Hi all, I do these Q&As over on the Reddit Brewery subreddit every year or so and thought it may be good to do here
I'm Mike, I work around Illinois and Iowa in the compressed air industry. We also handle on-site nitrogen generation and blowers/using air for blowing off. We've recently expanded into point of use and whole-system glycol chillers and opened an online store that enables us to ship compressors, dryers, filters, etc around the country.
One of the most common things I've seen with craft breweries is using an oil-lubed piston compressor to make air and then send it to a keg washer/packaging line without using any filters or dryers to clean up the air. You're going to damage the keg washer, possibly contaminate the cleaned kegs with oil, and generally have poor air quality.
The most common question I get is on compressor type and the correct kind of filtration/dryer you should be using. I have a quick post here about the differences between compressor types. Drying and filtration will depend on the compressor but in almost every case I recommend NOT using those canister-style desiccant filters. If your compressors passes oil (and it will unless it's oil-less) they become useless pretty soon after you install them.
Got any questions about compressors, air filtration, or on site nitrogen generation? I've got answers.
I'm Mike, I work around Illinois and Iowa in the compressed air industry. We also handle on-site nitrogen generation and blowers/using air for blowing off. We've recently expanded into point of use and whole-system glycol chillers and opened an online store that enables us to ship compressors, dryers, filters, etc around the country.
One of the most common things I've seen with craft breweries is using an oil-lubed piston compressor to make air and then send it to a keg washer/packaging line without using any filters or dryers to clean up the air. You're going to damage the keg washer, possibly contaminate the cleaned kegs with oil, and generally have poor air quality.
The most common question I get is on compressor type and the correct kind of filtration/dryer you should be using. I have a quick post here about the differences between compressor types. Drying and filtration will depend on the compressor but in almost every case I recommend NOT using those canister-style desiccant filters. If your compressors passes oil (and it will unless it's oil-less) they become useless pretty soon after you install them.
Got any questions about compressors, air filtration, or on site nitrogen generation? I've got answers.
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