GROUP

RECIPROCATING
COMPRESSOR
Reported by:
Jhoniel Digneneng
Darryll Jhon Labides
Lovely Grace Lopez
Emmanuel Maranan
Roan Mae Sentinellar

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HISTORY
HAND-HELD BELLOWS
The history of air compressor use
can be traced back thousands of
years to when early civilizations
discovered the power of the human
lung. With its ability to exhale
oxygen, the lung made it easier to
build fires for cooking and keeping
warm.

In 1500 B.C., a new type of air

compressor was invented, called
bellows. This device was a hand-held
(and later foot-controlled) flexible bag
that produced a concentrated blast of
air ideal for achieving higher
temperature fires.
BELLOWS
AROUND 1500 B.C., THE
INTRODUCTION OF FOOT-
OPERATED BELLOWS
SAFER TO OPERATE AND
WITHOUT THE STRAIN
FACTOR TO THE ARMS
AND HANDS —ALLOWED
FOR A MORE PRACTICAL
WAY OF PRODUCING AIR
FOR METALWORKING.
BELLOWS REMAINED THE
STANDARD IN
COMPRESSED AIR
OTTO VON GUERICKE
 By the 17th century, it was
Otto von Guericke, a
German physicist and
engineer, who improved
and experimented with air
compressors. He invented
the first air pump in 1650,
which could produce a
partial vacuum. He used it
in studying the
phenomenon of vacuum as
JOHN
SMEATON
More than a century
later, John Smeaton
conceived an even
more influential
idea. He was the
world’s first
professional
engineer, and in
1762, he designed a
JOHN
WILKINS

This was followed in 1776 by

English inventor John Wilkinson,
who created a high-powered
blasting unit that would serve
as a precursor to the machine
compressor of today.
GEORGE MEDHURST
The first truly motorised air
compressor was designed and
built by one George Medhurst,
an Englishman, in 1799. This
compressor was used in the
coal mining industry
WHY DO WE
NEED TO
COMPRESS
AIR?
WHY DO WE NEED TO
COMPRESS AIR?
Compressed air is air kept under a 
pressure that is greater than 
atmospheric pressure.
Compressed air is an important
medium for transfer of energy in
industrial processes.
 WHAT IS
COMPRESSOR
?
WHAT IS COMPRESSOR?
Is a mechanical device that compresses
gases. It is widely use in industries and
has various application.
device for increasing the pressure of
a gas by mechanically decreasing its
volume.
Pump Compressor
 PUPMS VS. COMPRESSOR

COMPRESSOR
PUMPS
BENEFITS OF
COMPRESSOR
 WHY DO WE NEED
COMPRESSOR?
Compressors are usually used in;
Air conditioner (car, home)
Home and industrial refrigeration
Hydraulic compressors for industrial
machines
Air compressors for industrial manufacturing
CLASSIFICATION
 POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT
COMPRESSOR
Positive displacement compressors draw in and
capture a volume of air in a chamber. They then
reduce the volume of the chamber to compress the
air.
Positive displacement compressor operate by
forcing a fixed volume of fluid from the inlet pressure
section of the compressor into discharge zone of the
compressor.
RECIPROCATING
COMPRESSORS
are useful for
supplying small
amounts of a gas
at relatively high
pressures.
 SINGLE ACTING
COMPRESSOR
Consist of
single cylinder
which only takes
in and discharges
fluid at one end
DOUBLE ACTING
COMPRESSOR
A double acting
unit also has only
one cylinder but it
is piped up to take
in and discharge
fluid at both ends.
DIAPHRAGM TYPE
Is a variant of the
classic
reciprocating
compressor.
The compression
of gas occurs by
means of a flexible
membrane, instead
of an intake
 Advantages Disadvantage
Suitable for high Sound too much
pressure requirement High outlet temperature
of compressed air
RECIPROCATING VS. ROTARY
COMPRESSOR
 AIR
COMPRESSOR
FAQS
What are the advantages of using
compressed air vs. other power sources? 
1.) Safety is one of the biggest advantages. Electrical shock potential is greatly
reduced.

2.) Typically, pneumatic tools will weigh less than electric tools and make the tools
more ergonomically friendly.

3.) Compressed air has more flexibility than electrical tools because the
compressor can be made to be mobile. Either in the case of engine driven units or
wheeled portables that can be moved around at the job site.

4.) Compressed air can be regulated which permits varying pressure range uses
within one piping system.
5.) In almost all cases, the air tool's initial purchase cost is less than
comparable electric or hydraulic tools.

6.)Compressed air distribution systems are easier and less costly to install
than electrical grids and less demanding than hydraulic system lines. The
compressed air system can be modified for multiple points of use.

7.)Air tools have less maintenance and down time than hydraulic tools. They
also will not burn the air tool motor up like an electric tool could in low
electrical voltage situations.

8.)Air tools run cooler because the expanded air dissipates the heat of
operation as the air passes through the tool.

9.)Compressed air system leakage will not contaminate a work place

THANK YOU!!