Overly-Designed Air Compressor

A personal vision of mine. I designed a compressor with two compressor motors inside. One would handle those daily small loads, but a second larger compressor can be activated for those demanding loads. To minimize water in the lines, a heat exchanger on the compressor outlet was added along with mechanical moisture separators. An automatic drain valve for keeping the tank nice and dry.

The design should have stopped here, but what if you want even less water in the air? So, a membrane style air dryer was added to the air outlet.

But the membrane air dryer constantly consumes air, how to stop that? A directional ball valve added to only select the membrane air dryer when using the plasma cutter or paint sprayer.

But what if you needed particle free air? A 10-micron air filter was also added.

But our shop fittings have a slow leak, do we want this compressor running when its not needed? So, a motorized Belimo-ball valve was added to the main line; when the shop-lights go OFF, the valve closes, and the compressor tank is isolated from shop piping. This prevents the annoying slow leak. When lights come back ON, shop air is restored.

But what about… NO, no more add-ons, I am done (I think).