Patent ID: 7789942

Claim:
Method for drying gas discharged from a compressor, comprising: directing the gas to be dried through a drier of the type which comprises an air receiver and a drying element in the form of a rotor in which has been provided either or both an adsorption and absorption medium which is alternately guided through a drying zone of the air receiver for drying the gas and through a regeneration zone of the air receiver for regenerating either or both the adsorption and absorption medium in the regeneration zone; guiding said gas to be dried via an inlet of the drying zone through either or both the adsorption and absorption medium in the drying zone to an outlet of the drying zone arranged to feed a user network connected to the outlet; wherein, during periods of standstill or of idle running of the compressor, a gas flow is guided counterflow through either or both the adsorption and absorption medium in the drying zone, in a flow direction from the outlet to the inlet of the drying zone.