Description

Sorbead Air WS is a high performance adsorbent designed for the compressed air industry. The main advantage of Sorbead Air WS is that it is a water resistant adsorbent which has an above average drying capacity to protect other adsorbents and catalysts from water and moisture during compressed air drying applications. The patented BASF Sorbead line of highly efficient adsorbents are alumino-silicate gels in the form of hard, spherical beads, with a very high resistance to crushing and a low attrition rate. Sorbead Air WS is the only 100 % water-resistant adsorbent with a high adsorption capacity.

It is most frequently used as a protective layer in combination with Sorbead Air R or other adsorbents such as molecular sieves and activated aluminas in order to increase the reliability of the system. The high capacity of Sorbead Air WS enables it to be used on a stand-alone basis as well.