Homemade Compressed Air Cooler Dryer. Compressed air always contains water, coming from the air that is sucked in by the compressor. The most common placement of the heat exchanger when using this method is actually right after the air compressor pump and before the tank.
They have a holding tank where the water stays pretty cold. Compressed air always contains water, coming from the air that is sucked in by the compressor. Exactly what do you mean by dryer?
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It’s goal is to cool the air before it gets to the tank, which causes it to drop a bunch of the moisture (not all, you still want a dryer or other moisture reducer if you need really dry air for applications like painting). The cooler, ambient air removes heat from the compressed air. Love my compressor and refrigerated air dryer. Prevent rust and condensate problems by installing a compressed air dryer to remove water from your compressed air.