Pressure Indicators

Pressure drop is a huge problem in compressed air systems. Every additional obstruction of compressed air flow requires additional power to drive the compressor.

The compressed air system pipeline has fixed pressure drop, which has already been taken into account in the phase of compressor dimensioning. This pressure drop generally can’t be changed. Filter element pressure drop is a variable factor of the compressed air system.

Despite the fact that the filter element plays a useful role in the removal of compressed air pollutants, its saturation could be a problem since it will increase in time. The result is an increase in pressure drop, additional compressor power, which means the significantly rising of operating costs. For this reason, the pressure drop in the filter element must be monitored and controlled.

Omega Air produces several types of products for this purpose. There are indicators of pressure drop with an analog or digital display of saturation level of the filter element, some of them with output for remote monitoring.