Compressed Air
Operations Manual
An Illustrated Guide to
Selection, Installation, and Maintenance
Brian Elliott
Effectively Specify, Install, Maintain,
Operate, and Improve Compressed Air Systems
This manual is essential reading for anyone
requiring a concise working knowledge of compressed air systems,
support equipment, and pneumatic applications.
A must read for those responsible for
specifying a new system, maintaining or improving an existing one,
or using delivered air for a given application, Compressed Air
Operations Manual delivers the background information necessary
to make informed, dollar-smart decisions regarding compressed air
requirements.
Extensively illustrated and easy to
understand, Compressed Air Operations Manual covers such key topics
as:
- Compressed air applications
- Compressor types
- The conservation of energy as it applies to
compressed air, compression systems, and compressed air dryers
- Designing or specifying compression systems
- Evaluating existing systems
The author includes two compressed air
projects that provide valuable hands-on experience along with tips
and techniques that can be applied to both new and existing systems.
| * Compressed Air
History * Pneumatic Applications * Compressor Types *
Compressed Air Sources * Compressed Air Dryers * Support
Components * Pneumatic Controls * Electrical Controls * System
Maintenance * Energy Management * System Models * Specifying a
System * Air Audits |
Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1. The History of Compressed Air
Chapter 2. Compressed Air Applications
Chapter 3. Compressor Types
Chapter 4. The Conservation of Mass and
Energy as Applied to Compressed Air
Chapter 5. The Compressed Air Supply
Chapter 6. Compressed Air DryersChapter
7. Support Components
Chapter 8. Pneumatic Controls
Chapter 9. Electrical Controls
Chapter 10. Maintenance
Chapter 11. Energy and Costs Associated
with Compressed Air
Chapter 12. System Models
Chapter 13: Specifying a Compression
System
Chapter 14: Conducting an Air Audit
Chapter 15: Single-Stage Home-Built Air
Compressor
Chapter 16: Home-Built Compressed Air
Drying System
Appendix A: Glossary of Terms and
Abbreviations
Appendix B: Miscellaneous Technical
Information
Appendix C: Occupational Safety & Health
Administration (OSHA) Laws and Regulations Concerning Compressed
Air
Appendix D: Answers to Chapter Questions
Index
Biographical notes:
Brian S. Elliott is Vice President of
Engineering and Manufacturing at Air-Options, Inc. With more than
thirty years of experience, he is responsible for managing all
engineering, manufacturing, field operations, and sales efforts
within the company.
Brian also oversees all product engineering
specifications, R&D, prototyping, testing, and production design
activities on all new products.
Hardcover - 6 x 9-1/4 in.
407 Pages
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