- Intake filter with microfilter paper insert
- Multi-function intake controller
- Oil injection
- Compressor airend
- Oil separator vessel
- Oil separator cartridge
- Minimum pressure non-return valve
- Oil cooler and
- Aftercooler parallel with cooling air flow
- Oil microfilter
- Thermostatic valve
- Cleaning access point
BOGE S series screw compressors draw in atmospheric air through a
cabinet pre-filter mat, into a paper intake filter (1) before entering
the multifunction intake regulator (2). The cleaned air then passes into
the airend that is driven by an electric motor.
Continuously cooled BOGE compressor oil is then injected into the screws in accurately metered quantities (3).
Oil fulfils three functions:
- Cooling
- Sealing
- Lubrication
It absorbs and removes the heat generated by the compression process. At
the same time, it seals the compression gap between the contra rotating
screws and the airend case as well as lubricating the rotor bearings.
The compressed air oil mixture leaves the airend (4) via a flanged
connection directly onto the horizontal separation vessel (5) without
any pressure loss. Here, the oil is initially separated by mechanical
impingement and finally by precipitation caused by the rapid reduction
in flow velocity, to an efficiency of more than 99%. There is zero
pressure reduction.
By the time the compressed air passes through the final spin-on oil
separator cartridge (6) there is a minimal residual oil content of only 1
- 3 mg/m³ in every operating mode.
After final separation, the air passes through the minimum pressure
valve (7) and into the cooler pack (9) where it is cooled to approx. 8
°C above inlet temperature. A large percentage of the condensate
contained in the compressed air is separated here. The compressed air
then finally reaches the network via a normal gate valve.
Oil separated in the horizontal separation vessel rapidly de-aerates and
therefore reduces foam quickly. Downstream in the generously sized oil
cooler (8) there is optimum cooling for re-injection to the airend. The
final spin-on oil filter cartridge cleans the oil so that it can be
re-circulated. A thermostatic oil valve (11) ensures that all BOGE screw
compressors work at an optimum temperature in all operating phases.