Air Compressors for
Fire Protection Dry
Sprinkler Systems
South-Tek’s
Air Compressors
Complement N2 Generators
South-Tek Systems air compressors are prepared to meet your quick fill or nitrogen generation needs, integrating with the N2Blast nitrogen generator for dry sprinkler systems.
MAINTAIN YOUR SYSTEM,
PROTECT AGAINST CORROSION.
South-Tek’s air compressors are designed as a perfect match for the N2Blast nitrogen generator systems for optimal performance and convenience.
South-Tek Systems’ High-Quality Air Compressors:
- Quick-Fill Compressor – 2-HP
- Feed Air Compressor – 3-HP
- Feed Air Compressor – 5-HP
- Feed Air Compressor – 7.5-HP
- Feed Air Compressor – 7.5-HP-HD
- Feed Air Compressor – 10-HP
Duplex Options:
- Feed Air Compressor – 5-HP
- Feed Air Compressor – 7.5-HP
- Feed Air Compressor – 10-HP
Your unique situation requires a perfect-fit solution.
Quick-Fill and Feed Air Compressors
Why Are Air Compressors Important in a Building’s Dry
Sprinkler System?
A Fire protection air compressor assists in protecting your building, its occupants and your bottom line.
The air compressor is used to pressurize the sprinkler system piping with compressed air. When a fire occurs, and a head trips, this loss of pressure opens the valve, activating waterflow.
Sprinkler systems have one job, and failure to perform could have catastrophic consequences. South-Tek’s comprehensive lineup of air compressors, paired with our elite class of nitrogen generators, allows for a more customizable approach when sizing a system. This makes nitrogen an option for almost every dry sprinkler application. Together, this combination helps preserve a sprinkler system for decades, securing the safety of people if a fire breaks out.
South-Tek Systems offers many air compressor solutions to meet your sprinkler specifications:
- Pressure requirements
- Air quality needs
- Gallons of pipe capacity
- Air flow output demands
Air Compressor FAQs
Air compressors used in building sprinkler systems come with a variety of safety features to ensure reliable operation. These features include:
- Pressure relief valves to release excess system pressure;
- Pressure switches to monitor pressure and shut down the compressor if it exceeds or falls below a certain level;
- Automatic drain valves to remove moisture from the system;
- Overload protection to prevent damage due to excessive current; and
- Thermal protection to prevent the compressor motor from overheating.
These features work together to ensure that the air compressor operates safely and efficiently, which is crucial for the safe and reliable operation of a building’s sprinkler system.
A well-maintained air compressor can last up to 15 years.
Air compressors serve many purposes in a nitrogen generator system, including initial fill, generation of nitrogen and supervising system pressure.
All South-Tek Systems fire protection air compressors are capable of seamless integration with a South-Tek Systems N2 Blast nitrogen generator for dry sprinkler systems.
design works as a true water stop