The atmosphere in the universe, which we call “the air”, is the combination of nitrogen and oxygen. However, when we look at the oxygen to nitrogen ratio, we can see that the amount of oxygen is quite low compared to nitrogen. Studies conducted at this very point have led to methods to use this high amount of nitrogen in the air for industrial purposes. The most important one is the nitrogen generator. In this article, we will give you information about nitrogen generators, which have become quite popular in the recent years and are widely used in numerous sectors.

 What Is a Nitrogen Generator? What Does a Nitrogen Generator Do?

A nitrogen generator is system that separates the nitrogen in the ambient air to generate nitrogen in the amount, pressure and purity required. You can use a nitrogen generator to produce nitrogen gas at any time for your business. Nitrogen gas is used in numerous areas in the industry from food packaging to laser cut, electronics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.

Generating nitrogen on-site provides many advantages such as high purity (95 to 99.999%) nitrogen generation, and eliminating the problems and the loss of time occurred when the gas runs out.

Operating principle of a nitrogen generator is actually simple. The only thing it needs is air. You can use all of the nitrogen gas produced by the nitrogen generator. This, without doubt, is the most important point that makes a nitrogen generator shine out among other appliances that produce nitrogen. Because other appliances never allow you to use all of the nitrogen gas you generate. They cause loss of the gas. With a nitrogen generator, on the other hand, you can use all of the nitrogen gas produced. You will not lose any of the nitrogen gas. Another important feature of a nitrogen generator is that you can store the nitrogen gas generated. Nitrogen generators that have tanks in them allow you to store the nitrogen gas that you generated and have not used for the future.

A nitrogen generator provides significant benefits for your business, which means it is a product you should use to save energy and time. So, let’s take a look at the benefits and features of a nitrogen generator.

 What Are the Benefits of Using a Nitrogen Generator?

We have already mentioned in detail what a nitrogen generator does. Now, let’s take a closer look at the benefits of using a nitrogen generator.

• First of all, the biggest advantage that a nitrogen generator offers for your business is that it eliminates the loss of nitrogen gas caused by vaporization. The machine continues to run without any loss of nitrogen, which reduces costs and provides benefits for the business.
• With nitrogen generators, businesses can produce this gas whenever and however they’d like. This allows them to generate nitrogen gas 24/7.
• Nitrogen generators by Özen Kompresör are equipped with a PLC control panel. This PLC control panel allows you to give any command you’d like to the nitrogen generator. You can also use this panel to monitor the generator whenever you want.
• A nitrogen generator runs with low pressure. It is a quite safe system thanks to the high safety levels delivered by low pressure levels and complete safety measures.
• It does not require constant control as it is a safe system. You can save time as you will not have to control the nitrogen generator constantly.
• Compared to other products that generate nitrogen gas, nitrogen generators produce nitrogen with much higher purity levels. The lowest nitrogen purity level is 95%. The highest purity level measured so far is 99.999%. It is not possible to reach such level of purity using other methods.
• As nitrogen vaporization is prevented, cost of a nitrogen generator is really low for businesses.
• It is also very easy to install.

 How Does a Nitrogen Generator Work?

Nitrogen generators take in the compressed air and analyse it internally. During analysis, it detects the oxygen to nitrogen ratio in the air. Then, it separates nitrogen molecules from oxygen molecules. This separation process is vital to obtain pure nitrogen source. After the separation, it proceeds to nitrogen generation. For nitrogen generation, it uses the membrane or the PSA (pressure swing adsorption) system. You should use a nitrogen generator with PSA (pressure swing adsorption) to get the highest purity level.

When generating nitrogen, you need to enter the purity level and the amount of nitrogen. You can determine this according to the task you are going to complete. For example, if you are going to extinguish a fire, a low purity level will work for you, but for packaging processes in the food industry, you would need a high purity nitrogen. At this point, you can easily enter all kinds of details about the nitrogen gas using the PLC control system. Once you enter the details, the nitrogen generator will start to run right away to produce nitrogen. This is the operating principle of a nitrogen generator. It also has a storage facility comprised of tanks as mentioned above. You can store any excess nitrogen gas in these nitrogen tanks.

 What Is a Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Nitrogen Generator?

A PSA nitrogen generator ensures that the ions, molecules, etc. that come with the compressed air stick to the process layer and get separated. This ensures a higher level of purity in the nitrogen. These absorbent substances directly affect the purity of the nitrogen.

It also has a sieve in it. This sieve ensures complete separation of the oxygen from the nitrogen. First, compressed air enters through tower A of the PSA nitrogen generator. This tower is the first stop of the nitrogen generator. Then, a sieve is used to separate the oxygen from nitrogen in this air. This sieve allows the nitrogen to easily pass through it but not the nitrogen.

Then the nitrogen is sent to tower B to be separated from its molecules and ions. Tower B has the process layer we mentioned earlier. This allows you to produce the purest nitrogen possible. Equipped with the pressure swing adsorption function, this nitrogen generator was specially designed to generate and offer pure nitrogen gas, which is used in numerous areas from food packaging to laser cut, electronics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.

With Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Nitrogen Generators, the nitrogen is subject to many processes. But at the end of these processes, none of the nitrogen is vaporized. This means that the cleaning process can be completed without any loss of nitrogen. Equipping Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Nitrogen Generators with the state-of-the-art technology, Özen Kompresör is proud to offer this product to you, our esteemed customers. By equipping this products with cutting-edge control panels, the company has maximized safety. Also, a significant level of efficiency is ensured without any nitrogen loss. You can contact us through our website if you would like to buy one of the nitrogen compressors that run with a significantly lower noise level compared to regular nitrogen generators.