What is the purpose of the soft water flowing inside the compressor housing?
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This post was last edited by Zhang Liming on 2011-4-7 09:25. What is the purpose of using soft water at around 50 degrees Celsius in the reciprocating cycle gas compressor used in the crude benzene hydrogenation refining process? Thank you all for paying attention to my question. Many of you have made very reasonable and professional points; indeed, soft water can be replaced by recycled water, as this helps prevent scaling. The role of soft water is to cool the cylinder body and the packing. A friend was right; the temperature requirement for soft water is to prevent the liquefiable components in the gas from liquefying and damaging the cylinder.
The main function of softened water in compressors is cooling. For reciprocating compressors, there are two key aspects related to softened water: one is the cooling water for the main packing at each stage； One is the cooling water jackets for cylinders at all levels. Generally, the cooling water temperature for the main filler should be lower, but the temperature of the softened water used in the cylinder should be 5°C higher than the temperature of the medium entering it; this is to prevent some of the medium from liquefying due to low temperatures, which could cause the cylinders to collide with each other.
I’m not very familiar with the cycle gas compressor (reciprocating type) used in the crude benzene hydrogenation refining process, but generally, soft water is used in reciprocating compressors to cool the packing or the cylinder block
Water is added for cooling, and soft water is used to prevent scaling. Do you understand?
Cooling circulating water does not cause scale formation
Soft water is mainly used for filler cooling in reciprocating machines.
Cooling effect: Using soft water prevents scaling
Reply to 4# chenhj20040921: That makes a lot of sense; I think it should be the same way
Since it is used for cooling, why choose soft water at 50 degrees? Recycled water (although of poor quality) can completely serve as a substitute. Economically speaking, the cost of producing soft water is much higher than that of using recycled water. I would appreciate your advice
Where does it lead? Did you see clearly that it went into the same machine? Not inside the jacket?