Capture and re-use the heat generated from Air Compression

[Walker C]

I am trying to fill pipes with a volume of 556 cuft to 15,000 psi. I want to capture and re-use the heat generated from the compression process and re-use it.

Is this amount of compression and heat exchanging possible with current technology

 

[berkeman]

Welcome to the PF.

I am trying to fill pipes with a volume of 556 cuft to 15,000 psi. I want to capture and re-use the heat generated from the compression process and re-use it.

Is this amount of compression and heat exchanging possible with current technology

Sorry, at that pressure, you are well into the red. What is your experience with high-pressure systems?

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[Walker C]

More on the pressure pumping side using fluid. I am a petroleum engineer and have completed oil wells up to 12,000 psi using hydraulic pumps. Steel piping is rated up to 18,000 psi if needed to I am trying trap as much pressure as possible.

I don't have any experience in air compression though.

 

[anorlunda]

Are you aware that compressed air is more dangerous than compressed water or compressed hydraulic oil? It is the compressibility itself that is the cause.

Spring a leak in a water pipe, and the gauge pressure goes to zero almost immediately. Do the same in a compressed air container and it retains the pressure. Worse, the jet through the leak enlarges the hole or the crack until it might become a rupture, leading to an explosion.

What is your application? I was looking at the ASME B31 code for pressure piping, and it is divided into many sections depending on application.