Compressor Cooling System With Offset Coolers And Independent Blowers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing compressor systems face inefficiencies in cooling both lubricant and compressed air, leading to potential overheating and reduced performance, with separate oil and air coolers requiring synchronized fan control, limiting independent adjustment of cooling air flow and increasing manufacturing and assembly costs.
Innovation Solution
The compressor system features two independently controllable blowers supplying separate cooling chambers for the lubricant and compressed air coolers, allowing independent operation to optimize cooling air flow based on specific requirements, with the coolers arranged offset to facilitate efficient media routing and easy assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If separate oil and air coolers are used with synchronized fan control, then both lubricant and compressed air can be cooled, but independent adjustment of cooling air flow is limited and manufacturing/assembly costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling system is segmented into two independent cooling circuits: one for the oil cooler and one for the air cooler. Each circuit has its own blower that can be controlled independently, allowing separate adjustment of cooling air flow to each cooler based on specific requirements without synchronized control complexity
2Loss of energy
If coolers are positioned on the same plane located together on the outside, then waste heat dissipation is efficient, but manufacturing and assembly costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The coolers are arranged in different spatial planes rather than on the same plane. The oil cooler is positioned in a first plane while the air cooler is positioned in a second plane, allowing both to dissipate heat efficiently while simplifying manufacturing and assembly processes through this dimensional arrangement
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This design enables efficient and energy-saving cooling of both lubricant and compressed air, reducing the risk of overheating and improving system performance while maintaining cost-effectiveness and ease of integration and maintenance.
Implementation Method 1
a lubricant cooler for cooling a lubricant
Implementation Method 2
a compressed air cooler for cooling the generated compressed air
Implementation Method 3
a blower unit for supplying cooling air to the lubricant cooler and the compressed air cooler
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AI summary
The invention relates to a compressor system for generating compressed air. It comprises a drive (01), a driven compressor (02), a lubricant cooler (09), a compressed air cooler (12) and a blower unit. The blower unit has at least two blowers (06, 07) that can be controlled independent of one another, which convey cooling air to first and second cooling chambers (08, 11) that are separated from one another, wherein the first cooling chamber (08) conveys the cooling air to the lubricant cooler (09), and the second cooling chamber (11) conveys the cooling air to the compressed air cooler (12). The lubricant cooler (09) and the compressed air cooler (12) have an arrangement that is offset to one another in such a way that the axes of their inflow and outflow flanges (13), arranged on their lateral walls, are located in different planes. The invention also relates to a method for operating a compressor system that generates compressed air, wherein at least two control signals that are independent of one another are provided for two blowers (06, 07).