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The
contaminated refrigerant never sees the compressor
The
Van Steenburgh system
uses
a Velocity Gradient Separation
Chamber to provide maximum
separation of oil, acid, moisture
and hard particle contaminants.
No filters are involved in this
process. The incoming refrigerant
is brought to a high temperature and
high velocity before it enters the
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Separation
Chamber. At entry, the velocity
is reduced to near zero. This causes the oil, acids, moisture
and solid materials to drop to the bottom of the Separation
Chamber. The super heated vapor rises to the top where
it then passes to the compressor, then through the condenser
to the Chill Chamber(s).
The
contaminated refrigerant never sees the compressor |
The
Van Steenburgh
Refrigerant Reclaim System, with the exclusive Separation
Chamber method, has been thoroughly field tested to
prove both equipment reliability and purity of the
reclaimed product.
Join
the industry leaders who are profitably reclaiming
to purity on-site with the Van
Steenburgh.
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Self
Clearing for fast refrigerant changeover
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Maximum oil, acid, moisture and hard particle separation
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On-board storage from 15 to 300 pounds / 6.8 to
136.3 kg
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Pumps to required EPA vacuum levels
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Safety shut-off prevents overfilling
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Purge Non-Condensables
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Sub-cools refrigerant
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UL listed
Van Steenburgh Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Estes Park, CO. 80517-9446
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Three
factors in this process are important:
1.
The temperature at which the refrigerant enters the separation
chamber. -- 80 to 180 degree F
--
27 to 82 degree C
2. The drastic reduction in velocity at entry to the
Separation Chamber.
3. The mass or size of the Chamber itself.
A secondary
process in the Chill Chamber(s) provides sub-cooling by recirculating
the refrigerant through a Thermal Expansion Valve and Evaporator.
A Filter/Drier in this circuit provides "polishing"
to remove any microscopic particles and any moisture that
may have gotten by the Chamber.
Pump
to required
EPA vacuum levels
This
process is supported by additional exclusive features:
1. a patented Liquid Injection process uses the on-board
refrigerant to cool the compressor's motor windings during
low mass flow and long vapor pulls.
2. ability to pull source to required vacuum levels.
3. air-out operation for purging non-condensables from
reclaimed refrigerant.
4. self-clearing for fast changeover when using multiple
refrigerants.
5. because there is no filter in-line before the Separation
Chamber the oil enters directly into the Chamber where it
is removed...all of it...; therefore, it is available
to be measured -- This means you know how much oil to replace
in a compressor that has been inoperative over a period of
time.
Get those pounds
you've been leaving in used cylinders
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