Water Lubricated Twin-Screw Compressor Water Quality Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional water lubrication screw-type compressors face issues with water quality degradation, leading to decreased cooling and airproofing effectiveness over time, which affects compression efficiency and increases metal corrosion.
Innovation Solution
A water lubrication twin-screw air compressor system that includes a water-loop system with multiple water treatment and filtration devices to maintain water quality, comprising a water supply device with a first and second water-treatment device and a water filter, ensuring purified water is injected into the compressor for improved cooling, lubrication, and airproofing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-generated harmful factors
If water is used for lubrication in screw-type compressors, then oil-free operation is achieved with no vaporized oil contamination, but water quality degrades over time leading to decreased cooling and airproofing effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-treating water through filtration and treatment devices before it enters the compressor. The water-loop system includes a water filter and water treatment device that prepare the water in advance, ensuring it maintains high quality throughout operation and preventing degradation before it can affect compression efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements continuity of useful action through the closed water-loop system that continuously circulates and re-treats water. The water is constantly filtered and treated as it recirculates through the compressor, maintaining consistent cooling and lubrication effectiveness without interruption or quality loss over time.
2Device complexity
If water quality is not maintained, then the system is simpler, but corrosion of metal components increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-treating water through filtration and treatment devices before it enters the compressor. The water-loop system includes a water filter and water treatment device that prepare the water in advance, ensuring it maintains high quality throughout operation and preventing degradation before it can affect compression efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements continuity of useful action through the closed water-loop system that continuously circulates and re-treats water. The water is constantly filtered and treated as it recirculates through the compressor, maintaining consistent cooling and lubrication effectiveness without interruption or quality loss over time.
3Temperature
If water is injected into the compression chamber, then cooling and airproofing effects are improved, but water quality degradation reduces these effects over time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements continuity of useful action through the closed water-loop system that continuously circulates and re-treats water. The water is constantly filtered and treated as it recirculates through the compressor, maintaining consistent cooling and lubrication effectiveness without interruption or quality loss over time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by continuously monitoring and adjusting water quality parameters through filtration and treatment processes. The system modifies the physical and chemical properties of the water to maintain optimal conditions for cooling and airproofing, ensuring consistent performance throughout operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system maintains water quality, reducing metal corrosion and enhancing compression efficiency by continuously purifying and filtering water, thereby improving cooling and airproofing within the compressor.
Implementation Method 1
The second water-loop unit includes a water filter to remove the impurities in water
Implementation Method 2
the oil cools down the compression heat during the compression process, thus decreasing the compression temperature
Implementation Method 3
The water lubrication screw-type compressor employs an oil-free design in the compression chamber
Data Source
AI summary
A water lubrication screw type air compressor includes a compressor, an air-loop system and a water-loop system. The water-loop system includes a water supply device, a first water-loop unit and a second water-loop unit. The water supply device includes a first water-treatment device to modify the water quality and provide purified water. The first water-loop unit includes a second water-treatment device to modify water quality and reduce the corrosion of metal components. The second water-loop unit includes a water filter to remove the impurities in water and maintain the purity of cycling water. Therefore, the water-loop system in the present disclosure includes multiple water-treatment devices and filters to maintain the water quality. The purified water ensures better cooling, lubrication and air proofing when injected into the compressor.