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Reciprocating Compressor

Compressor :
Device used for increasing the pressure
of a fluid.
Classification:
Positive displacement [reciprocating and
rotary] and non-positive displacement
[centrifugal and axial].
Uses of compressed air:
Compressor terminology:
Single stage and multistage, single acting
and double acting, compressor
displacement, free air delivery(FAD),
pressure ratio.
Performance parameters:
(1)Volumetric efficiency and
(2)isothermal efficiency
Working principle of a single stage, single
acting reciprocating compressor:
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