I got it all connected and started running several test procedures , at first I had a few minor leaks in the soldered 1/2 inside diam. copper tubing connections where I failed to get perfect solder coverage and a few more minor leaks in the threaded pipe sections of the franzinator that I tracked down quickly with a spray bottle of water mixed with DAWN dish wash detergent ,
(leaks result in bubbles in the soap mist solution sprayed on suspected leaks)
once those were resealed and corrected it became obvious that the hot air from the compressors entering the franzinator rapidly heated the franzinator to the point that very little moisture was collecting and being separated in the franzinator , just like you found with your IR heat gun, testing,
so the franzinator was effectively mostly useless at this point,
Did you mean effective or ineffective ???
and under these current conditions, a rather disappointing failure in my opinion, as it doesn,t truly eliminate the moisture although it does seem to work marginally [/color], but the concept is valid so I need to install two heat exchangers or fan equipped condensers on the compressor feed lines before the air reaches the franzinator moisture collector
I'm getting mostly muck or emulsified oil out of the Franz. Probably because my compressor is 30 years old and a lot of oil is getting past the rings.
to dissipate the heat in the compressed air and let the franzinator work as a moisture collection and separation point, one thing that had me rather confused for a few minutes was the feed lines from both compressors enter the franzinator at about 1/3rd of the height and the two compressor tanks are fed from the upper franzinator connection, I had the tank gauges reading 120 psi on both tanks and opened the lower ball valve on the franzinator, naturally I got a rush of high pressure air exit the lower fanzinator but the pressure drained off in seconds yet the pressure gauges on the tank failed to drop even when there was no pressure left in the franzinator ????? then I figured out that theres a one way check valve in the top of each 60 gallon air storage tanks input line, so it will allow high pressure air flow into the storage tanks from the franzinator but it won,t allow back flow out too the franzinator back thru the input lines to the storage tanks if the pressure drops in the franzinator.
You must be talking about the Unloader valve that bleeds the pressure of the compressor pump so it's NOT starting against 120 psi. Once the compressor stops and the pressure is bleed off, the Franz is NOT holding any pressure any more.
ON FEBRUARY 23 I POSTED : You might want to try this mod. I've yet to try it thou.
Indycars said:
This does not concern drying the air, but I would suggest moving the unloader valve to the input of the air dryer. There is a lot more volume of compressed air now that is trapped between the pump to receiving tank section. This is being dumped and is a waste of energy. It use to take a few seconds to work, but now the process is about 30-40 seconds long.
the solution seems simple enough but I need to find the correct components at a decent price to make the concept work and still remain cost effective