Presented By:

 M.Faisal Mushtaq (UET/SCET-17-ME-049)

 Sadam Hussain (UET/SCET-17-ME-48)
 Asad Irshad (UET/SCET-17-ME-074)
 Contents

 Introduction to rotary compressor.

 Construction of rotary compressor.
 Working Principle of rotary compressor.
 Types of rotary compressor.
 Applications/Advantages of rotary
compressor.
 Rotary Compressors:
 A displacement machine in which compression of the 
fluid
is effected directly by a rotor and without the piston, 
connecting rod, and crank mechanism of  reciprocating
compressor.
 These compressors are not of reciprocating nature,

therefore does not have any pistons and crankshaft.

Instead, these compressors have screws, vanes,
scrolls, and other devices which rotate and thus
compress air.
Construction of Rotary Compressor
 The rotors have a very special shape  and they turn
in opposite directions with very little clearance
between them. The rotors are covered by cooling
jackets. Two shafts on the rotors are placed that
transfer their motion with the help of  timing gears
that are attached at the starting point of the
shafts/compressor.
Working Principle of Rotary Compressor
 Air sucked in at one end and gets trapped
between the rotors and get pushed to other
side of the rotors .The air is pushed by the
rotors that are rotating in opposite direction
and  compression is done when it gets trapped
in clearance between the two rotors. Then it
pushed towards pressure side.
 Types of Rotary
Compressor :
 Root Blower
 Vane Type
 Screw Compressor
 Scroll Compressor
 1. Root
Blower :
• The Roots type blower is a positive
displacement compressor which operates by
pumping a fluid with a pair of lobes.

• Fluid is trapped in pockets surrounding the

lobes and carried from the intake side to the
exhaust.

• The most common application of the Roots

type blower has been as the induction device
on two-stroke Diesel engines .
•Roots blowers are also used in reverse to
measure the flow of gases or liquids, for
example, in gas meters.
 2. Vane Type
Compressor :
•The Vane type Air Compressor is having a
fixed casing and a rotary rotor disc which has
slots for holding the sliding plates as shown in
the figure.

•As the rotor rotates, the disc also rotates,

thus allowing the sliding plates to slide as the
inner surface of the casing is eccentric.
•Thus the sliding plates moves away from the
centre, huge quantities of air will be trapped in,
thus as the plates converge, the air gets
compressed and thus results in compressed
air.
3. Screw Compressor

•The screw compressors are efficient in low

air pressure requirements.

•Two screws rotate with each other, thus

trapping air between the screws and the
compressor casing, forming pockets which
progressively travel and gets squeezed and
delivering it at a higher pressure which opens
the delivery valve.
•The compressed air delivery is continuous
and quiet in operation than a reciprocating
compressor.
 4. Scroll
Compressor :
•The Scroll type compressors are having
scrolls driven by the prime mover.

•The scrolls outer edges trap air and then as

they rotate, the air travel from outwards to
inwards thus getting compressed due to the
reduction in the area.
•Thus the compressed air is delivered through
the central space of the scroll to the delivery air
line.
 Advantages
of Rotary Compressor :

a) Less noisy.
b) These are called the work-horses as they supply
large amount of compress air.
c) More energy efficient as compared to piston
type compressors.
d) The air supply is continuous as compared to
reciprocating compressors.
e) Relatively low end temperature of compressed
air.
Applications/Usage:
o Rotary compressors are generally used to supply
compressed air for larger industrial applications.
o They are also used to provide compressed air to
jack hammers, riveting tools, pneumatic pumps,
sand blasting operations and industrial paint
systems.
Presented By:
 M.Faisal Mushtaq (UET/SCET-17-ME-049)
 Sadam Hussain (UET/SCET-17-ME-48)
 Asad Irshad (UET/SCET-17-ME-074)