Air compressor Dryer Water Condensation

Hello waterlucky,

Oil leak:should be attended to at once, before lack of proper lubrication troubles appear.

Water condensation: You do not advise location, so the local climate cannot be established.

Also you do not advise working pressure and delivery rate (cubic feet per minute) and thus it is difficult to establish dew-point etc for that unknown location.

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What you wrote was good, but I have found that any compressor gathers water from the air in the receiver and it needs to be let out by a small valve from time to time. Is it possible that this compressor does that automatically?

Others have already addressed the oil leak - check it out quickly!

By definition a dryer must remove water from the compressed air. That water has to go somewhere. It should be directed to a drain somewhere, but on the way it should pass through an oil separator to prevent sending oil down the drain, unless there is already a very good oil separator between the compressor and the dryer. The water should certainly not be allowed just to drip down on whatever is below!

It's normal for a refrigerant type dryer to experience condensation. That's how they dry the air: by condensing it out. Usually, there should be some type of collection chamber with an autodrain valve. In this case, it may be possible that the water being drained is not being channeled into the sewers but simply allowed to drain onto the floor.

i understannd from my friend that they are using a auto drain valve at the dryer; the drain v/v is working ok...however what i saw is condensation at the dryer machine frame; i saw the flood and bend down to take a look & saw the condensation on the bottom frame; it is happening at the side frame of the dryer too... its refrigerant type..

also the ambient of the factory is quite humi & warm... the problem is very annoying to see the flood everywhere though.. any suggestion?

Any condensation on the outside of the machine is wasted energy. That part of the machine needs to have better insulation. Just be sure you don't interfere with the escape of heat from the condenser coils. The machine was probably designed for use in a less humid and/or cooler environment.

Dryer is meant to remove water and no surprise. ONly thing this need to be channelled outside through a drain. Neither it can be removed by opening the valve continuously. So check what is the condensed water removal mechanism in the compressor.

Oil leakage - Chekc where is the oil leak from. Is it from a pipe, or from any joint. In witherway OIL leakage is dangerous and to be arrested immediately