- the structure described has the advantage that components of the air dryer, such as preferably its housing, are cooled, whereby the compressed air supplied to the air dryer can be further cooled before it enters the desiccant. As a result, air humidity can condense out of the compressed air as water and be removed, so to speak in the last device-related possibility.
- the coolant inlet opening of the compressed air generating device is hydraulically connected to a first external cooling device, that a first cooling switching valve is arranged in a first coolant line running from the coolant inlet opening to the coolant inlet of the aftercooler that the first Cooling switching valve is designed as a 2/2-way solenoid switching valve, which is connected to the control and regulating device in terms of control technology, and that the first coolant line can be closed or opened by means of the first cooling switching valve depending on its switching position.
- the first external cooling device makes it possible, for example, not to use the first external cooling device if its cooling fluid has a higher temperature than the temperature of at least one of the components of the compressed air generating device.
- a water-air cooler assigned to an internal combustion engine is used as the first external cooling device, and its cooling water has a higher temperature than the temperature of the compressed air in the aftercooler.
- the temperature of the coolant of the first external cooling device and the temperature of the compressed air at the inlet of the aftercooler are constantly measured during operation and the measured values are communicated to the control and regulation device.
- the first cooling switching valve is switched by the control and regulating device into a switching position in which the fluid connection between the first external cooling device and the coolant inlet opening or the inlet of the aftercooler is closed. This prevents cooling water that is too hot from heating up the compressed air instead of cooling it down.
- the output of the first air compressor can be connected to an input of a second external cooling device via a second cooling switching valve designed as a 3/2-way solenoid switching valve, so that the second cooling switching valve is connected to the control technology Control and regulating device is connected, and that the output of the second external cooling device is connected to the input of the second air compressor (18).
- a second cooling switching valve designed as a 3/2-way solenoid switching valve
- This second external cooling device can be designed, for example, as an air-air cooler.
- Such an operating situation can occur if the first external Cooling liquid coming from the cooling device and flowing into the compressed air generating device is warmer than the compressed air at the aftercooler, but is still cold enough to cool the other components of the compressed air generating device downstream of the two air coolers in the cooling fluid flow.
- the compressed air occurring at the outlet of the first air compressor is cooled in the second external cooling device, and the aftercooler, the intercooler, the electric motor, the inverter and the two air compressors are cooled by the first external cooling device.
- the output of the second air compressor can be connected to an input of a third external cooling device via a third cooling switching valve designed as a 3/2-way solenoid switching valve, that the third cooling switching valve is connected in terms of control technology to the control and regulating device, and that the output of the third external cooling device is connected to the input of the air dryer.
- a third cooling switching valve designed as a 3/2-way solenoid switching valve
- the compressed air coming from the second air compressor can be cooled in the second external cooling device.
- the second external cooling device can also be designed as an air-air heat exchanger.
- the compressed air cooled in the third external cooling device is then returned to the compressed air generating device, where it reaches the air dryer, bypassing the intercooler and the aftercooler.
- such a compressed air generating device having the features of the invention is equipped with a control and regulating device, with an electric motor, with two air compressors that can be driven by the electric motor and act one after the other, with an air inlet through which ambient air can be sucked in by means of the first air compressor , with a first air cooler designed and arranged as an intercooler and with a second air cooler designed and arranged as an aftercooler, the inlet of the Intercooler is pneumatically connected to the outlet of the first air compressor, the outlet of the intercooler being pneumatically connected to the inlet of the second air compressor, and wherein the outlet of the second air compressor is pneumatically connected to the inlet of the aftercooler, with an air dryer, the inlet of which is connected to the Output of the aftercooler is pneumatically connected, and with a coolant inlet opening, via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the intercooler as well as the aftercooler and other components of the compressed air generating device, and with a
- this compressed air generating device is characterized in that the aftercooler, which is arranged as the last air cooler in front of the air dryer in the flow direction of the compressed air, is the first through which the coolant can flow, when viewed in the flow direction of the coolant, that the coolant inlet opening has a first coolant outlet external cooling device can be connected, that an output of the first air compressor can be pneumatically connected to an input of the intermediate cooling device via a first compressed air line DL1, that a ninth compressed air line DL1.1 is connected to this first compressed air line DL1, which can be pneumatically connected to an input of a second external cooling device is that an output of the intercooler is pneumatically connected to an input of the second air compressor via a second compressed air line DL2, that a tenth compressed air line DL2.1 is connected to this second compressed air line DL2, which is pneumatically connected to an output of the second external cooling device, that an input of the aftercooler can be pneumatically connected to an output of the second air compressor
- the arrangement of at least one relevant temperature sensor makes sense.
- a compressed air generating device having the features of the invention is equipped with a control and regulating device, with an electric motor, with two air compressors that can be driven by the electric motor and act one after the other, with an air inlet through which ambient air can be sucked in by means of the first air compressor, with a first air cooler designed and arranged as an intercooler and with a second air cooler designed and arranged as an aftercooler, the inlet of the intercooler being pneumatically connected to the outlet of the first air compressor, the outlet of the intercooler being pneumatically connected to the inlet of the second air compressor, and wherein the outlet of the second air compressor is pneumatically connected to the inlet of the aftercooler, with an air dryer, the inlet of which is pneumatically connected to the outlet of the aftercooler, and with a coolant inlet opening through which the intercooler as well as the aftercooler and other components of the compressed air generating device receive a liquid Coolant can be supplied, as well as with
- At least one temperature sensor is present, which is arranged for measuring the coolant temperature in front of the coolant inlet and / or behind the coolant outlet of the air cooler, which is placed as the last air cooler in front of the air dryer in the flow direction of the compressed air, and that this at least one temperature sensor is connected to the control and regulating device via a data or sensor line.
- the data or sensor line can be a CAN bus line.
- the control and regulation device can be used to calculate how much the temperature coming from the air compressor Compressed air cools in the air cooler and water is separated from the compressed air before it reaches the air dryer.
- an optimally small volume of dry compressed air can be passed through the air dryer during a regeneration process for drying the desiccant. This minimizes the consumption of dry compressed air and reduces the number and/or duration of regeneration processes on the air dryer to a minimum.
- Such a compressed air generating device can have only one or more compressor stages, which can be driven, for example, by only one electric motor or by one electric motor each.
- the design of the compression stages and the number of air coolers are also not specified with regard to the use of the invention.
- the compressed air generating device is equipped with a control and regulating device, with an electric motor, with two air compressors that can be driven by the electric motor and act one after the other, with an air inlet through which ambient air can be sucked in by means of the first air compressor, with a first air cooler designed and arranged as an intercooler and with a second air cooler designed and arranged as an aftercooler, the inlet of the intercooler being pneumatically connected to the outlet of the first air compressor, the outlet of the intercooler being pneumatically connected to the inlet of the second air compressor, and the outlet of the second air compressor being pneumatically connected to the
- the inlet of the aftercooler is pneumatically connected, with an air dryer, the inlet of which is pneumatically connected to the outlet of the aftercooler, and with a coolant inlet opening, via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the intercooler as well as the aftercooler and other components of the
- the aftercooler is arranged as the last air cooler in front of the air dryer in the direction of flow of the compressed air is, seen in the flow direction of the coolant, the coolant can flow through first, that at least one temperature sensor is present, which is connected to the control and regulating device via a data or sensor line, that the temperature sensor for measuring the coolant temperature in front of the coolant inlet or behind the coolant outlet of the aftercooler is arranged, and that the control and regulating device is designed such that, in addition to the operation of the electric motor, a drying operation and a regeneration operation of the air dryer as well as the operation of a multi-circuit protection valve can be controlled and regulated.
- control and regulating device is designed and arranged in such a way that the operation of the electric motor, a drying operation and a regeneration operation of the air dryer as well as the operation of a multi-circuit protection valve can be controlled and regulated, a separate control and regulating device is required Control and regulation of the electric motor or a separate control and regulation device for at least indirect control and regulation of a multi-circuit protection valve is not necessary. This saves manufacturing costs and installation space.
- the at least one temperature sensor it can be provided that it is arranged in front of the coolant inlet opening of the compressed air generating device for measuring the coolant temperature.
- a temperature sensor can be used particularly cost-effectively, which is anyway arranged on a first external cooling device of a motor vehicle, in order to determine the temperature of the coolant at the output of this external cooling device and to communicate this to the control and regulating device of the motor vehicle.
- the line length for transporting the coolant from this external cooling device to the compressed air generating device is comparatively long, such an arrangement can be unfavorable because the coolant can cool or heat up in an uncontrolled manner on the way to the coolant inlet of the compressed air generating device.
- the temperature sensor for measuring the coolant temperature immediately before Coolant inlet of the aftercooler is arranged, which is arranged as the last air cooler in front of the air dryer in the flow direction of the compressed air. This gives you particularly meaningful measured values.
- the temperature sensor for measuring the coolant temperature is arranged as the next component behind the coolant outlet of the aftercooler, which is arranged as the last air cooler in front of the air dryer in the direction of flow of the compressed air.
- This location of the temperature sensor can be directly at the coolant outlet of the aftercooler, or if the installation space there does not allow this, at the closest possible location in the flow direction of the coolant behind the coolant outlet of the aftercooler.
- a temperature sensor is arranged both at the coolant inlet and at the coolant outlet of the aftercooler, which are connected to the control and regulating device in terms of signals. Using the temperature values measured by these two temperature sensors, a temperature difference can be determined in the control and regulating device, which is a measure of the cooling of the compressed air in the aftercooler. From this you can at least estimate how much water has condensed out of the compressed air as it flows through the aftercooler. If necessary, an additional temperature sensor is necessary for this, with which the temperature of the compressed air at the compressed air inlet of the aftercooler can be measured.
- the at least one electric motor, an inverter influencing the operation of the electric motor, the two air compressors, the intercooler, the aftercooler, the air dryer, the multi-circuit protection valve, which pneumatically connects the outlet of the air dryer with at least one external compressed air storage and external compressed air consumers, and a silencer are arranged in or on a common housing.
- the device components mentioned are connected to one another in a suitable manner via the electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic connecting lines mentioned and possibly arranged in the housing.
- the compressed air generating device is extremely compact, easy to assemble during production and easy to attach to a motor vehicle, for example a commercial vehicle.
- control and regulating device is arranged separately or in or on the housing, that the control and regulating device is connected via a first control line to the inverter for controlling and regulating the electric motor, that the control and control device is connected via a second control line to a regeneration switching valve designed as a first 3/2-way solenoid switching valve, which is used to open or close a regeneration line that pneumatically at least indirectly connects the compressed air storage and the air dryer, and that the control and regulating device via a sensor line connected to the multi-circuit protection valve.
- the first 3/2-way solenoid switching valve or regeneration switching valve as well as the associated control lines and the regeneration line into the housing of the compressed air generating device, this contains further components assigned to the compressed air generating device, which makes the entire system even easier to handle and on the motor vehicle makes it easier to connect. Therefore, if one of its components malfunctions, such a compressed air generating device can easily be removed as a whole from a commercial vehicle and sent to a repair point, while a new compressed air generating device is quickly and easily installed on the motor vehicle. Since a compressed air generating device is an operationally necessary one, especially in commercial vehicles Device is, the procedure described avoids lengthy repairs and the commercial vehicle can be put back into use quickly.
- the compressed air generating device is constructed from several modules, which, together with the associated pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical lines, are arranged in or on a common housing are.
- a compressor module, a compressed air cooling module, a dryer module and a silencer module together with associated pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical lines are arranged in or on the housing of the compressed air generating device, the compressor module containing the electric motor Inverter, which has both air compressors and the control and regulating device, the compressed air cooling module having the intercooler and the aftercooler, the dryer module having the air dryer and the multi-circuit protection valve, the silencer module having the silencer with a sound-absorbing material, and in which the silencer module has at least one regeneration air outlet opening for discharging regeneration compressed air into the environment.
- the sound-absorbing material is designed in such a way that it can absorb water droplets separated by the air dryer and can also direct splash water that has entered the silencer to a water outlet of the silencer module.
- the integration of a solitary silencer module can be dispensed with.
- Another variant of the compressed air generating device having the features of the invention is equipped with at least one electric motor, with which at least one air compressor can be driven, and which has an air inlet through which ambient air can be sucked in by means of the air compressor.
- This compressed air generating device has at least one air cooler in which the air compressed by the air compressor can be cooled.
- an air dryer present, the input of which is pneumatically connected to the output of the at least one air cooler.
- a coolant inlet opening is formed, via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the air cooler.
- a coolant outlet opening through which heated coolant can be removed.
- This compressed air generating device is characterized in that the silencer has at least one regeneration air outlet opening for discharging regeneration exhaust air guided through it into the environment, that this at least one regeneration air outlet opening when the desiccant of the air dryer is not regenerated as an air inlet for sucking in ambient air which serves at least one air compressor, and that the ambient air sucked in by the silencer can be conducted downstream behind the silencer through an intake air line to the at least one air compressor.
- a further development of the compressed air generating device derived from this has the following: at least one electric motor, two air compressors that can be driven by the electric motor and act one after the other, an air inlet through which ambient air can be sucked in by means of the first air compressor, and an intercooler and an aftercooler, the inlet of the intercooler also is pneumatically connected to the output of the first air compressor, wherein the output of the intercooler is pneumatically connected to the input of the second air compressor, and wherein the output of the second air compressor is pneumatically connected to the input of the aftercooler, further comprising an air dryer, the input of which is connected to the output of the aftercooler, as well as with a coolant inlet opening, via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the intercooler and the aftercooler, and with a coolant outlet opening, via which heated coolant can be removed.
- This further developed compressed air generating device is also characterized in that the silencer has at least one regeneration air outlet opening for discharging regeneration exhaust air guided through it into the environment, and that the at least one regeneration air outlet opening, when no regeneration of the desiccant of the air dryer takes place, acts as an air inlet for sucking in Ambient air serves to the first air compressor, and that the ambient air sucked in by the silencer can be conducted downstream behind the silencer through an intake air line to the first air compressor.
- a separator for separating water is provided in front of or in the silencer and particle is arranged, which is designed and arranged in such a way that the ambient air sucked in through the at least one regeneration air outlet opening, which also serves as an air inlet, can be freed from entrained water droplets and particles.
- a separator can be designed, for example, as a cyclone separator, in which ambient air sucked in is directed in a circular or spiral movement.
- Another compressed air generating device having the features of the invention also has at least one electric motor with which at least one air compressor can be driven. There is also an air inlet through which ambient air can be sucked in using the air compressor. There is also at least one air cooler in which the air compressed by the air compressor can be cooled. An air dryer is also arranged, the inlet of which is pneumatically connected to the outlet of the at least one air cooler. Furthermore, a coolant inlet opening is formed on the compressed air generating device, via which a liquid coolant from a first external cooling device can be supplied to the air cooler. Heated coolant can be returned to the first external cooling device via a coolant outlet opening that is also present.
- a multi-circuit protection valve is arranged, which pneumatically connects the outlet of the air dryer to at least one external compressed air storage and external compressed air consumers.
- a control and regulating device which is connected to the multi-circuit protection valve and the sensors arranged there via at least one sensor line.
- the multi-circuit protection valve can be separated from the other components of the compressed air generating device and can be operated remotely from these components, that the control and regulating device and the multi-circuit protection valve have electrical connecting means which are releasably connected to one another via at least one flexible electrical line, and that the multi-circuit protection valve has pneumatic connecting means which are detachably connected at least indirectly to the outlet of the air dryer via at least one flexible pneumatic line.
- the invention also relates to a more detailed further development of the variant of the compressed air generating device just described, with at least one electric motor, with two air compressors that can be driven by the electric motor and act one after the other, with an air inlet through which ambient air can be sucked in by means of the first air compressor, with an intercooler and an aftercooler , wherein the inlet of the intercooler is pneumatically connected to the outlet of the first air compressor, wherein the outlet of the intercooler is pneumatically connected to the inlet of the second air compressor, and wherein the outlet of the second air compressor is pneumatically connected to the inlet of the aftercooler, with an air dryer , the inlet of which is connected to the outlet of the aftercooler, with a coolant inlet opening, via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the intercooler and the aftercooler, with a coolant outlet opening, via which heated coolant can be removed, with a multi-circuit protection valve, which connects the outlet of the air dryer with at least pneumatically
- the invention also provides for this variant of the compressed air generating device that the multi-circuit protection valve can be separated from the other components of the compressed air generating device and can be operated remotely from these components, that the control and regulating device and the multi-circuit protection valve have electrical connecting means which can be detached via at least one flexible electrical sensor line are connected to each other, and that the multi-circuit protection valve has pneumatic connecting means which via at least one flexible pneumatic line is detachably connected at least indirectly to the outlet of the air dryer.
- a dryer module having the air dryer has at least one electrical socket and at least one pneumatic socket, that the electrical socket of the dryer module is connected to an electrical socket on the control and regulating device via the sensor line is connected, that an electrical plug of an electrical connecting line can be releasably plugged into the electrical plug socket of the dryer module, that this electrical connecting cable has a second plug, which can be releasably plugged into an electrical plug socket of the multi-circuit protection valve, that the pneumatic plug socket of the dryer module is pneumatically connected to the fifth compressed air line, through which dried compressed air coming from the air dryer can be conducted, that a plug of a pneumatic connecting line can be detachably inserted into this pneumatic socket of the dryer module, and that the pneumatic connecting line has a second plug, which is inserted into a pneumatic The socket of the multi-circuit protection valve can be detachably inserted.
- a compressed air generating device having the features of the invention particularly compact, i.e. to save space, it has at least one electric motor with which at least one air compressor can be driven.
- This at least one air compressor can suck in ambient air via an air inlet.
- at least one air cooler in which the air compressed by the at least one air compressor can be cooled.
- An air dryer is also arranged, with which compressed air cooled by the air cooler can be dried.
- this compressed air generating device has a coolant inlet opening through which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the air cooler. Heated coolant can be discharged via a coolant outlet opening that is also designed.
- This compressed air generating device has now been further developed in such a way that the control and regulating device is an integral part of the inverter.
- the already mentioned compressor module in particular is designed to be very compact Yes, the at least one electric motor, the inverter, the two air compressors and the intercooler assigned to these air compressors are arranged.
- the control and regulating device is therefore structurally accommodated in a housing of the inverter or forms a structural unit with it, so that the control line from the control and regulating device to the electronics of the inverter is also optimally short.
- the construction described can also be implemented in a reversible manner, namely that the inverter is an integral part of the control and regulation device.
- the compressed air generating device can also be designed as follows: having at least one electric motor, two air compressors that can be driven by the electric motor and act one after the other, an air inlet through which ambient air can be sucked in by means of the first air compressor, an intercooler and an aftercooler, wherein the inlet of the intercooler is pneumatically connected to the outlet of the first air compressor, wherein the outlet of the intercooler is pneumatically connected to the inlet of the second air compressor, and wherein the outlet of the second air compressor is pneumatically connected to the inlet of the aftercooler, and further comprising an air dryer, the inlet of which is connected to the outlet of the aftercooler, a coolant inlet opening, via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the intercooler and the aftercooler, a coolant outlet opening, via which heated coolant can be removed, a multi-circuit protection valve, which includes the outlet of the air dryer pneumatically connects at least one external
- the control and regulating device can also be integrated into the multi-circuit protection valve or vice versa.
- a compressed air generating device having at least one electric motor, two air compressors that can be driven by the electric motor and act one after the other, an air inlet through which ambient air can be sucked in by means of the first air compressor, an intercooler and an aftercooler, wherein the inlet of the intercooler is pneumatically connected to the outlet of the first air compressor, wherein the outlet of the intercooler is pneumatically connected to the inlet of the second air compressor, and wherein the outlet of the second air compressor is pneumatically connected to the inlet of the aftercooler is, as well as with an air dryer, the inlet of which is connected to the outlet of the aftercooler, and a coolant inlet opening, via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the intercooler and the aftercooler, a coolant outlet opening, via which heated coolant can be removed, a multi-circuit protection valve, which the
- control and regulating device is an integral part of a, preferably central, vehicle control device. This saves additional costs and installation space for the provision of the device's own control and regulating device, but sensor and control lines for the operation of the compressed air generating device must be available from this control and regulating device to the central vehicle control device of the vehicle.
- the compressed air generating device with the features of the invention is structurally designed in such a way that the air dryer can be operated optimally both for drying the compressed air and for regeneration, i.e. for dehumidifying its desiccant.
- the outlet of the air dryer is connected to a fifth compressed air line via a first check valve firing in the direction of the air dryer, that this fifth compressed air line is connected via the mentioned multi-circuit protection valve to the at least one compressed air reservoir and to compressed air consumers leads to a regeneration compressed air inlet of the air dryer via a second check valve opening in the direction of the regeneration compressed air inlet, a diaphragm and a first line branch with the output of a first regeneration switching valve designed as a 3/2-way solenoid switching valve, that the input of this first 3/2-way solenoid switching valve via a regeneration line is connected to the fifth compressed air line, that when the first 3/2-way solenoid switching valve is actuated, dry
- a regeneration process on the air dryer is therefore initiated by the control and regulating device and is largely pneumatically controlled using the first 3/2-way magnetic switching valve or regeneration switching valve.
- this first 3/2-way solenoid switching valve dry regeneration compressed air is directed to the air dryer, and at the same time a pneumatic control pressure is led to a control pressure input of the pneumatic 2/2-way switching valve to open a regeneration air outlet of the air dryer.
- This control pressure is generated by a small portion of the regeneration compressed air, most of which comes from the compressed air storage and is passed into the air dryer for drying the desiccant there.
- the pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve is assigned to a collecting area of the air dryer, with the pneumatic control input of this 2/2-way switching valve connected via a second line branch to the output of the first 3/2-way Solenoid switching valve is connected.
- This 2/2-way switching valve is designed in such a way that it is closed when not actuated.
- the pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve can also be switched from its closed position to its open position by means of regeneration compressed air supplied to the air dryer and via the second line branch.
- dry regeneration compressed air can flow through the desiccant of the air dryer are conducted in a regeneration compressed air stream. After flowing through the drying agent, the regeneration compressed air can be directed into the collecting area of the air dryer and can entrain any condensed water that has accumulated there and remove it from it via at least one regeneration air outlet on the air dryer.
- the compressed air generating device preferably has a further temperature sensor by means of which the ambient temperature can be measured.
- This additional temperature sensor is also connected to the control and regulation device via a data or sensor line. If a data line is used, it can be a CAN bus line.
- the invention also relates to a method for operating a compressed air generating device with the features described.
- compressed air is cooled in at least one air cooler by means of the at least one air compressor.
- the cooled compressed air is then fed to an air dryer and dried there in order to then be directed to compressed air consumers and/or at least one compressed air storage.
- dry compressed air to the extent of the necessary regeneration compressed air volume is passed through the desiccant and then discharged into the environment.
- the regeneration compressed air volume required for the regeneration of the desiccant is calculated at least as a function of the temperature that the coolant has before and/or after it flows through the air cooler that is arranged as the last air cooler in front of the air dryer, and that this is then done in such a way A certain regeneration compressed air volume of dry compressed air is passed through the air dryer.
- the procedure presented here has the advantage that no additional temperature sensor is necessary to obtain information about what temperature the compressed air has before it reaches the air dryer and what water content in the form of air humidity this compressed air carries with it.
- the coolant temperature is measured after leaving the radiator by means of a temperature sensor and its measured values are made available in the motor vehicle for a variety of purposes, for example via a CAN data bus. Knowing the temperature of the coolant directly after leaving the vehicle radiator or immediately before the air cooler mentioned, the temperature of the compressed air after leaving this air cooler can be inferred indirectly without requiring a separate temperature sensor.
- the operation of the compressed air generating device and in particular the supply of the coolant are then regulated so that the cooling effect of the last air cooler before the air dryer is maximum.
- the compressed air is cooled to the maximum in front of the air dryer, as a result of which the compressed air only contains comparatively little moisture that puts a strain on the air dryer.
- the desiccant of the air dryer must be regenerated less frequently or with less regeneration compressed air volume.
- the coolant temperature is measured in front of the coolant inlet opening of the compressed air generating device by means of a first temperature sensor, and that the regeneration compressed air volume required for drying the desiccant in the air dryer is controlled and/or as a function of the measured coolant temperature during a later regeneration process is passed through the air dryer in a controlled manner.
- the coolant temperature is measured directly in front of the coolant inlet of the air cooler, which is arranged as the last air cooler in front of the air dryer in the flow direction of the compressed air, and that this is for drying the desiccant in the air dryer
- the respectively required regeneration compressed air volume is passed through the air dryer in a controlled and/or regulated manner depending on the measured coolant temperature during a later regeneration process.
- the coolant temperature is measured behind the coolant outlet of the air cooler, which is arranged as the last air cooler in front of the air dryer in the direction of flow of the compressed air, and that the volume of regeneration compressed air required for drying the desiccant in the air dryer depends on the measured coolant temperature is controlled and/or regulated through the air dryer during a later regeneration process.
- the following method steps can be provided: a) sucking in ambient air by means of the first air compressor, b) pre-compressing the sucked-in ambient air in the first air compressor to a first air pressure value, c) cooling an intercooler with a liquid coolant, d) Cooling the pre-compressed compressed air in the intercooler, e) further compressing the compressed air to a second, higher pressure value by means of a second air compressor, f) cooling an aftercooler with the liquid coolant, the aftercooler being the first air cooler from the coolant hydraulically, viewed in the flow direction of the coolant is achieved, g) cooling the compressed air further compressed in the second air compressor in the aftercooler, h) drying the cooled compressed air in an air dryer, i) forwarding the cooled and dried compressed air to compressed air consumers and / or to at least one compressed air storage.
- the compressed air that has left the second air compressor is cooled as it flows through the aftercooler to the extent that the freshly supplied liquid coolant allows.
- the liquid coolant is not first directed to a cooling device of the electric motor or to the intercooler in order to cool it during operation, as in the compressed air generating device according to DE 10 2039 139 424.6.
- the coolant is first directed to the aftercooler in order to cool it and, as a result, the compressed air as much as possible. This makes it possible according to the method to cool the compressed air generated so much before it reaches the air dryer that as much moisture as possible is separated and drained away from the compressed air.
- the following further process steps are provided in addition to the method just mentioned: j) forwarding the liquid coolant from the aftercooler to the intercooler, k) forwarding the liquid coolant from the intercooler to a cooling device of the electric motor, l) forwarding the liquid coolant from the cooling device of the electric motor to a cooling device of the second air compressor, m) forwarding the liquid coolant from the cooling device of the second air compressor to a cooling device of the inverter, n) forwarding the liquid coolant from the cooling device of the inverter to a cooling device of the first air compressor, o) forwarding the liquid coolant from the cooling device of the first air compressor to an external cooling device.
- the regeneration of the drying agent of the air dryer is particularly important.
- the drying agent which has removed air moisture from the supplied compressed air during previous drying processes and has now greatly reduced its drying ability, is replaced by temporarily stored dry compressed air in the opposite direction Direction flows through.
- the compressed air takes water from the desiccant and flows loaded with it out of the air dryer into the environment. The frequency with which such regeneration processes must be carried out and the volume of compressed air required for these regeneration processes influence the need for compressed air to be generated by the compressed air generating device when a vehicle is operating.
- the time interval between two regeneration processes for drying the desiccant of the air dryer is controlled and/or regulated depending on the temperature of the coolant which the coolant has at the outlet of the external cooling device or at the inlet of the aftercooler.
- the temperature of the coolant is decisive for how much water has already condensed out of the compressed air supplied to the aftercooler, a comparatively low coolant temperature causes a comparatively large separation of water from the compressed air already at the aftercooler, which is drained from there.
- the desiccant of the air dryer is less heavily loaded, so that the regeneration compressed air volume can be lower or, for example, the time interval between two regeneration processes can be greater than at a comparatively high coolant temperature.
- the ambient temperature of a vehicle must also be taken into account when carrying out regeneration processes of the type described, because the compressed air stored in a compressed air reservoir takes on the ambient temperature over the wall of the compressed air reservoir after some time. Since the compressed air stored in this compressed air storage is also used for the regeneration of the desiccant in the air dryer and the compressed air temperature determines the water storage capacity of the regeneration compressed air, knowledge of the ambient temperature is important for determining the necessary regeneration compressed air volume.
- the time interval between two regeneration processes for drying the desiccant of the air dryer depends is controlled and/or regulated by the average ambient temperature during a later regeneration process.
- the average value of the ambient temperature can be determined over a predetermined period of time.
- the regeneration compressed air volume required for drying the desiccant is also controlled and/or regulated as a function of the average ambient temperature during a later regeneration process.
- the regeneration compressed air volume required for drying the desiccant or the duration and / or frequency of the regeneration processes also is controlled and regulated depending on the difference between the ambient temperature and the coolant temperature.
- the coolant comes from the coolant outlet of the intercooler not directly, but via a dryer module cooler to the coolant inlet of the electric motor is promoted, and that the dryer module cooler cools at least components of the air dryer.
- the temperature of the coolant is measured at the outlet of the first external cooling device or at the inlet of the aftercooler, and that when the determined temperature of the coolant reaches or exceeds a predetermined high first limit value has, the transport of compressed air coming from the outlet of the first air compressor no longer takes place via the intercooler but via the mentioned second external cooling device to the inlet of the second air compressor.
- the first temperature limit can be, for example, 80° Celsius.
- This method variant is used primarily when the temperature of the coolant coming from the first external cooling device is higher than the temperature of the compressed air at the pneumatic inlet of the intercooler and/or at the pneumatic inlet of the aftercooler, because then the compressed air cannot be cooled using these air coolers take place.
- the compressed air is directed from the outlet of the first air compressor to the inlet of the second external cooling device, where the compressed air is cooled. After flowing through the second external cooling device, the cooled compressed air is directed to the inlet of the second air compressor, where it is brought to an even higher air pressure.
- the compressed air can then be passed through the aftercooler, which is passively switched in terms of its cooling ability in this situation, and from there in the usual way to the air dryer.
- a third external cooling device can be used if the temperature of the liquid coolant of the first external cooling device is too high to cool the compressed air in the intercooler and in the aftercooler, and the cooling capacity of the second external cooling device is not sufficient to achieve such a low temperature Temperature of the compressed air to achieve that a comparatively large proportion of the air moisture in the compressed air condenses into water droplets that can be removed before the air dryer.
- the temperature of the coolant is measured at the outlet of the first external cooling device or at the inlet of the aftercooler, and that when the temperature of the coolant has reached or exceeded a previously set second limit value , which is greater than the first limit value, the transport of compressed air coming from the outlet of the first air compressor does not take place via the intercooler but via the second external cooling device to the inlet of the second air compressor, and that then additionally the transport of compressed air from the outlet of the coming from the second air compressor is not directed via the aftercooler but via the third external cooling device to the outlet of the aftercooler or to the inlet of the air dryer.
- 1 is a schematic representation of an electrically driven compressed air generating device that can be cooled by an external cooling device with two air compressors, an intercooler, an aftercooler, an air dryer, a multi-circuit protection valve, a dryer module cooler and a silencer
- 2 shows a compressed air generating device similar to that according to FIG. 1, to which three external cooling devices can be connected by means of designed connections and internal cable routing
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic detailed view of the internal line routing and the connections of the compressed air generating device according to FIG. 2,
- FIG. 4 shows a compressed air generating device similar to that according to FIG. 1, in which ambient air can be sucked in through the silencer by a first air compressor,
- Fig. 5 shows a compressed air generating device similar to that according to Fig. 4, but with a different arrangement of a coolant temperature sensor, and with a water and particle filter arranged in the silencer, through which ambient air sucked in can be conducted to the first air compressor
- Fig. 6 shows a compressed air generating device similar to that according to Figures 1 to 5, in which a multi-circuit protection valve is arranged and operable outside a dryer module,
- Fig. 7 shows a compressed air generating device similar to that according to FIG Similar to that according to FIG. 5, but in which the ambient air for the first air compressor can be sucked in through an air inlet in the compressor module.
- pneumatic lines that carry air or compressed air are shown with a solid line.
- Hydraulic lines that transport liquid coolant are shown with a dashed line, and electrical lines are shown with a dotted line.
- the compressed air generating device 2.7 shown in FIG. 8 has a closed but also openable housing 6, in which components of the compressed air generating device 2.7 are combined into modules which are arranged one behind the other.
- the compressor 4 comprising an electric motor 24 including two drive shafts 30, 32, an inverter 26, a first air compressor 16, a second air compressor 18 and a control and regulating device 28, is arranged in a compressor module 90.
- a compressed air cooling module 92 is arranged in the housing 6 and has an intercooler 20 and an aftercooler 22. These two air coolers 20, 22 serve to cool the compressed air generated by the compressor 4.
- the two air coolers 20, 22 use a liquid coolant which is supplied by a first external cooling device 82.
- this first external cooling device 82 is a cooling device of a commercial vehicle with a suitable heat exchanger, not shown here.
- the aftercooler 22 is arranged so that it is the first component to be supplied with cold liquid coolant by the external cooling device 82.
- this aftercooler 22 is the last air cooler which is arranged in front of an air dryer 40 in the compressed air flow coming from the second air compressor 18.
- At least one temperature sensor is arranged, which is connected to the control and regulating device 28 via a data or sensor line 59.
- the temperature sensor 73 can be arranged at the coolant outlet of the first external cooling device 82.
- the temperature sensor 73 ' can be arranged at the coolant inlet of the aftercooler 22, or the temperature sensor 73" is arranged at the coolant outlet of the aftercooler 22.
- the most cost-effective arrangement of such a temperature sensor 73 is probably the arrangement at the coolant outlet of the external cooling device 82.
- the temperature reduction of the coolant as it flows through the aftercooler 22 can be determined by forming the difference between the measured values supplied by the two temperature sensors 73', 73" and thus the cooling effect the compressed air to be cooled can be determined.
- the reduction in the compressed air temperature that occurs due to the described energy transfer to the coolant at the aftercooler 22 can be determined, for example if the temperature of the compressed air at the compressed air inlet of the aftercooler 22 and the per second compressed air volume flow through the aftercooler 22 are also known. Based on the reduction in the compressed air temperature that can be determined in this way, it can be determined which dew point shift in the compressed air has occurred and how much water W is separated from the compressed air at the aftercooler 22 every second.
- a dryer module 94 is subsequently placed in the housing 6, in which the aforementioned air dryer 40 and a multi-circuit protection valve 50 are arranged.
- the air dryer 40 contains a desiccant 41 with which atmospheric moisture can be removed from the compressed air supplied to the air dryer 40.
- the drying agent 41 can release this moisture back into dry air, namely when dry compressed air is passed through the air dryer 40 in the opposite direction during a regeneration process.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 does not have to be part of the dryer module 94, but its arrangement in the common housing 6 is advantageous.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 it is possible to selectively deliver compressed air delivered by the air dryer 40 to different compressed air consumers 50, 51 via compressed air lines DL6, DL7 and/or to at least one compressed air reservoir 45 via a compressed air line DL8.
- the sixth compressed air line DL6 and seventh compressed air line DL7 leading to the compressed air consumers 50, 51 can also be connected to other compressed air storage units on the way there.
- at least one further compressed air consumer, not shown can be connected to the compressed air storage 45 shown.
- a first 3/2 magnetic switching valve 72 arranged in the dryer module 94 enables the air dryer 40 to be switched into an air drying mode or into a regeneration mode, the desiccant 41 of the air dryer 40 being able to be dried in the latter. This will be discussed further below.
- the first 3/2 solenoid switching valve 72 is also referred to below as the regeneration switching valve.
- the compressed air generating device 2.7 has a silencer module 96, which is designed here as a silencer 43, which has a sound-absorbing Material 44 contains which is only partially shown in the figures to make other details easier to see. This sound-absorbing material 44 is able to dampen sound emissions that arise during a regeneration process when moisture-laden regeneration exhaust air AL is released from the air dryer 40.
- the silencer module 96 has a plurality of regeneration air outlet openings, of which only one regeneration air outlet opening 34 is shown, through which regeneration exhaust air AL can be released into the environment.
- the silencer module 96 or the silencer 43 has at least one water outlet opening 36 at its deepest point, through which water droplets separated from the compressed air in the air dryer 40 during normal operation and/or splash water that has penetrated through the regeneration air outlet opening 34 is removed via a water separation path 80 that forms can be.
- the silencer module 96, the silencer 43 or the sound-absorbing material 44 can be attached to the housing 6 in an easily replaceable manner.
- the components of the four modules 90, 92, 94, 96 described are connected to one another via pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical lines as far as necessary, which will be discussed separately in the description of the method for operating the compressed air generating device 2.7.
- the operation of the compressor 4 is controlled and regulated by means of the control and regulating device 28 already mentioned.
- the control and regulating device 28 is connected via a low-voltage line 57 to a low-voltage source (not shown), to the mentioned data or sensor line 59 of a vehicle-specific data communication system, such as a CAN bus, and to at least one control line 54.
- This control line 54 leads to an inverter 26.
- the inverter 26, which influences the operation of the electric motor 24, is connected via a high-voltage line 58 to an electrical voltage source, not shown separately.
- the first drive shaft 30 is connected to the first air compressor 16 and the second drive shaft 32 to the second air compressor 18 in a driving manner.
- the two air compressors 16, 18 are known spiral compressors.
- the first air compressor 16 is connected to the ambient air L on the input side via an air inlet opening 8 in the housing 6. When the first air compressor 16 is operating, it sucks in ambient air L via a suction line DL and compresses it into compressed air with a first air pressure value.
- the first air compressor 16 is pneumatically connected on the output side via a first compressed air line DL1, the intercooler 20 and then via a second compressed air line DL2 to the inlet of the second air compressor 18.
- the intercooler 20 cools the precompressed compressed air, whereby water is condensed out and removed if necessary.
- the cooled compressed air is then further compressed to a desired second, higher air pressure value and then fed to the already mentioned aftercooler 22 via a third compressed air line DL3.
- the compressed air is further cooled in the aftercooler 22. Humidity from the compressed air condenses.
- the cooled and still residually moist compressed air reaches an inlet-side collecting area 49 of the air dryer 40 via a fourth compressed air line DL4.
- the already condensed water also reaches this collecting area 49 of the air dryer 40 in the form of entrained small droplets or as a film of water.
- the water W is excreted from the air dryer 40 via a regeneration air outlet 42 during a later regeneration process. As a result, the condensed water did not get into the drying agent 41 of the air dryer 40, as shown schematically in FIG. 8 with small droplets.
- the compressed air which has been partially dewatered in this way and is still still moist, arrives from the short fourth compressed air line DL4 into the drying agent 41 of the air dryer 40, flows through this drying agent 41 in a drying air stream 23 and is dried there.
- the desiccant 41 is able to absorb the supplied compressed air To remove moisture from the air and release it back into dry air during a later regeneration process.
- the dried compressed air then leaves the air dryer 40 via a spring-loaded first check valve 29 which shuts off in the direction of the air dryer 40, and then enters a fifth compressed air line DL5.
- This fifth compressed air line DL5 leads to the already mentioned multi-circuit protection valve 50, which is controlled at least indirectly by the control and regulating device 28.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 is connected to the control and regulating device 28 via a sensor line 56.
- the dried compressed air can be directed, for example, through the already mentioned sixth compressed air line DL6 and a compressed air outlet opening 10 in the housing 6 to the first compressed air consumer 51 and via the mentioned seventh compressed air line DL7 to the second compressed air consumer 52.
- the compressed air generating device 2.7 has a regeneration line DL5a.
- This regeneration line DL5a is indirectly connected via the fifth compressed air line DL5 at least to the eighth compressed air line DL8 leading to the compressed air storage 45 and to the air dryer 40.
- the first 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 is arranged in the regeneration line DL5a, which is connected to the control and regulation device 28 via a control line 55 and can be controlled by it.
- the regeneration line DL5a is closed as shown in FIG. 8, so that no compressed air can reach the air dryer 40 from the compressed air reservoir 45 via the multi-circuit protection valve 50.
- the first 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 is actuated, as a result of which the regeneration line DL5a is opened.
- part of the dried compressed air from the compressed air reservoir 45 passes through a first line branch DL5b of the regeneration line DL5a to an aperture 75. There the dried compressed air is expanded, whereby it takes up a larger volume.
- the compressed air then passes through a second spring-loaded check valve 76 that opens in the direction of the air dryer 40 and then reaches the air dryer 40 via a regeneration compressed air inlet 70.
- the relaxed compressed air then flows through the air dryer 40 and the drying agent 41 arranged there in a regeneration compressed air stream 77, provided that a pressure-controlled, 2/2-way switching valve 39 acting as a drain valve at the collecting area 49 of the air dryer 40 is open.
- this pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve 39 To operate this pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve 39, another part of the dried compressed air behind the outlet of the first 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 is fed through a second line branch DL5c to this pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve 39 directed.
- the pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve 39 is constructed in such a way that in its unactuated switching position it closes a connection from the collecting area 49 of the air dryer 40 to the regeneration air outlet 42 of the air dryer 40 and opens it in the actuated switching state. Accordingly, the pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve 39 is opened when the first 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 has also been switched to its open position.
- the first 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 there are two 2/2-way solenoid switching valves that can be controlled by the control and regulating device 28.
- These two 2/2-way solenoid switching valves are not shown in the figures, but their arrangement can be easily understood by a person skilled in the art based on the following description.
- the first 2/2-way solenoid switching valve is arranged in the flow direction of the regeneration compressed air in front of the orifice 75 in the first line branch DL5b, and the second 2/2-way solenoid switching valve is in front of the pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve 39 in the second line branch DL5c arranged.
- the fifth compressed air line DL5 is connected directly to the first line branch DL5b and directly to the second line branch DL5c in the direction of flow of regeneration compressed air in front of the two 2/2-way solenoid switching valves.
- dry regeneration compressed air can be passed through the air dryer 40 into the silencer 43 with the pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve 39 also open in order to dry the desiccant 41.
- the collecting area 49 of the air dryer 40 can be controlled by means of the aftercooler 22 supplied compressed air can advantageously be freed from water W that has accumulated there.
- the moist regeneration exhaust air AL then flows through the sound-absorbing material 44 arranged in the silencer 43 via an exhaust air path 78 to the at least one regeneration air outlet opening 34 of the silencer 43 of the compressed air generating device 2.7.
- the at least one water outlet opening 36 of the silencer 43 also serves to use the at least one regeneration air outlet opening 34 in the silencer 43 to remove any splash water that may have penetrated.
- the regeneration process is ended when a predetermined, sufficiently large volume of regeneration compressed air has flowed through the drying agent 41 of the air dryer 40 in order to be able to use it for a further air drying phase.
- the flow path of the liquid coolant supplied by the first external cooling device 82 is controlled and regulated with the control and regulating device 28.
- the current actual temperature of the coolant is measured with a first temperature sensor 73 at the output of the first external cooling device 82, and then the coolant temperature is regulated to a predetermined setpoint of the coolant temperature.
- the first temperature sensor 73 is connected to the control and regulating device 28 via the data and/or sensor line 59.
- the coolant passes from the first external cooling device 82 through a coolant inlet opening 12 into the compressed air generating device 2.7 and into the compressed air cooling module 92.
- the coolant then flows through a first coolant line KL1 into the aftercooler 22 in order to contain the compressed air generated by the compressor 4 as much as possible to cool down. Since the coolant is first passed into the aftercooler 22, the lowest temperature of the coolant that it has within the compressed air generating device 2.7 can be used. As a result, the compressed air becomes comparatively strong before it enters the air dryer 40 cooled, as a result of which some of the entrained air moisture condenses and is at least partially deposited in the aftercooler 22.
- the desiccant 41 of the air dryer 40 needs to be dried less frequently in regeneration operations compared to conventional compressed air generating devices, or such regeneration operations may be performed with a smaller volume of regeneration compressed air than usual.
- more of the dry compressed air stored in the compressed air storage 45 is available for the compressed air consumers 51, 52, so that the electric motor 24 of the compressor 4 of the compressed air generating device 2.7 has to be in operation less frequently.
- the consumption of electrical energy is reduced, which reduces the vehicle's exhaust emissions and thus its CC emissions.
- the frequency of the regeneration processes or the respectively required regeneration compressed air volume can therefore be smaller, the lower the temperature of the coolant at the inlet of the aftercooler 22. It is therefore advantageous if the regulation of the frequency of actuation and/or the regulation of the duration of actuation of the regeneration switching valve designed as a first 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 is also carried out by means of the control and regulating device 28 as a function of the temperature of the coolant.
- a first temperature sensor 73 is arranged in the area of the outlet of the external cooling device 82 or in the area of the coolant inlet opening 12, by means of which the temperature of the liquid coolant can be measured.
- such a temperature sensor 73 is already a component of the first external cooling device 82, so that its use does not cause any additional manufacturing costs.
- the temperature measurements obtained in this way can be routed to the control and regulating device 28 via the data and/or sensor line 59 mentioned.
- the control and regulating device 28 then controls and regulates the regeneration of the drying agent 41 of the air dryer 40, taking into account the current coolant temperature, directly via the frequency of actuation and/or the duration of actuation of the first 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 and indirectly by means of the pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve 39.
- FIG. 8 also shows alternative solutions, according to which the temperature of the coolant at the coolant inlet of the aftercooler 22 can be measured by means of a second temperature sensor 73′ and/or at the coolant outlet of the aftercooler 22 by means of a third temperature sensor 73′′.
- These temperature sensors 73′, 73′′ are then also connected to the control and regulating device 28 via the data and/or sensor line 59.
- the data and/or sensor line 59 which is connected to the respective temperature sensor 73, 73', 73", can also, unlike shown in FIG. 8, be arranged completely within the compressed air generating device 2.7.
- the temperature of the coolant can fluctuate during operation of the compressed air generating device 2.7. This can be caused by different load conditions of the vehicle and its systems and/or by rapidly changing ambient temperatures. Since the current temperature of the coolant is measured with the first temperature sensor 73 in most vehicles in order to regulate the mentioned first external cooling device 82, its current value is available to the control and regulating device 28 via the already mentioned data and/or sensor line 59 a CAN bus is available. Based on the current value of the temperature of the coolant, the control and regulating device 28 can therefore quickly control and regulate the duration of operation of the 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 and thus the frequency and duration of a regeneration process on the dryer 40 at any time, depending on the temperature.
- the ambient temperature of the vehicle is also measured using an ambient temperature sensor 74 and displayed with a display element, the ambient temperature also represents the control and regulation of the operating time of the first 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 and thus for controlling and regulating the frequency and duration of a regeneration process on the air dryer 40 is available to the control and regulating device 28 via the data and / or sensor line 59 of the CAN bus.
- the ambient temperature of the vehicle is of particular importance for the control and regulation of the regeneration processes because the compressed air, after it has been dried in the dryer 40, continues to cool down to the temperature of the compressed air tank 45 or the compressed air consumers 51, 52, which generally have the ambient temperature . During this further cooling process, the relative humidity in the compressed air increases again. To ensure that excessive air humidity does not lead to corrosion processes in the compressed air storage tanks and compressed air consumers when ambient temperatures are low in relation to the coolant temperature, or even water condenses out and freezes into ice, the degree of drying of the compressed air must ideally also take the current ambient temperature into account.
- This degree of drying can be adjusted via the regeneration compressed air volume used in a regeneration process and/or via the frequency of the regeneration processes in a period under consideration. If, for example, a volume of regeneration compressed air that is actually too large is used during a regeneration process, the drying agent 41 becomes drier than is required according to previously known practice. During a subsequent conveying process, the compressed air passed through the air dryer 40 will lose more moisture than previously necessary, as a result of which the compressed air has a higher degree of drying when it leaves the air dryer 40. When the compressed air then cools down further in a compressed air container or in a compressed air consumer, the degree of drying of the compressed air is then advantageously uncritically high, so that condensation and possibly ice formation do not occur when the compressed air is cooled further.
- the regeneration compressed air volume and/or the frequency of the regeneration processes is controlled and regulated by means of the control and regulating device 28 at a constant ambient temperature depending on the temperature of the coolant, as well as at a constant temperature of the Coolant controlled and regulated depending on the ambient temperature. If both the ambient temperature and the coolant temperature change, the duration and/or frequency of the regeneration processes is controlled and regulated depending on the difference between the two temperatures mentioned.
- the volume of regeneration compressed air required for a regeneration process must also cover the most unfavorable case, i.e. take into account the highest temperature of the coolant to be expected during operation of the compressed air generating device 2.7. As a result, such a regeneration process for the drying agent 41 would always take place with a previously determined maximum regeneration compressed air volume.
- the liquid coolant After the liquid coolant has flowed through the aftercooler 22, it reaches the intercooler 20 mentioned via a second coolant line KL2. There it cools the compressed air precompressed by the first air compressor 16. After cooling the pre-compressed compressed air in the intercooler 20, the liquid coolant is conducted via a third coolant line KL3 to a cooling device 25 of the electric motor 24. There the coolant cools, for example, the stator of the electric motor 24.
- the coolant then flows through a fourth coolant line KL4 to a cooling device 48 of the second air compressor 18 of the compressor 4, which is thereby cooled during its compression activity.
- the coolant then flows through a fifth coolant line KL5 to a cooling device 27 of the inverter 26 in order to cool this too.
- the coolant is passed through a sixth coolant line KL6 to a cooling device 46 of the first air compressor 16 of the compressor 4 in order to cool it.
- the heated coolant is passed through a coolant outlet opening 14 from the compressor module 90 and from the housing 6 of the compressed air generating device 2.7 via a coolant discharge line Kout to the first external cooling device 82.
- a compressed air generating device 2.7 designed according to the invention is installed in a truck and for cooling it uses the liquid coolant of the cooling system which also cools the internal combustion engine of the truck and serves as a heat source for interior heating.
- the internal combustion engine cold, i.e. starting it at a very low ambient temperature
- the electrically operated compressed air generating device 2.7 is immediately put into operation when the internal combustion engine is cold started to generate compressed air that is necessary for operation, it is cooled as far as possible by the liquid coolant.
- the waste heat thereby removed from the compressed air generating device 2.7 in particular the heat which is generated by the operation of the electric motor 24, the inverter 26 and the two air compressors 16, 18, then advantageously also serves indirectly to relieve the load on the vehicle battery via the heating of the liquid coolant.
- temperatures at which water ice can form can also be accepted at the aftercooler 22 and at the inlet of the air dryer 40. Since the warm-up phase is comparatively short, in the normal operating phase that follows, any water ice formed on the aftercooler 22 and at the inlet of the air dryer 40 will evaporate and be absorbed into the compressed air as atmospheric moisture.
- the compressed air generating devices 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.8, 2.9 shown in Figures 1 to 7 also have very largely the design features explained in connection with the compressed air generating device 2.7 according to FIG. 8 and work according to the method described. According to the invention, in all compressed air generating devices 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9 shown in FIGS of the coolant is the first through which the coolant can flow.
- All of the compressed air generating devices 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9 shown in Figures 1 to 8 also have the further advantageous special feature that the control and regulating device 28 is designed and arranged in such a way that it controls the operation of the electric motor 24, a drying operation and a regeneration operation of the air dryer 40, and the operation of a multi-circuit protection valve 50 can be controlled and regulated.
- the silencer 43 or the silencer module 96 is connected or can be connected to the housing 6 of the respective compressed air generating device 2.3 to 2.7 and the lines there, but not into this housing 6 is structurally integrated.
- FIG. 4 of a compressed air generating device 2.3 having the features of the invention, like the initially presented first embodiment of the compressed air generating device 2.7 according to FIG is arranged.
- the compressed air generating devices 2.3 to 2.6 according to Figures 4 to 7 have an air inlet 8* for sucking in ambient air L, which is not on the compressor module 90 but on Silencer 43 or on the silencer module 96 is formed.
- this air inlet 8* is identical to the at least one regeneration air outlet opening 34, which is only required by the respective compressed air generating device when it is operated in the regeneration module. For the rest of the time, i.e. for most of the operating time, this serves as at least one regeneration air outlet opening 34 Air inlet 8*, via which ambient air L can be sucked in to the first air compressor 16.
- the ambient air L passes from the alternately usable opening 8*, 34 in the silencer 43 or silencer module 96 via the sound-absorbing material 44 arranged there and the intake line DL to the inlet of the first air compressor 16, in order to be compressed into compressed air in a first compression process.
- the compressed air then follows the flow path already explained in the description of the compressed air generating device 2.7 according to FIG.
- the development of the compressed air generating device 2.4 shown in FIG. 5 is designed largely identically to the compressed air generating device 2.3 according to FIG. 4. Since the suction and passage of ambient air L through the sound-absorbing material 44 of the silencer 43 causes this to be undesirably exposed to penetrating splash water, air humidity and Dirt particles could be contaminated, a water and particle separator 88 is arranged in the compressed air generating device 2.4 in or on the silencer 43. The water W filtered out of the sucked-in ambient air L by this water and particle separator 88 is passed along with filtered-out dirt particles to the water outlet opening 36 of the silencer 43, where it is discharged into the environment.
- FIG. 6 shows a further variant of a compressed air generating device 2.5 having the features of the invention. This differs from the compressed air generating device 2.3 shown in FIG. 4 only in that the multi-circuit protection valve 50 does not belong to the dryer module 94. 6 illustrates, the multi-circuit protection valve 50 can be arranged and operated remotely from the dryer module 94 on or remotely from the compressed air generating device 2.5. For this purpose, the multi-circuit protection valve 50 has pneumatic connecting means 62 on the input side, via which the multi-circuit protection valve 50 is releasably connected to the fifth compressed air line DL5 of the dryer module 94 described above.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 has pneumatic connecting means 66 on the output side, via which the multi-circuit protection valve 50 is connected to the sixth, seventh and eighth compressed air line DL6, DL7, DL8 is detachably connected. As already described, these compressed air lines DL6, DL7, DL8 lead to compressed air consumers 51, 52 and to at least one compressed air reservoir 45.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 has electrical connecting means 64, by means of which the multi-circuit protective valve 50 can be detached from electrical connecting means 68 of the control and regulating device 28 connected is.
- the pneumatic connecting means 62, 66 are preferably designed as compressed air connection sockets into which compressed air plugs can be detachably inserted. These compressed air connectors are arranged at the ends of the compressed air lines DL5, DL6, DL7, DL8. These compressed air lines DL5, DL6, DL7, DL8 can be designed as flexible compressed air lines.
- the electrical connection means 64 on the multi-circuit protection valve 50 is preferably designed as an electrical socket.
- An electrical plug of a sensor line 56 can be detachably inserted into this electrical socket, which has, for example, a second electrical plug at its other end, which can also be detachably inserted into an associated electrical connecting means 68, designed as a socket, on the control and regulating device 28.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 can also be arranged remotely from the compressed air generating device 2.5, so that it does not have to be removed from the compressed air system of a vehicle for repair purposes if the compressed air generating device 2.5 is damaged.
- control and regulating device 28 is designed in such a way and is connected to the other components of the compressed air generating device 2.5 via sensor lines and control lines that the control and regulating device 28 controls the operation of the inverter 26 and thus the operation of the electric motor 24 as well can control and regulate, such as the dryer operation and the regeneration operation of the Air dryer 40.
- control and regulating device 28 at least indirectly controls and regulates the operation of the multi-circuit protection valve 50.
- the control and regulating device 28 can be structurally integrated, for example, in the inverter 26 or in the multi-circuit protection valve 50. This prevents the control and regulating device 28 from remaining on the vehicle in the repair case described.
- FIG. 5 a further embodiment of a compressed air generating device 2.6 having the features of the invention is shown in FIG.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 can be separated from the other components of the compressed air generating device 2.6 and can be operated remotely from these components.
- the control and regulating device 28 and the multi-circuit protection valve 50 have electrical connecting means 64, 68, which are at least indirectly releasably connected to one another via at least one flexible electrical line 56, 102.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 has pneumatic connecting means 62, which are at least indirectly releasably connected to the outlet of the air dryer 40 via at least one flexible pneumatic line 106.
- the compressed air generating device 2.6 has an electric motor 24 and two air compressors 16, 18 which can be driven by the electric motor 24 and act one after the other.
- the compressed air generating device 2.6 also has an air inlet 8*, via which ambient air L can be sucked in by means of the first air compressor 16.
- a coolant inlet opening 12 is present, via which the intercooler 20 and the aftercooler 22 from a first external cooling device 82 a liquid coolant can be supplied. Heated coolant can be discharged to the first external cooling device 82 via a coolant outlet opening 14 and a coolant discharge line Kout.
- the compressed air generating device 2.6 supplies the multi-circuit protection valve 50 with compressed air, via which the outlet of the air dryer 40 is pneumatically connected to at least one external compressed air storage 45 and external compressed air consumers 51, 52.
- a control and regulating device 28 which is connected to the multi-circuit protection valve 50 and the sensors arranged there via at least one sensor line 56.
- a dryer module 94* having the air dryer 40 has at least one electrical socket 100 and at least one pneumatic socket 104.
- the electrical socket 100 of the dryer module 94* is connected on the output side to the electrical socket 68 on the control and regulating device 28 via the sensor line 56 mentioned.
- An electrical plug of an electrical connecting line 102 is detachably plugged into the electrical socket 100 of the dryer module 94 on the input side.
- This electrical connecting line 102 has a second plug which is detachably plugged into the electrical plug socket 64 of the multi-circuit protection valve 50.
- the pneumatic socket 104 of the dryer module 94* is pneumatically connected to the fifth compressed air line DL5, through which dry compressed air coming from the air dryer 40 can be conducted to the compressed air consumers 51, 52 and to the compressed air storage 45.
- a plug of a pneumatic connecting line 106 is detachably inserted into this pneumatic socket 104 of the dryer module 94*.
- This pneumatic connecting line 106 has a second plug which is detachably plugged into the pneumatic plug socket 62 of the multi-circuit protection valve 50.
- Multi-circuit protection valve 50 comparatively far from the other components
- Compressed air generating device 2.6 may be arranged.
- the feasible distance is determined in particular by the maximum sensible length of the electrical connecting line 102 and the pneumatic connecting line 106.
- the use of such a compressed air generating device 2.6 takes place, for example, in a vehicle train consisting of a towing vehicle and several trailer vehicles, in which the multi-circuit protection valve 50 is arranged on one of the trailer vehicles, but the core components of the compressed air generating device 2.6 are placed on the towing vehicle.
- the compressed air lines DL6, DL7, DL8 emanating from the multi-circuit protection valve 50 and leading to the compressed air consumers 51, 52 and the at least one compressed air reservoir 45 can be kept comparatively short. This means that manufacturing costs can be reduced and the risk of cable damage can be reduced due to the reduced overall cable length.
- the air dryer module 94* can be made narrower, which can be advantageous when space on a vehicle is limited.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 with all of its sensors and electromagnetic switching valves arranged there can be connected to a central control device 110 of the vehicle via a single electrical line 108.
- the central control device 110 would then also be electrically connected to the first 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 or to the two 2/2-way solenoid switching valves used for this purpose via at least one control line 112.
- Such a central control device 110 of the vehicle would then also take over all other tasks of the control and regulating device 28 described.
- the compressed air generating device 2.8 includes a control and regulation system device 28, an electric motor 24, two air compressors 16, 18 that can be driven by the electric motor 24 and act one after the other, an air inlet 8 through which ambient air L can be sucked in by means of the first air compressor 16, a first air cooler designed and arranged as an intercooler 20 and one as an aftercooler 22 trained and arranged second air cooler, the inlet of the intercooler 20 being pneumatically connected to the outlet of the first air compressor 16, the outlet of the intercooler 20 being pneumatically connected to the inlet of the second air compressor 18, and the outlet of the second air compressor 18 being pneumatically connected is pneumatically connected to the inlet of the aftercooler 22, as well as an air dryer 40, the inlet of which is pneumatically connected to the outlet of the aftercooler 22, and with a coolant inlet opening 12, via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the intercooler 20 as well as the aftercooler 22 and other components of the compressed air generating device is, as well as with a
- the aftercooler 22 which is arranged as the last air cooler in front of the air dryer 40 in the flow direction of the compressed air, is the first to be flowed through by the coolant when viewed in the flow direction of the coolant.
- the coolant inlet of the aftercooler 22 is connected to the coolant inlet opening 12 via a first coolant line KL1, and that the coolant outlet of the aftercooler 22 is connected to a coolant inlet of the intercooler via a second coolant line KL2 20 is connected, that the coolant outlet of the intercooler 20 is connected via a seventh coolant line KL7 to a coolant inlet of a dryer module cooler 40.1, that a coolant outlet of the dryer module cooler 40.1 is connected to the coolant inlet of the electric motor 24 via an eighth coolant line KL8, that the Coolant outlet of the electric motor 24 is connected via a fourth coolant line KL4 to the coolant inlet of the second air compressor 18, that the coolant outlet of the second air compressor 18 is connected via a fifth coolant line KL5 to the coolant inlet of an inverter 26, which is used to control and regulate the electric motor 24 by means of the Control and regulating device 28 serves that
- the coolant inlet opening 12 and the coolant outlet opening 14 are hydraulically connected to the already mentioned first external cooling device 82.
- a first temperature sensor 73 is arranged at the output of the first external cooling device 82, which is connected to the control and regulating device 28 via a data line and/or sensor line 59, and by means of which the temperature of the coolant at the output of the first external cooling device 82 can be measured .
- the air dryer 40 or components thereof can also be actively cooled using the liquid coolant by means of the dryer module cooler 40.1.
- the housing of the air dryer 40 can be cooled, whereby the compressed air reaching the air dryer 40 is forced to release air moisture through condensation before it flows through the drying agent 41.
- the condensed water W then preferably reaches the collecting area 49 of the air dryer 40, which is shown in FIGS. 4 to 8, and is finally discharged into the outside environment.
- FIGS. 2 and 3 shows a simplified enlargement of the compressed air generating device 2.9, three external cooling devices 82, 120, 122, the intercooler 20, the aftercooler 22 and associated lines carrying the liquid coolant and the compressed air.
- the three cooling devices 82, 120, 122 can be used alternatively or additionally, if necessary, to cool the compressed air and the components of the compressed air generating device 2.9.
- the compressed air generating device 2.9 has the basic components mentioned several times without the need to describe them again here. Important In the case of the compressed air generating device 2.9, however, the three external cooling devices 82, 120, 122 can be connected to it, which can be used as required by the control and regulating device 28.
- the first external cooling device 82 in a first operating mode, can only use the first external cooling device 82 to cool its components and the compressed air, namely when the temperature of the liquid coolant is lower than the temperature of the two air compressors 16 , 18 generated compressed air.
- the coolant is not used to cool the compressed air in the aftercooler 22 and intercooler 20, but is used to cool the electric motor 24, the inverter 26 and the two air compressors 16, 18.
- a relevant control for using the coolant of the first external cooling device is carried out by means of the control and regulating device 28, which uses the measured values of the first temperature sensor 73 for this purpose and, to bypass the aftercooler 22 and the intercooler 20, an assigned one, not shown in the figures and in one can control an electromagnetic solenoid switching valve arranged in a separate coolant line.
- This separate coolant line connects the coolant inlet opening 12 with the inlet of the cooling device 25 of the electric motor 24.
- the separate solenoid switching valve is for example designed as a 2/2-way solenoid switching valve.
- the first cooling switching valve 130 It is opened with the first cooling switching valve 130 closed when the temperature of the coolant of the first external cooling device 82 is higher than the temperature of the compressed air in the aftercooler 22, but lower than the temperature of the cooling device 25 of the electric motor 24, the cooling device 27 of the inverter 26 and/or the cooling device 46, 48 of the first air compressor 48 and/or the second air compressor 18. This ensures that the electric motor 24, the inverter 26 and the two air compressors 16, 18 are also supplied with the liquid by the first external cooling device 82 Coolant is supplied to cool the same if the coolant temperature is higher than the temperature of the compressed air at the aftercooler 22.
- the output of the first air compressor 16 via a a second cooling switching valve 132 designed as a 3/2-way solenoid switching valve can be connected to an input of a second external cooling device 120, that the second cooling switching valve 132 is connected in terms of control technology to the control and regulating device 28, and that the output of the second external cooling device 120 is connected to the Input of the second air compressor 18 is pneumatically connected.
- the compressed air then passes from the outlet of the second air compressor 18 to the aftercooler 22 and from there to the air dryer 40. Since the aftercooler 22 is passive with regard to compressed air cooling in this operating situation, its flow through does not increase the temperature of the compressed air.
- a third external cooling device can be switched on as an alternative.
- the output of the second air compressor 18 can be connected to an input of a third external cooling device 122 via a third cooling switching valve 134 designed as a 3/2-way solenoid switching valve, so that the third cooling switching valve 134 is connected to the control system in terms of control technology. and control device 28 is connected, and that the output of the third external cooling device 122 is connected to the input of the air dryer 40.
- the temperature of the compressed air can be adjusted to a desired value, whereby a very extensive condensation of air moisture in the compressed air occurs before it reaches the air dryer 40 or its drying material 41 is achievable.
- the second external cooling device 120 and the third external cooling device 122 can be designed as air-air heat exchangers. As shown in FIG. 3 in the area of the marking area A there, the compressed air is guided in opposite directions in the lines leading to these two external cooling devices 120, 122.
- a method for using the compressed air generating device 2.8 according to FIG. 1 provides that the coolant coming from the coolant outlet of the intercooler 20 is not conveyed directly, but via a dryer module cooler 40.1 to the coolant inlet of the electric motor 24, and that the dryer module cooler 40.1 at least components of the air dryer 40, such as its housing, cools.
- a method for using the compressed air generating device 2.9 according to FIGS. 2 and 3 provides that the temperature of the coolant is measured at the outlet of the first external cooling device 82 or at the inlet of the aftercooler 22, and that when the determined temperature of the coolant is a has previously set high first limit value reached or exceeded, the transport of compressed air coming from the outlet of the first air compressor 16 no longer takes place via the intercooler 20 but via a second external cooling device 120 to the inlet of the second air compressor 18.
- the temperature of the coolant is measured at the outlet of the first external cooling device 82 or at the inlet of the aftercooler 22, and that when the temperature of the coolant has reached or exceeded a predetermined second limit value, which is greater than the first limit value, the transport of compressed air coming from the outlet of the first air compressor 16 does not pass through the intercooler 20 but via the second external cooling device 120 to the inlet of the second air compressor 18, and that then additionally the transport of compressed air coming from the outlet of the second air compressor 18 does not take place via the aftercooler 22 but via a third external cooling device 122 to the outlet of the aftercooler 22 or is directed to the entrance of the air dryer 40.
- the first external cooling device 82 is not used to cool the compressed air, but the other two external cooling devices 120, 122 are used.
- the aftercooler 22 is also bypassed by the compressed air.
- Regeneration switching valve first 3/2-way solenoid switching valve
- Second temperature sensor (measuring coolant temperature)
- Third temperature sensor (measuring coolant temperature)
- External cooling device 88 separators, water and particle separators
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