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COMPRESSO
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DYNAMIC
 COMPRESSO
R device that
a mechanical
increases the pressure of
a gas by reducing its volume.
 POSITIVE
DISPLACEMENT
a
typeCOMPRESSOR
of compressor that
draws in and captures a
volume of air in a chamber,
then reduces the volume of
the chamber to compress the
air.
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DISPLACEMENT
ThisisCOMPRESSOR
done by physically
trapping the air between two
relatively moving
components and forcing it to
occupy lower volume,
thereby increasing its
pressure.
 RECIPROCATING
COMPRESSOR
The intake gas enters
the suction manifold.
It flows into the
It gets compressed
compression cylinder.
by a piston driven in
a reciprocating
motion via a
crankshaft.
Gas is discharged.
 ROTARY
An air
COMPRESSOR
compressor using
a rotary impeller
driving air through
a curved chamber
to compress the
air.
 SLIDING VANE
COMPRESSOR
Vanes on the rotor
trap gas between the
rotor and cylinder
Gas
walls.is compressed
and released into the
discharge line.
SLIDING VANE
COMPRESSOR
 LIQUID PISTON CYLINDER
Performs
compression
with the use of
a liquid ring
acting as a
piston.
LIQUID PISTON CYLINDER
 STRAIGHT LOBE
COMPRESSOR
Commonly known as
low-pressure
The unique feature
machines.
of this compressor is
that the machine
does not compress
the gas internally as
do most of the other
rotaries.
STRAIGHT LOBE
COMPRESSOR
 HELICAL COMPRESSOR
Gas is compressed
between
intermeshing helical
Compression ratio:
lobes
-theand chambers.
wrap angle of
the lobes
-the location of
the opening
edges of the
 HELICAL COMPRESSOR
Single-lobe Diagram Explaining the Motion of
the Screw Compressor
HELICAL COMPRESSOR