OPTIMIZATION MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF A CONTACT AIR COOLER FOR A MINE TURBOCOMPRESSOR

Abstract

Compressed air is widely used in all industries. It is one of the most common energy carriers in industrial enterprises, and the devices associated with its distribution and processing are an energyintensive complex industrial energy system; the level of its perfection depends on the performance of technological processes that use compressed air. Compressed air is widely used in the mining industry (ore mining and fuel production). Compressed air is produced by turbocompressors. To increase the efficiency of the compressor, compressed air coolers are used. A significant weakness of the standard compressor cooling system is the rapid contamination of the heat exchange surfaces of air coolers with scale layers, which leads to a decrease in their efficiency and an increase in the specific energy consumption for compressed air production. This disadvantage is not found in the Venturi tube – centered droplet separator contact air coolers. As a result of the study, the dependencies were obtained and used to develop a methodology for the constructive calculation of contact air coolers for a mine turbocompressor.