Hello, I'm having a tough time sizing an air compressor for my startup brewery. I've been getting different advice from a few different sales guys, and wanted to see if any of you have some advice.
Is anyone using a rotary screw compressor that takes oil, or are oil-less compressors the only way to go?
Other sales guys have told me that I'd be better off with a reciprocating piston compressor instead of a rotary screw compressor, and yet another guy said I'd be better off with an enclosed scroll system.
I'm also wondering if say a 15HP Ingersoll Rand 3-phase power 80 gallon tank rotary screw Total Air System (with dryers, separators, and filters) would be appropriate, or if I'd need additional air storage capacity.
I'll be using about 25 peak CFM in the brewhouse area (brewhouse valves and mash filter), and then 150 feet away in the packaging area i'll be using another 20 peak CFM on 5 machines, for an approximate 45 total peak CFM. I'm wondering if I put a compressor like the one mentioned above in the Packaging area, if that will be sufficient for everything, or if I should install a separate 80 gallon compressed air storage tank in the Brewhouse that I connect to the compressor in the Packaging area?
Please let me know what you guys think.
Cheers!
Nathan
Is anyone using a rotary screw compressor that takes oil, or are oil-less compressors the only way to go?
Other sales guys have told me that I'd be better off with a reciprocating piston compressor instead of a rotary screw compressor, and yet another guy said I'd be better off with an enclosed scroll system.
I'm also wondering if say a 15HP Ingersoll Rand 3-phase power 80 gallon tank rotary screw Total Air System (with dryers, separators, and filters) would be appropriate, or if I'd need additional air storage capacity.
I'll be using about 25 peak CFM in the brewhouse area (brewhouse valves and mash filter), and then 150 feet away in the packaging area i'll be using another 20 peak CFM on 5 machines, for an approximate 45 total peak CFM. I'm wondering if I put a compressor like the one mentioned above in the Packaging area, if that will be sufficient for everything, or if I should install a separate 80 gallon compressed air storage tank in the Brewhouse that I connect to the compressor in the Packaging area?
Please let me know what you guys think.
Cheers!
Nathan
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