APPARATUS FOR DRYING COMPRESSED AIR Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: equipment for drying compressed air. SUBSTANCE: apparatus includes inlet and outlet manifolds, additional manifold, moisture separator divided by means of tube wall by two sections. First section is joined by means of inlet pipelines with inlet manifold, second section through tube plate is connected by means of outlet pipelines arranged inside inlet pipelines with outlet manifold. Upper portion of first section is connected with medium portion of second section by means of connecting branch pipe. The last is in the form of slit tore. In lower part of branch pipe there is baffle arranged with gap relative to inner wall of tore for separating liquid flowing along wall and bottom of tore from air flow. EFFECT: significant increase of drying degree. 1 dwg