What is an Air Receiver Tank?
Air Receiver Tank commonly referred to as vessels or tanks that are used to receive and to store compressed air after leaving the air compressor, so that, the compressed air reserve can be used without running the air compressor.
The main purpose of this is to act as temporary storage to accommodate the peaks of demand from your system and to optimize the running efficiency of your plant.
Main Functions
There are 3 main functions of an air receiver tank :
- Storage of compressed air produced by the compressor before use of compressed air. The air produced from the compressor cannot be used directly without first being held in the tube to a certain working pressure.
- To lower the temperature of the compressed air. The compressed air produced from the compressor is generally hot, when it enters the air receiver tank the temperature will drop some of the water vapor will also condense. And this also reduces the workload of the air dryer.
- As a pressure buffer in the piping system. The farther one point of use is from the compressor, the lower the air pressure at that point. Having a tube at the end of the pipe will keep the pressure at that point from dropping. This principle is the same as for the loop system in the installation of compressed air pipes.
The Air Receiver volume required by the facility depends on several factors :
- Air compressor capacity in cubic feet per minute (CFM), CFM at maximum demand;
- Consistency of air flow & pipe diameter.
Proper Size
Factors to be considered in determining proper size of an air receivers :
- Minimizing pressure fluctuations/drops
- Meeting short term peak air demands
- Energy considerations
- Safety considerations
Air Receiver Tank fabrication service is one of PT Tri Daya Maxima’s core competencies. PT Tri Daya Maxima has the competencies in designing, fabrication, and installation of air receiver tank.
