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Compressed Air - Water Content

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The maximum content of water in air at saturated conditions decrease with pressure and increase with temperature as indicated in the diagrams below.

Pressure in bar (gauge)

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Compressed Air - Water Content
Temperature
(oC)

Mass of Water in Air (kg H2O /m3 free saturated air)
Pressure (bar gauge)
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0 0.0045 0.0015 0.00091 0.00065 0.00051 0.00041 0.00035 0.00030
20 0.018 0.0058 0.0035 0.0025 0.0019 0.0016 0.0013 0.0012
40 0.059 0.019 0.011 0.0079 0.0062 0.0050 0.0043 0.0037
60 0.18 0.053 0.031 0.022 0.017 0.014 0.012 0.010
80 0.65 0.14 0.078 0.054 0.041 0.034 0.028 0.024
100 0.38 0.19 0.13 0.094 0.076 0.063 0.054
120 0.49 0.29 0.21 0.16 0.13 0.11
  • 1 (kg/m3 ) = 0.0624 (lb/ft3 )
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Pressure in psi (gauge)

Example - Water Extracted from an Air Compressor

Free air enters a compressor at atmospheric conditions 20 oC and 70% humidity ratio . The air leaves saturated at gauge pressure 8 bar and 40 oC .

Based on the diagram and table above the water content in saturated air entering the compressor can be estimated to be approximately 1.8 10-2 kg per m3 free air (0.018 kg water /m3 air ) .

The amount of water with 70% saturation can be calculated as

( 0.018 kg water /m3 air ) (70%) / (100%)

= 0.0126 (kg water /m3 air )

The water content in the 100% saturated air leaving the compressor can be estimated from above to be approximately 0.62 10-2 kg per m3 free air (0.0062 kg water /m3 air ) .

The water extracted in the compressor can be calculated as

( 0.0126 kg water /m3 air ) - ( 0.0062 kg water /m3 air )

= 0.0064 ( kg water /m3 air )

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