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Air Receivers & Storage Tanks

Air Receivers & Storage Tanks Overview :-

Tipo Heat Exchangers are engaged in manufacturing, supplying and exporting a qualitative range of Compressed Air Receivers. These products are manufactured using high-grade quality raw material, procured from authentic vendors of the industry. Moreover, these products are demanded extensively in various industries and are appreciated for their durable standards, functional efficiency and reliable performance.

Air receivers storage tank

Features Of Air Receivers & Storage Tanks : –

  • Robust construction
  • Compact design
  • Functional efficiency
  • Durable standards
  • High performance

Technical Specification of  Air Receivers & Storage Tanks :

Types: Vertical Air Receivers, Horizontal Air Receivers

Range: Upto 10 M³ at 7 Kg/cm2 operating pressure

Location: After Compressor & After cooler

MOC: As per national & international standards of pressure vessel code

Stores the pressurized compressed air

Helps to maintain constant pressure at downstream

Cools the compressed air

Vertical Air Receivers helps to separate oil & moisture from compressed air

To allow compressor have optimum level of rest

Advantages of Air Receivers & Storage Tanks : –

An air receiver tank is an integral and important part of any compressed air system. Typically a receiver tank is sized at 6-10 times the flow rate of the system. So, if a compressor has a rating of 25 scfm at 100 psig, the receiver tank should be 150 cubic feet, minimum. In a compressed air system, a receiver tank provides the following benefits:

  1. The receiver tank acts as a reservoir of compressed air for peak demands.
  2. The receiver tank will help remove water from the system by allowing the air a chance to cool.
  3. The receiver tank minimizes pulsation in the system caused by a reciprocating compressor or a cyclic process downstream.

Much like a water reservoir provides water during times of drought and stores water during the wet times, an air receiver tank compensates for peak demand and helps balance the supply of the compressor with the demand of the system.

Receiver tanks are required by law to have a pressure relief valve and a pressure gauge. The relief valve should be set to 10% higher than the working pressure of the system.

This post was written by David Connaughton, Product Marketing Manager, Industrial Gas Generators, Parker Hannifin.