Method of draining condensate and condensate drain device

US6588443B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BEKO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Herbert Schlensker · Leverkusen, DE
• Berthold Koch · Neuss, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 2002
• Grant date: Jul 8, 2003
• Expiry date: Jun 14, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/3052
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of draining condensate from a reservoir that communicates with a trap via a drain pipe. The reservoir is subjected to a gas pressure p(reservoir) that can be below atmospheric pressure p(air) or above atmospheric pressure p(air). The method involves the following steps:a) collecting condensate in the reservoir,b) acquiring the fill level by means of a level meter,c) providing a control pressure p(control) which, in any operating conditions of the compressed gas system, is above the pressure p(reservoir) in the reservoir and above atmospheric pressure p(air),d) providing, under control, a control conduit input of an exhaust valve, which is assigned to the reservoir and is intended to drain the condensate collected in the reservoir, with a pressure p(input).