Cooling condenses lots of water.
Air compressor line cooler.
5 hp quiet air compressor 1ph 2 stage 80 gallon vertical emax yellow industrial series model es05v080i1 by emax compressor 5 0 out of 5 stars 5 2 499 00 2 499.
Post cooling all that water is still in the air line.
Low cost air dryer water separator.
Aftercoolers are heat exchangers for cooling the discharge from a air compressor.
In small air systems 20 hp it s common to see the receiver tank used to separate and collect liquids.
This fellow measured his compressor outlet.
Aftercoolers reduce the amount of water vapor in a compressed air system by condensing the water vapor into liquid form.
Removing the liquid requires a moisture separator and a drain valve.
Make no mistake a cooler alone does not yield high quality compressed air.
Air cooled aftercoolers use ambient air to cool the hot compressed air.
Aftercooler system consisting of a b m model 70266 11 x 8 x 1 tranmission engine oil cooler an ebm pabst model w2e250 hl06 01 230v ac fan 1160 cfm in open air wired in parallell with the motor so when the motor runs the fan runs and a wilkerson model x01 04 m00 automatic drain.
The compressed air travels through either the spiral finned tube coil or a plate fin coil design of the aftercooler while ambient air is forced over the cooler by a motor driven fan.
The compressed air enters the air cooled aftercooler.