Every month,
Hydraulics & Pneumatics offers our readers in-depth information about compressed air systems in a series titled
Automate With Air. In our February 2011 issue, our feature describes hybrid air dryers.
The two most common types of dryers are refrigeration and desiccant. This article reveals some details about a hybrid air dryer made by Kaeser Compressors of Fredericksburg, VA that reportedly combines the energy savings of a refrigerated dryer with the low dew points of a desiccant dryer.
With energy efficiency being top-of-mind for most system designers, this hybrid dryer offers some excellent efficiencies. To read more about it, either visit our
website or go to our
digital issue and refer to page 50. While you are there, please go to the very last page and subscribe for free.
