ZS Screw blower

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 ZS Low Pressure Screw blower

Agenda
 Applications
 Products range
 Scope of supply
 Why is the screw so much more efficient?
 ISO1217

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 Low pressure applications

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 Low pressure applications

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 Low Pressure Product Portfolio
(bar(g))
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ZE/A 2 -6

1.5
ZB+

ZS+ HSI – MC series

1.0
ZS

0.5 HSI –HT series

0 2.000 4.000 6.000 8.000 16.000 70.000

(m3/hr)

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 Low Pressure screw blower
Scope of supply

 Basic
– Base frame with forklift slots
– 100% oil free element (Class 0)
– Integrated gear-box (no belts)
– TEFC IP55 motor
– Air-outlet (silencer, BOV)
– Oil-circuit (pump and cooler)
– Air-inlet (filter)
– Discharge pressure gauge
– Oil pressure switch
– Decoupling between air filter and
element
– Decoupling between element and
pulsation damper
– Comes with fixed speed (Y/Δ) motor
as standard.
 VSD type motor as an option
ZS55 basic
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 ZS Low Pressure screw blower
Scope of supply

 Standard
– Base frame with forklift slots
– 100% oil free element (Class 0)
– Integrated gear-box (no belts)
– TEFC IP55
– Air-outlet (silencer, BOV)
– Oil-circuit (pump and cooler)
– Air-inlet (filter)
– Discharge pressure gauge
– Oil pressure switch
– Decoupling between air filter and element
– Decoupling between element and pulsation
damper
– Canopy
 78 dB(A) at 1 bar and full speed.
 74 dB(A) at 0.6 bar and full speed
– Comes with fixed speed (Y/Δ) motor as ZS55 standard
standard.
 VSD type motor as an option
– No starter and no Elektronikon

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 ZS Low Pressure Screw blower

Scope of supply
 ZS+ VSD
– Base frame with forklift slots
– 100% oil free element (Class 0)
– Integrated gear-box (no belts)
– TEFC IP55 Eff 1 motor
– Air-outlet (silencer, BOV with pressure
control)
– Oil-circuit (pump and cooler)
– Air-inlet (filter)
– Decoupling between air filter and element
– Decoupling between element and pulsation
damper
– Elektronikon controller for improved
performance – larger turndown
– Improved sound enclosure (72 dB(A))
– Integrated VSD converter ZS37+ VSD

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 ZS Low Pressure Screw blower
Scope of supply

 Air filter
– Dry paper filter
– Same as used on ZR/T range
– Efficiency SAE fine particle size
 0,001 mm 98 %
 0,002 mm 99.5 %
 0,003 mm 99.9 %

 Air filter differential gauge

– Provides visual view of air filter pressure
differential.
– Change air filter when differential reaches
50 mbar

 Air discharge pressure gauge

– 50 mm diameter
– Bar and psi display
– Dry type

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 ZS Low Pressure Screw blower
Scope of supply

 Flexible hose
– To provide a vibration decoupling between
the element and the filter housing.
– On tri-lobe blowers serious cracking on the
filter housing can occur due to having no
de-coupling
– On ZS it is not a concern but we can use
this feature as a positive design feature
over tri-lobes

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 ZS Low Pressure Screw blower
Scope of supply – compression element

 ZS element
– 100% oil free element (Class 0)
– Coated with the same coating as the Z stages
 Coating consists of a teflon & a teflon grahite
layer
– Timing gears like the Z’s but on drive end
– Non-drive end is greased for life bearings

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 ZS Low Pressure Screw blower
Scope of supply – compression element

 Timing gears on the non-drive end

 Lubricated bearings on both drive end and
non-drive end

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 ZS Low Pressure Screw blower
Scope of supply

 Flexible hose
– To provide a vibration decoupling between the
element and silencer
– On tri-lobe units serious failures of the silencers can
occur.
– It is not an issue on the ZS due to the screw element
delivering higher frequency, low pulsation air but let’s
use it to attack lobes.

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 ZS Low Pressure Screw blower
Scope of supply

 Gearbox
– Transfers motor power to element more efficiently
than belt / pulley
– Belt / pulley = approx. 93% efficient
– Gearbox = approx. 98% efficient
– No risk of misalignment
– Belts needs to be replaced every year

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 ZS Low Pressure Screw blower
Scope of supply

 Start up valve
– Closes when the pressure builds between 0.1 bar and 0.2 bar (1.5 psi and
3psi)
– The valve is in the open position when the blower is off.
– When the blower is started against a counter pressure, the air is blown off
through the main opening of the valve (1).
– By increasing the air flow, a slight overpressure is generated in the pipe (2)
and the bellows (3) are filled with air.
– When the pressure on the surface of the base plate (5) in the bellows has
become bigger than the pressure on the main opening of the valve (1), the
base plate closes the valve.
– The unit is in load status.

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3
1

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 ZS Low Pressure Screw blower
Scope of supply

 Start up valve
– When the unit will be stopped, the air in the bellows will escape through the
pipe. The pressure on the base plate diminishes and the springs (4) will open
the valve.

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 ZS Low Pressure Screw blower
Scope of supply

 Bursting disc
– The bursting disc is the safety device to
ensure that any over pressure is released
quickly.
– It is designed to protect the blower from
over pressure.
– The bursting disc is used for PED accuracy
and cost.
– Once the disc breaks it has to be replaced
with a new one.

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 ZS Low Pressure Screw blower
Scope of supply

 Check valve
– Swing type
– Prevents air from network entering the
element.
– Low pressure drop design

 Silencer
– Reduce noise and pulsations generated
by element
– Damping material is stainless steel wool

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 ZS Low Pressure Screw blower
Scope of supply – oil circuit
 Oil pump
– Pumps oil from the tank (15 litre) to the bearings and gears
– 50 Hz: 370 watt; 400V; 3phase
– 60 Hz: 430 watt; 440-460V; 3 phase

 Oil filter
– Filters any particles from the oil
– Genuine Atlas Copco oil filter

 Oil cooler and cooling fan

– To cool the oil prior to lubrication of gears
– This is a big selling feature. Cooled oil has a much longer lifetime
– 50Hz: 95 watt; 230V; 1 phase 1690 m3/hr cooling air flow
– 60Hz: 94 watt; 115V; 1 phase 1420 m3/hr cooling air flow

 Oil type
– Roto Z

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 ZS Low Pressure Screw blower
Why is the screw so much more efficient?

1bar
Screw
Roots
atm

200m³/h 5000m³/h flow

 Working principle and pV-diagram
 Adiabatic efficiency
 Air temperature at outlet
 Pressure pulsations
 Conclusions

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 Roots blower working principle

Air intake at inlet side Air transport

Air transport External compression Force out air to

by back flow discharge line
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 Roots blower : pressure-volume diagram
p 3 2
pe p1 = air intake pressure
Wt pe = working pressure (external system pressure)
Vs = displaced volume
p1
4 1

Vs V

4-1 : Air intake; volume increase to Vs

1-2 : Compression by back-flow from receiver to blower
2-3 : Air delivery from blower to receiver
Rectangle area 1-2-3-4 represents the compression work Wt
Power consumption is proportional with blue area 1-2-3-4

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 Working principle Example: B111

Inlet port

Male rotor

Female rotor

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 Working principle

Volume of inlet chamber increases when rotating the rotors: air is

sucked in
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 Working principle

Volume of inlet chamber increases when rotating the rotors: air is

sucked in
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 Working principle

Volume of inlet chamber increases when rotating the rotors: air is

sucked in
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 Working principle

Inlet port closes: Air is trapped between between rotors and

housing

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 Working principle

Inlet port closes: Air is trapped between between rotors and

housing

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 Working principle

Outlet port:
much larger than
OIS or OFS

When rotors rotate the volume between the rotors decreases :

compression of the air

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 Working principle

When rotors rotate the volume between the rotors decreases

down to the built-in volume ratio : compression of the air

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 Working principle

The outlet ports opens when the volume is reduced: compressed

air is released from between the rotors to the outlet port

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 Working principle

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 Working principle

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 Working principle

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 Screw blower
 Working principle : displacement compressor with internal compression

 Pressure-Volume diagram
p
3 2
pi=pe 1-2 : internal compression in screwblower
Wt 2-3 : Air delivery from screwblower to receiver
p1
4 1

Vs/vi Vs V

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 Screw blower
 Working principle : displacement compressor with internal compression

 Pressure-Volume diagram
p
3 2

Energy saving due to internal compression

Wt
Power consumption is proportional with blue area
1
V

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 ZS Low Pressure Screw blower
Summary

Roots type blowers

Screw blowers
− Max 0.8 to 1.0 bar(e)
+ 1.25 bar(e) or more
− Poor efficiency, No package + High efficiency (~30% less SER), Package
performance warrantee warrantee
− High outlet temp + Lower outlet temp

− High noise level: 75 -90 dB(A) + Noise level: 70 -73 dB(A)

− Pressure pulsations + Higher frequency pulsations

+ Internal VSD,Large turndown: 200m3/hr to
− External VSD ,Narrow turndown:
3 3
1100m3/hr on ZS37+ VSD, VSD’s motor,no
800m /hr to 1100m /hr, Speed speed window.
window and high temp
+ Integrated concept: small footprint
− Limited reliability and lifetime
+ Oil cooler: High reliability and lifetime
− Installation cost , check valve , + Complete package ,No hidden cost
safety valve , Flexible hose
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 ISO 1217

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 Committed to
sustainable productivity.

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