GCE Launches Nitrogas NG Modular Nitrogen Generator

GCE has announced the introduction of its Nitrogas NG series of on-premise nitrogen generators using state-of-the-art pressure swing adsorption (PSA) technology. Eight models offer flow rates ranging from 5 to 100 Nm³/h at guaranteed purity levels from 95 % to 99.999 %. Its dual-level modular design allows each generator to be expanded through additional adsorption modules, while multiple generators can also be combined to achieve very high overall production capacities.

Nitrogen generators are suitable for all users of nitrogen, from small to large consumers in  the food and beverage, wineries, breweries, laser cutting, heat treatment and electronic manufacturing industries, as well as other applications. “We designed the Nitrogas NG nitrogen generator to immediately reduce operating costs for a wide range of customers – from those with medium to small nitrogen requirements to large industrial consumers using several hundred thousand cubic meters per year,” said Andrea Castellanza, general manager of Nitrogas.

High-Performance 4.0 Design

The Nitrogas NG produces nitrogen by selective adsorption on a bed of carbon molecular sieve (CMS) using compressed air, starting from compressed air class 1.4.1, according to ISO 8573-1:2010. It features PLC supervision of the system to continuously control and/or monitor pressure regulation, flow rate, moisture content, and temperature, and the PLC enables setting parameter limits and alarms. In addition, a zirconium oxide oxygen analyser continuously measures residual oxygen content in the nitrogen flow to certify purity levels, while a self-cleaning design discharges any non-specified gas into the atmosphere to ensure correct purity.

Users can interface with the Industry 4.0-ready Nitrogas NG via an Ethernet port or Wi-Fi router. They can directly control production parameters from their computer or mobile device and generate reports. For those systems not connected, the generator can create reports and export them by USB port. The range features low air factors (the ratio between inlet air and nitrogen outlet flow rate), meaning it requires significantly less compressed air to produce nitrogen. When nitrogen demand falls to zero, the system automatically detects this condition and switches to energy-saving mode, reducing consumption to zero.

(Source: GCE Group)