GAS COMPRESSOR a device in which work is DYNAMICS COMPRESSORS

done on the gas to raise its pressure.

Dynamic machines work by mechanically
COMPRESSION changing the velocity of the working fluid.
Trap consecutive quantities of gas in some type Centrifugal compressors the rapidly rotating
of enclosure, reduce the volume, thus impeller accelerates the gas.
increasing the pressure, then push the
-The process flow propagates from axial to
compressed gas out of the enclosure.
radial (perpendicular to shaft centerline) into a
COMPRESSED AIR stationary diffuser converting velocity to
pressure.
Compressed Air is mostly used in operating air
engineer, drive pneumatic tools, cleaning by air Axial compressors the gas flow is accelerated
blast, spray paints, pumping water by air lift, in an axial and peripheral direction by the
manufacture of plastics and other products and rotation of specially shaped blades.
host of other jobs.
- The process flow is parallel to shaft centerline.
Stator blades allow the recovery of velocity to
pressure.
POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSORS
Positive displacements machines work by
mechanically changing the volume of the
working fluid.
Reciprocating compressors the compressing
and displacing element is a piston having a
reciprocating motion within a cylinder.
Sliding Vane compressors are rotary positive
displacement compressors with slotted cylinder
fitted with nonmetallic vanes. As the slotted
cylinder is turned, the vanes slide along the
inner wall of the tube forming regions of
changing volume.
Liquid Ring compressors utilize liquid into the
chamber. Because of the centrifugal force and
the shape of the internal cavity, the liquid forms
an eccentric shape producing regions of
changing volume.
Rotary Lobe compressors Two straight
mating lobed impellers trap the gas and carry it
from intake to discharge
Helical Screw compressors Two intermeshing
rotors compress and displace the gas. The gas
is trapped in the rotor pockets at one end; it is
compressed between the intermeshing rotors
and discharged at the opposite end.