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Nitrogen Booster Compressors

Nitrogen Booster Compressors by NCA

National Compressed Air (NCA) designs and manufactures Nitrogen Booster Compressors for various Nitrogen injection and compression applications such as:

Production Drilling and Well Services
Pipeline Services
Offshore Nitrogen Booster Compressors
Pneumatic Pressure Testing of Equipment and Piping Systems
Underground mine inertization
Other Nitrogen Requirements in the General Manufacturing Sector

Technically similar to Air Booster Compressors, Nitrogen Booster Compressors can be Screw or Reciprocating type compressors, depending on the pressure and volume required for the application.

Pressures of up to 600 PSIG can be delivered by Rotary Screw Booster Compressors. Higher pressures of up to 5,000 PSIG can be supplied by Reciprocating Booster Compressors used in Oil and Gas applications

NCA Canada is able to offer custom engineered Nitrogen Booster Compressor Packages to meet the specific needs of clients in terms of pressure, volume, control systems, driver options, etc.

For additional information please visit our product specifications, features and options for Screw Booster Air Compressor and Reciprocating Booster Air Compressor pages. Contact our head office to speak with our sales representatives and experts about your requirements or request a quote.

Marine Seismic Air Compressors

NCA Marine Seismic Compressors

NCA Canada is a world leader in the design and manufacturing of Marine Seismic Air Compressors used for powering air guns in Offshore Seismic Exploration programs.

Marine Seismic Air Compressors are a critical part of any offshore seismic survey. The compressors are capable of recharge the seismic air guns continuously and rapidly for a long time, during the seismic data acquisition.

Seismic compressors are installed on seismic ships, normally working in harsh environments, and should be designed to have the minimum possible weight and dimensions. Depending on the pressure and air volumes needed, a Reciprocating Atmospheric Compressor or a compound system of both Rotary Screw and Reciprocating Piston Compressors may be utilized.

Offshore Seismic Compressors are designed to have high availability and low maintenance needs to enable a continuous and reliable seismic survey operation in the oceans.

Design Features of Offshore Seismic Compressors

NCA Seismic Air Compressors are designed for harsh marine operating conditions, are rugged and compact. Our standard products offer a range of volumes from 50 to 3,000 SCFM and pressures to 3,000 PSIG, but we can also supply other specified capacities, pressures and specifications upon request.

NCA Canada offers a variety of options, features, and customizations for Marine Seismic Air Compressors to suit our customer’s specific project needs. NCA seismic compressors may use different cooling options including air, seawater, or keel cooling systems and can be supplied with diesel or electric drivers. Skid base mounted or containerized enclosures can be delivered upon request.

NCA also manufactures Offshore Air Compressors used in offshore platforms and rigs.

For additional information please view our Seismic Compressor’s specifications below. Contact our head office to speak with our sales representatives and experts about your requirements or request a quote.

Reciprocating Booster Air Compressors

NCA Reciprocating Booster Compressors

National Compressed Air (NCA) is an industry leader in manufacturing high quality Reciprocating Compressors in the higher pressure range of 600 to 5,000 PSIG and capacities of up to 10,000 SCFM for a variety of applications in various sectors, where the pressure needed for an application exceeds the amount provided by Screw Booster Compressors:

Air and Nitrogen Compressors used in Production Drilling and Well Services
Pipeline Services
Piping and Equipment Pressure Testing
Mineral Exploration
Water Well Drilling

NCA Booster Reciprocating Compressors offer several options and customizations to suit our customers’ specific needs.

Design Features of NCA Reciprocating Booster Compressors

NCA Piston Type Air Compressors with double-acting cylinders are horizontally balanced, opposed-piston design, and incorporate several compressor and engine safety features to protect the equipment and operators.

ISO containerization and DNV crash-proof frames, as well as hazardous-area classified options for Rig-safe, Zone 2, or Class 1 Division 1 or Division 2 are offered for Offshore Air Compressors.

Various control options and instruments are available to provide the precise control of flow, pressure or other parameters needed for any application, including remote control, data monitoring and data storage capability.

If a medium pressure (up to 600 PSIG) compressor is required, NCA also offers a range of Screw Booster Compressors.

NCA Reciprocating Boosters can integrate different cooling and drive options, as well as cold weather and high ambient temperature capabilities, based on the project requirements.

For additional information please view our specifications and features below. Contact our head office to speak with our sales representatives and experts about your requirements or request a quote.

Rotary Screw Booster Air Compressors

Rotary Screw Booster Air Compressors by NCA

Screw Booster Compressors are an efficient category of booster compressors that offer significant advantages in comparison with Reciprocating Booster compressors in the medium pressure range.

National Compressed Air (NCA) is an industry leader and one of the few manufacturers in the world which has been designing and manufacturing Rotary Screw Booster Air Compressors for decades.

NCA’s Screw Booster Air Compressors (Patent Pending) are designed and engineered to achieve one prime goal: boost user productivity. They are the end product of a long-term development program involving years of work experience, testing and improvement.

The result of these combined efforts is an extremely reliable production booster compressor that has proven itself in mines throughout the world. By combining the advantages of screw compressor technology, and an innovative stepless control system, our boosters provide excellence in reliability, low maintenance, operator friendliness and efficiency.

When the primary compressor pressure is not enough for the application, Screw Booster Air Compressor’s typical applications include, but are not limited to:

Electric Screw Type Boosters as Underground Mine Booster Air Compressors

Many of the mine air supply systems in underground mines provide compressed air of 80-100 PSIG for service applications. Most drilling applications, on the other hand, require a higher pressure of 250-600 PSIG depending on the type and parameters of drilling.

NCA Canada offers special packages of our patented Underground Mining Screw Booster Compressors, which are designed to increase the standard mine air pressures quietly and efficiently to 350 PSIG (maximum 600 PSIG with some models) and are used as a booster for drilling applications.

Using an electric driven, Screw Booster Air Compressor to increase the existing air pressure to the required amount is the most economic and feasible method to raise air pressure. Using an atmospheric compressor of higher pressure in underground mines would be quite challenging regarding higher power electric supply, compressor package size and consumption of the air inside the underground mine.

NCA offers several options and customizations on its Booster Compressors to suit its customer’s specific needs. If a booster air compressor is required at a remote site, NCA also offers a range of Heli-Portable Booster Air Compressors.

For additional information please visit our models, features, options and advantages below. Contact our head office to speak with our sales representatives and experts about your requirements or request a quote.

Oil Free Screw Air Compressors

Oil Free Screw Air Compressors by NCA

NCA offers 100% Oil Free Rotary Screw Air Compressors for eliminating the risk of contamination in your end product or process. Top quality compressed air also protects sensitive downstream equipment for reliability, low maintenance, and long life

Many applications for example process air used in Petrochemical Plants, Food Processing, Medical Facilities etc. require high quality air where any presence of oil contaminants could be detrimental to the process, product quality or human health.

NCA Oil Free Rotary Screw Air Compressors are custom designed and engineered to meet the very specific demands of our clients.

Our Rotary Screw Oil-Free Compressors use special air-ends, with precise rotors and much smaller tolerances than oil-flooded air-ends in a way that the male and female screw rotors do not need to touch each other.

NCA Black Start Oil-Free Air Compressor

Our diesel drive compressor packages provide high quality oil free air when and where it is needed without dependence on electric power. NCA black start or emergency air compressors provide a reliable backup to plant air compressors which are designed to automatically start on black outs or power outages without the need of human operators.

With volumes of up to 2700 SCFM (76.5 NM3/MIN), pressures of up to 165 PSIG (11.4 BARG), various build configurations and design options, NCA can offer a reliable oil free compressed air solution specific to your needs.

For additional information please visit our Models and Specifications below. Contact our head office to speak with our sales representatives and experts about your requirements or request a quote.

Custom Engineered Mobile Air Compressors

Custom Designed Mobile Air Compressors by NCA

There are plenty of situations in more demanding applications when the standard portable air compressors cannot meet the application requirements in terms of capacity, pressure, control requirements, or design features and standards. These situations can be in tough environmental conditions or continuous operation in critical applications.

NCA Canada designs and manufactures various kinds of Customized Mobile Air Compressors to meet the exact needs of every application and customer requirements, for when they need to be moved effortlessly to different site locations.

Depending on the size and requirements, our Customized Compressors can be built to be mounted on a small, open, towable, wheeled chassis to a fully enclosed, weatherproof container mounted on a large trailer.

Custom Engineered Trailer Mounted Air Compressor

Custom Engineered Mobile Air Compressors

Based on the pressure and air volume needs, NCA Custom Engineered Mobile Compressors use the following air compressor designs:

Single Stage Rotary Screw - Mobile Air Compressors

NCA offers a broad selection of Single-Stage Oil-Flooded Screw Compressors with volumes ranging from 100 to 3,000 SCFM and pressures from 110 to 250 PSIG.

NCA Compressor designs are the result of continuous development programs in co-operation with customers, operating under all types of conditions. A range of designs are available to ensure maximum reliability under extreme conditions.

Two-Stage Rotary Screw – Mobile Air Compressors

NCA offers the widest range of High-Pressure Two-Stage Oil-Flooded Screw Compressors in the industry. Our expertise and design flexibility provides our customers with high-performance compressors that operate under extreme conditions or in any location.

NCA Two-stage rotary screw compressors are used for applications with pressures of up to 600 PSIG, and volumes of up to 1,800 SCFM

Reciprocating – Mobile Air Compressors

Used for applications with pressures over 600 PSIG and up to 5,000 PSIG.

Depending on the operating conditions and project requirements, a Reciprocating Compressor may be used as a booster in combination with a Rotary Screw Compressor, or be used as an atmospheric suction compressor.

NCA custom engineered mobile compressors can be used in the following applications:

Production Drilling and Well Services
Pipeline Services
Pneumatic Pressure Testing
Mineral Exploration Drilling
Drilling – Underground Mining
Mine Production Drilling – Open Cast
Demolition & Foundation Work
Geotechnical
Water Well Drilling
Vacuum Excavation
Geothermal Well Drilling

If a Stationary or Portable (Heli or Man-Pac) Air Compressor is required, visit our Stationary Custom Engineered or Lightweight Air Compressors.

Please view the specifications, options and advantages of our Custom-Designed Compressor’s below. Contact our head office to speak with our sales representatives and experts about your requirements or request a quote.

Heli-Portable Booster Air Compressors

Heli-Portable Booster Air Compressors by NCA

National Compressed Air (NCA) is a world leader in the design and manufacturing of Helicopter Portable Air Booster Compressors for drilling applications.

Heli-Portable Booster Air Compressors are a category of Lightweight Air Compressors designed and manufactured in a way to be lifted and safely moved in single or multiple pieces by light, single-engine helicopters and assembled on-site.

Heli-Portable Booster Air Compressors are used mostly for drilling applications in remote and low access areas when the existing low-pressure air compressor cannot deliver the required air pressure.

Typical applications include, but are not limited to Seismic Drilling, Mineral Explorations (Reverse Circulation or Rotary Air Blast), or Geotechnical operations.

Design Features of Heli-Portable Booster Air Compressors

Helicopter Portable Booster Compressors made by NCA Canada, use high-performance single-stage oil-flooded screw airends and depending on capacity and number of pieces may require a helicopter with a lifting capacity of approximately 1000 to 2500 lbs.

A Helicopter Portable Booster Compressor uses a lightweight steel frame suitable for helicopter lifting and compact auxiliary equipment like stacked radiators or oil coolers.

Our Heli-portable Boosters cover a range of volumes up to 700 SCFM and 350 PSIG discharge pressures for standard models. NCA offers several options and customizations to suit our customers’ specific needs.

Safety features such as high discharge and receiver temperatures, minimum pressure valves, and safety relief valves are provisioned for air compressors. Diesel engines are equipped with low oil pressure and high coolant temperature features.

NCA also offers atmospheric Heli-Portable Air Compressors if you need a low-pressure feed compressor in remote, limited access jobsites.

If you are considering a Lightweight Heli-Portable Booster Air Compressor for your project, please review our features, options and advantages below. Contact our head office to speak with our sales representatives and experts about your requirements or request a quote.

NCA helicopter portable primary and booster compressors in action for remote mineral exploration (Reverse Circulation – RC) drilling application.

Man-Portable Air Compressors

NCA Man-Portable Air Compressors

National Compressed Air (NCA) is a world leader in the design and manufacturing of innovative Man-Portable Air Compressors.

Man-Portable or Man-Pac air compressors are a type of Lightweight Compressors designed and manufactured in a way to be lifted and moved using manpower only, when there are no viable means of transportation such as an access road or helicopter approach for example dense forests or underground mines. Man-Pac compressors are manufactured in smaller sizes and in a modular design to be disassembled into light-weight, man-portable pieces and will be assembled at the site after transportation.

Man-Pac air compressors are usually used together with Man-Portable Drills for drilling applications in remote and limited access areas in Seismic Drilling, or Geotechnical Drilling applications.

2-NCA man portable compressor-Billy Drill

NCA Man-Pac Air Compressors Specifications

NCA Man-Pac Air Compressors use energy-efficient single-stage oil-flooded screw airends with full range modulation air intake, related safety features, two belt-driven gas or diesel engines.

Each compressor unit is a 4- or 5-piece modular design, with weights of approximately 30 to 100 kg per piece, and is designed for ease of maintenance at the site.

Our Man-Portable Air Compressors cover a range of volumes up to 175 SCFM and pressures up to 150 PSIG for standard models.

Designed by NCA Canada, our Man-Pac Air Compressors are a solution to your challenge of transporting heavy, large size compressors to limited access areas and can be custom designed to meet your specific needs and capacities.

If you are considering a Man-Portable Air Compressor for your project, please review our Models and Specifications below. Contact our head office to speak with our sales representatives and experts about your requirements or request a quote.