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Compressor Types & Functions Guide

1. There are two main types of compressors: radial flow (centrifugal) compressors and axial flow compressors. Radial flow compressors increase pressure by adding velocity to fluid flow and converting it to potential energy through a diffuser. Axial compressors increase pressure by adding energy to fluid flow parallel to the axis of rotation using rotating airfoils. 2. An air compressor converts power into compressed air by forcing more air into a storage tank, increasing the pressure until an upper limit is reached. When pressure drops to a lower limit, it re-pressurizes the tank. 3. Check valves in a compressor only allow air to flow in one direction, helping to keep parts press

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Compressor Types & Functions Guide

1. There are two main types of compressors: radial flow (centrifugal) compressors and axial flow compressors. Radial flow compressors increase pressure by adding velocity to fluid flow and converting it to potential energy through a diffuser. Axial compressors increase pressure by adding energy to fluid flow parallel to the axis of rotation using rotating airfoils. 2. An air compressor converts power into compressed air by forcing more air into a storage tank, increasing the pressure until an upper limit is reached. When pressure drops to a lower limit, it re-pressurizes the tank. 3. Check valves in a compressor only allow air to flow in one direction, helping to keep parts press

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6.

0 DISCUSSION

1. List and explain different types of compressor.


a) Radial Flow Compressor

Centrifugal compressors sometimes called radial compressors are a sub-class of dynamic


axisymmetric work-absorbing turbomachinery. They achieve a pressure rise by adding
kinetic energy/velocity to a continuous flow of fluid through the rotor or impeller. This
kinetic energy is then converted to an increase in potential energy/static pressure by
slowing the flow through a diffuser. The pressure rise in the impeller is in most cases
almost equal to the rise in the diffuser.

b) Axial Flow Compressor

An axial compressor is a gas compressor that can continuously pressurize gases. It is a


rotating, airfoil-based compressor in which the gas or working fluid principally flows
parallel to the axis of rotation, or axially. This differs from other rotating compressors
such as centrifugal compressor, axi-centrifugal compressors and mixed-flow compressors
where the fluid flow will include a "radial component" through the compressor. The
energy level of the fluid increases as it flows through the compressor due to the action of
the rotor blades which exert a torque on the fluid. The stationary blades slow the fluid,
converting the circumferential component of flow into pressure.
2. Explain with
diagram process
of air

compressor

An air compressor is a device that converts power (using an electric motor, diesel or
gasoline engine, etc.) into potential energy stored in pressurized air (i.e., compressed air). By
one of several methods, an air compressor forces more and more air into a storage tank,
increasing the pressure. When tank pressure reaches its engineered upper limit, the air
compressor shuts off. The compressed air, then, is held in the tank until called into use.[1]
The energy contained in the compressed air can be used for a variety of applications,
utilizing the kinetic energy of the air as it is released and the tank depressurizes. When tank
pressure reaches its lower limit, the air compressor turns on again and re-pressurizes the
tank. An air compressor must be differentiated from a pump because it works for any gas/air,
while pumps work on a liquid.
3.
Explain with
diagram valve
system of

compressor.

Check valves allow the air to flow through in only one direction. With the help of check valves,
the compressor can keep certain parts pressurized and other parts de-pressurized. Check valves
also prevent that compressed air that has left the compressor (to the piping / air tank) cannot
flow back anymore, back into the compressor. If you hold the check valve in your hand and
would blow on it on one side, you have no problem blowing air through it. But, if you turn the
check valve around, it is impossible to blow any air through it. The same thing happens inside
the compressor or compressed air system. Once the compressed air passes the check valve, there
is no way it can go back again.

7.0 CONCLUSION

As a conclusion, from this experiment we have learn about the proper assembling
procedures of compressor. The compressor should be assembled and dismantled in a proper
and correct way to make sure the efficiency was maintained. Every part of the components
has it own use. Besides, we had identified different components of air compressor after
assembled it. The three general types of compressors are positive displacement, centrifugal,
and axial. Positive displacement compressors are usually of the reciprocating piston type, in
which the gas is drawn in during the suction stroke of the piston, compressed by decreasing
the volume of the gas by moving the piston in the opposite direction, and, lastly, discharged
when the gas pressure exceeds the pressure acting on the outlet valve. Reciprocating
compressors are useful for supplying small amounts of a gas at relatively high pressures.
8.0 REFERENCES

1) Gupta, B.V.R (2010). Theory of Mechanical Components and Maintenance . I.K.


International Pvt Ltd.

2) Farold Houl .(1989).Mechanical Components and Maintenance. Dainyn Publication.

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