GAS COMPRESSOR a device in which work is

done on the gas to raise its pressure.

DYNAMICS COMPRESSORS
COMPRESSION
Dynamic machines work by mechanically
Trap consecutive quantities of gas in some changing the velocity of the working fluid.
type of enclosure, reduce the volume, thus
Centrifugal compressors the rapidly rotating
increasing the pressure, then push the
impeller accelerates the gas.
compressed gas out of the enclosure.
-The process flow propagates from axial to
COMPRESSED AIR
radial (perpendicular to shaft centerline) into a
Compressed Air is mostly used in operating air stationary diffuser converting velocity to
engineer, drive pneumatic tools, cleaning by air pressure.
blast, spray paints, pumping water by air lift,
Axial compressors the gas flow is accelerated
manufacture of plastics and other products and
in an axial and peripheral direction by the
host of other jobs.
rotation of specially shaped blades.
- The process flow is parallel to shaft
POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSORS centerline. Stator blades allow the recovery of
velocity to pressure.
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.