Parker Products OIL-X EVOLUTION User Manual

OIL-X EVOLUTION

The most energy efficient

compressed air filters

in the world

www.domnickhunter.com

COMPRESSED AIR - THE 4TH UTILITY

COMPRESSED AIR IS A SAFE AND RELIABLE POWER SOURCE THAT IS WIDELY USED THROUGHOUT INDUSTRY.
APPROXIMATELY 90% OF ALL COMPANIES USE COMPRESSED AIR IN SOME ASPECT OF THEIR OPERATIONS,

OWEVER UNLIKE GAS, WATER AND ELECTRICITY, COMPRESSED AIR IS GENERATED ON-SITE, GIVING THE USER

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RESPONSIBILITY FOR AIR QUALITY AND OPERATIONAL COSTS.

COMPRESSED AIR IS NOT WITHOUT IT’S PROBLEMS, WITH ALL SYSTEMS SUFFERING FROM PERFORMANCE

ND RELIABILITY ISSUES. ALMOST ALL OF THESE CAN BE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO CONTAMINATION, THE

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MAIN SOURCES OF WHICH ARE :

• THE AMBIENT AIR BEING DRAWN INTO THE COMPRESSOR

• THE TYPE AND OPERATION OF THE AIR COMPRESSOR

• COMPRESSED AIR STORAGE VESSELS

• DISTRIBUTION PIPEWORK

There are 10 major contaminants found in a compressed air system, these are:

• Water Vapour

• Condensed Water

• Water Aerosols

• Atmospheric Dirt

• Rust

• Pipescale

The largest quantity of contamination introduced into the
compressed air system originates from the atmospheric air
drawn into the compressor and not as often believed,
introduced by the compressor itself. The most prolific and
problematic of the contaminants is water which accounts
for 99.9% of the total liquid contamination found in a
compressed air system.

• Liquid Oil

• Micro-organisms

• Oil Aerosols

• Oil Vapour

High efficiency compressed air filtration is not only used
to remove particulate and oil, but more importantly it
removes water aerosols and is key to operating an efficient
and cost effective compressed air system.

Regardless of what type of compressor is installed,
the same level of filtration is required.

Contaminant removal

Failure to remove this contamination can cause numerous

oblems in the compressed air system, such as:

pr

osion within storage vessels and the

Corr

•
distribution system

• Blocked or frozen valves, cylinders, air motors
and tools

• Damaged production equipment

• Premature unplanned desiccant changes
for adsorption dryers

w highlights each of the purification technologies required to remove the different contaminants present

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in the compressed air system.

Purification Equipment Technologies

1

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Bulk Condensed

Water

Water Separator ✓✗ ✗✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
Coalescing Filter ✗✗ ✓✓✓ ✗ ✓✓
Adsorption Filter ✗✗ ✗✗✗ ✓ ✗✗
Adsorption Dryer ✗✓ ✗✗✗ ✗ ✗ ✗

Refrigeration Dryer ✗✓ ✗✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗

val Filter

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Dust R

obiological Filter

Micr

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✗

Water Vapour Water Aerosols

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o-organisms to exhaust from valves,
cylinders, air motors and tools, can lead to an unhealthy
working environment with the potential for personal injury,
staff absences and financial compensation claims.

Compressed air contamination will ultimately lead to:

Inefficient pr

•

oduction proc

esses

• Spoiled, damaged or reworked products

• Reduced production efficiency

• Increase manufacturing costs

CONTAMINANTS

Atmospheric Dirt

& Solid Particulate

✗✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓
✗

✓

Micro-organisms Oil Vapour

✓✗ ✗✗

Liquid Oil & Oil

Aerosols

Rust &

Pipescale

ARE ALL COMPRESSED AIR FILTERS THE SAME?

COMPRESSED AIR PURIFICATION EQUIPMENT IS ESSENTIAL TO ALL MODERN PRODUCTION FACILITIES.
IT MUST DELIVER UNCOMPROMISING PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY WHILST PROVIDING THE RIGHT

ALANCE OF AIR QUALITY WITH THE LOWEST COST OF OPERATION. TODAY, MANY MANUFACTURERS

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OFFER PRODUCTS FOR THE FILTRATION AND PURIFICATION OF CONTAMINATED COMPRESSED AIR,

HICH ARE OFTEN SELECTED ONLY UPON THEIR INITIAL PURCHASE COST, WITH LITTLE OR NO REGARD

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FOR THE AIR QUALITY THEY PROVIDE OR THE COST OF OPERATION THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE. WHEN
PURCHASING PURIFICATION EQUIPMENT, THE DELIVERED AIR QUALITY, COST OF OPERATION AND THE
OVERALL COST OF OWNERSHIP MUST ALWAYS BE CONSIDERED.

THE DOMNICK HUNTER DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
ALL DOMNICK HUNTER FILTRATION AND PURIFICATION PRODUCTS
ARE DESIGNED WITH THE PHILOSOPHY OF AIR QUALITY, ENERGY
EFFICIENCY AND LOW LIFETIME COSTS.

Air quality

Compressed air purification
equipment is installed to deliver high
quality, clean dry air, and to eliminate
the problems and costs associated
with contamination. When selecting
this type of equipment, the delivered
air quality and the verification of
performance must always be the
primary driver, otherwise why install
it in the first place.

Energy efficiency

After air quality, the next

ation when sel

onsider

c

ompressed air filter is the cost of

c
operation. OIL-X EVOLUTION filters
not only provide air quality in
accordance with the international

ds, they are designed to do

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so with the l

owest operational

costs available.

ecting a

• OIL-X EVOLUTION filters provide
air quality in accordance with
ISO 8573.1:2001, the international
standard for compressed air quality

• OIL-X EVOLUTION coalescing filters are
the first range of filters specifically
designed to deliver air quality in
accordance with ISO 8573.1 : 2001 when
tested with the stringent requirements
of the new ISO 12500-1 international
standard for Compressed Air Filter
Testing

• OIL-X EVOLUTION dust removal filters
and adsorption filters are also tested in
accordance with the test methods of the
ISO 8573 series

OIL-X EV

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osses to a minimum

Deep pleat el

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OLUTION filt

ement technology and specially treated filtration media

ers use aerospace technology to keep pressure

• OIL-X EVOLUTION filter
performance has been
independently verified by Lloyds
Register

• OIL-X EVOLUTION coalescing and
dust removal filters are covered by
a one year compressed air quality
guarantee

• The air quality guarantee
is automatically renewed with
annual maintenance

provides a low pressure loss filter element with 450% more filtration
surface area when compared to a conventional wrapped filter, and 200%
greater area than typical pleated filter elements

• Overall pressure losses start low and stay low throughout the
12 month life of the filter element

• Can help to significantly reduce your carbon footprint

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Initial Saturated Differential

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200 4,973 2,139
250 6,259 2,691
300 9,619 4,136

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Annual Savings with OIL-X EV

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Environmental Saving Kg/CO

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System Pressure : 7 bar g
Compressor Size : 120 Kw

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OIL-X EVOLUTION Grade AA Coalescing Filter

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450
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16,339
19,699
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7,026
8,470

Low lifetime costs

Equipment with a low purchase price may turn out to be a more costly investment in the long term. By guaranteeing

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air quality and ensuring ener

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AIR QUALITY

THE DOMNICK HUNTER OIL-X EVOLUTION RANGE OF COMPRESSED AIR FILTERS HAS BEEN DESIGNED FROM THE
OUTSET TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF ISO 8573.1 : 2001, THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR COMPRESSED

IR QUALITY, WHEN VALIDATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF ISO 12500, THE INTERNATIONAL

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STANDARD FOR FILTER TESTING AND THE TEST METHODS OF ISO 8573.2, ISO 8573.4 AND ISO 8573.5.

Correct selection of filtration media

oalescing and dust removal filters use a high

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efficiency borosilicate glass nanofibre material
which has a 96% voids volume, providing
media with excellent filtration efficiency and
a high dirt holding capacity.

Construction of the filtration media
into a filter element

OIL-X EVOLUTION filter elements use
pleated not wrapped filter media, which
is constructed using a unique deep bed
pleating technique. This provides 450% more
filtration surface area when compared to
a traditional wrapped filter element and
around 200% more surface area compared
to a traditional pleated element.

Deep bed pleating also reduces the air flow
velocity within the media, which further

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Additionally, the high efficiency AA and AAR

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OIL-X EVOLUTION coalescing filters utilise four drainage methods
to ensure high performance, whilst conventional filters only use one.

Drainage method 1

ainage method 2

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Wet band in air

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OIL-X EVOLUTION

No wet band in air

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Drainage method 3

High efficiency drainage layer provides
increased liquid drainage, improved
chemical compatibility and higher
operational temperatures when compared
to conventional materials.

Traditional elements have a build up of liquid
known as a “wet band” where the drainage
layer is glued into the lower endcap.

The OIL-X EVOLUTION design wraps the
drainage layer under lower endcap removing
coalesced liquid from the air flow path,
increasing liquid removal efficiency, and
providing more usable filtration surface area.

Surface tension breakers are moulded into
the lower filter element endcap to prevent
liquid from sticking, and to ensure fast and
efficient dr

ainage of coalesced liquid.

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ISO 12500.1

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ISO 8573.2

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from the filter element through capillary
action.

ISO 8573.4

SOLID PARTICULATE

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ISO 8573.5

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