Parker PECO Filtration Solutions

Parker PECO is the oil and gas filtration product line of Parker Hannifin’s Industrial Process Filtration Division. The PECO brand has been used in gas and liquid filtration for more than 80 years and covers code-stamped filter vessels of every kind: coalescers, filter-separators, particulate filters, scrubbers, liquid/liquid phase coalescers, and carbon adsorbers, plus the PEACH®, TRUGARD™, XTREAMPURE®, XTREAMPHASE®, and CARBOMAX™ cartridges and media that go inside them. The Blythe Company is a distributor of Parker PECO filtration equipment and replacement cartridges.

A gas coalescer removes fine liquid aerosols and mists, typically down to 0.3 microns, by coalescing tiny droplets into larger ones that drain out. A gas filter-separator removes solids and bulk liquids 1 micron and larger using a first-stage filter cartridge followed by a second-stage mist extraction device such as a wave plate or Cyclotube®. In Parker PECO terms, the Series GEM2 / PGCPH PEACH GEMINI PuraSep® and Series 77V SPARTAN PuraSep® are coalescers, while the Series 75TL TITAN PuraSep® is a filter-separator. Choose a coalescer when the contaminant is fine aerosol mist and a filter-separator when you have both solids and larger liquid slugs.

PEACH® is Parker PECO’s depth-style filter media technology. It provides a rigid structure while maintaining the porosity and permeability needed for flow, which gives high dirt-holding capacity and high-efficiency contaminant removal without excessive pressure drop. PEACH media is used across the PECO line in gas filter-coalescers (Series PGC and PGC2), gas coalescers (Series NGGC DYNACEPTOR™), gas filter-separators (Series PCHG DYNASEP™), dry gas filters (DYNAGARD™), liquid cartridges (PEACH-PURE™, GOLDXTREAM®), and the first stage of the XTREAMSORB® filter-adsorber.

Vessel selection starts with the contaminant, not the pipe size. PECO’s guiding principle is that the contaminant dictates the method. You need to know the contaminant type (solid, liquid aerosol, bulk liquid, dissolved hydrocarbon), the loading, the flow rate, operating pressure and temperature, required micron rating, media compatibility, and how often you can change cartridges. From there the family follows: coalescers for aerosol mist, filter-separators for solids plus liquids, particulate filters for dry solids, Series 95 scrubbers for bulk liquid knockout, Series 55 liquid filters for solids in liquid, Series 110 XTREAMPHASE® for two immiscible liquids, and Series 10/14 carbon adsorbers for dissolved impurities. The Blythe Company can walk you through the sizing.

Ratings vary by cartridge family. Gas coalescers and filter-coalescers remove liquid aerosols down to 0.3 microns. PEACH® DYNASEP™ gas filter-separator cartridges are offered in 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 1, 5, and 10 micron. TRUGARD™ pleated gas filters cover 0.5, 1, 5, 10, 20, and 50 micron. PLEATGARD™ cartridges for Series 30F vessels run 1 to 20 micron. Liquid cartridges span an even wider range, with PEACH-PURE™ depth cartridges reaching 1 to 150 micron and pleated TRU-PLEAT™ and CELLUPLEAT™ options covering roughly 0.5 to 70 micron.

Yes, in many cases. A large portion of the PECO cartridge line is built in double open end and competitor retrofit styles specifically so it can be installed in vessels of similar design from other manufacturers. That includes NGGC gas coalescers, PCHG gas filter-separators, PSFG dry gas filters, XTREAMPURE® liquid cartridges, XTREAMPHASE® coalescers and separators, and CARBOMAX™ carbon canisters. If you tell The Blythe Company what vessel and part number you are running now, we can help cross-reference a PECO replacement cartridge.

A carbon adsorber removes dissolved hydrocarbons, degradation by-products, and aromatics that a particulate filter cannot capture. In amine treating and glycol dehydration systems those dissolved impurities cause foaming, odor, and contaminant build-up that leads to solvent losses and process upsets. Parker PECO offers Series 10 canister-style adsorbers in 14-inch to 66-inch diameters, Series 10FB fixed-bed adsorbers in 24-inch to 140-inch diameters, and the two-stage Series 14 XTREAMSORB® filter-adsorber, which filters particulate with PEACH® media before the stream reaches an extruded carbon block.

XTREAMPHASE® is Parker PECO’s technology for separating two immiscible liquids, for example pulling hydrocarbons out of water, or water out of a hydrocarbon product. An unwanted liquid phase in a product stream causes equipment maintenance problems and off-spec product. The Series 110XP high-flow horizontal vessel handles an inlet discontinuous phase up to 10 percent by volume, the traditional two-stage Series 110 uses hydrophilic coalescer and hydrophobic separator cartridges to reach 8 ppm(v) or less, and single-stage mesh pad designs are available where the density difference is at least 20 percent.

The Blythe Company is a distributor of Parker PECO filtration products, serving customers across the Carolinas and Georgia. We supply PECO filter vessels, coalescers, filter-separators, scrubbers, liquid filters, liquid/liquid phase coalescers, and carbon adsorbers, along with the full replacement cartridge line. We can help you size new equipment, cross-reference replacement cartridges for vessels you already own, and get you a quote. Contact The Blythe Company to get started.