Part 3:

Determination of Humidity

Compressed air quality classes to ISO 8573-1

The designation of the quality class of compressed air should include the following information in the order given: a) b) c) d) Air of quality class; the solid contaminants class according to ISO 8573-1: 1991; the water class according to ISO 8573-1: 2001; the total oil according to ISO 8573-1: 2001; (droplets, aerosols and vapours).

ISO 8573-1 (1991) Solid particle content Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Solid particle content m mg/m
0.1 1 5 15 40 0.1 1 5 8 10 -

Moisture content PDP (max.)

-70 -40 -20 +3 +7 +10 nicht spezifiziert

g/m
0.003 0.12 0.88 6 7.8 9.4

Oil content mg/m

0.01 0.1 1 5 25 -

ISO 8573-1 (2001) for moisture (condensate) and oil content Solid particle content
max. Teilchenzahl pro m von Partikeln mit d [ Pm]
3

Moisture content Pm d5 d 40 -

Class 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

d 0,1

0,1  d d 0,5

0,5  d d 1,0

1,0  d d 5,0

mg/m3 d5 d 10 -

PDP C
(X = liquid water 3 content [g/m ])

Oil content mg/m3

d 0,01 d 0, 1 d 1,0 d 5,0

nach Betreibervorgabe

100 100.000

1 1.000 10.000

0 10 500 1.000 20.000

d -70C d -40C d -20C d +3C d +7C d +10C x d 0,5 0,5  x d 5,0 5,0  x d 10,0