How Does the N2-Blast® - Corrosion Inhibiting System Work?

The N2-Blast® - Corrosion Inhibiting System is designed and manufactured by South-Tek Systems, a leading Nitrogen Generator engineering company serving a worldwide client base.  The N2-Blast® Nitrogen Generation System is an effective, low maintenance and cost efficient way to successfully inhibit corrosion in dry and pre-action fire protection and sprinkler systems..

How Does the N2-Blast® Work?

The N2-Blast® - Corrosion Inhibiting System takes clean, dry, oil-free compressed air and separates the Nitrogen molecules.  Air consists of ~79% Nitrogen, 20.9% Oxygen and .01% Argon, Helium, Hydrogen, etc. Once separated by the simple mechanics of the N2-Blast® system, the Nitrogen is stored within a receiver tank at a low pressure, between 70 and 80 PSI. Then the Nitrogen is fed into an Air Maintenance Device(s) to maintain Supervisory Pressure within the FPS.

The N2-Blast® Nitrogen Generation System uses either PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) or Membrane technology to efficiently separate the Nitrogen molecules from the air. The size of the N2-Blast® and whether we utilize PSA or Membrane technology is dependent upon each individual job application.

Before the separation process can begin, compressed air is required. Along with the N2-Blast®, South-Tek provides (2) lines of air compressors that feed the N2-Blast® with high pressure (between 125 – 150 PSI) of clean, dry, oil-free compressed air. The air compressors are sized not only to provide adequate compressed air to the N2-Blast®, but to fill the largest Zone to pressure within 30 minutes (per NFPA 13 requirements).

For further questions regarding the N2-Blast® - Corrosion Inhibiting System, please contact the experts at South-Tek Systems: 888-526-6284.