Case Study - Compressed Air Dryer Monitoring

In many process industries dry, oil free compressed air is essential for the process e.g. food, pharmaceutical, soft drinks, the sector list is extensive.

An essential item of equipment installed on compressed air supplies is the air dryer designed to remove water vapour and other contaminants from the compressed air. To prevent damage to product and reputation it is essential that the air dryers and filter equipment used on critical air supplies are selected carefully at the outset to provide a high margin of safety at all times.Energy efficiency is also vitally important since compressed air is an expensive utility to waste.

The life cycle maintenance of the equipment is absolutely key to mitigating product risk and reducing waste.

Safewell has implemented a remote monitoring solution for compressed air purification dryers using its Viewprocess product.

Viewprocess allows key performance indicators to be measured, monitored and logged in real time. Data is uploaded to our secure servers and is then accessible using a standard browser on PC's or 3G mobile hand sets. Graphical data is automatically created for review and comparison. SMS text messages are configured to provide automatic alerts when any of the key process parameters indicates a potential risk to the air quality or inefficient use of compressed air.

Examples of typical graphs are shown below: