compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. An air compressor is a specific type of gas compressor...
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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...
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compressor is a machine that takes ambient air from the surroundings and discharges it at a higher pressure. It is an application of a gas compressor...
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A compressor stall is a local disruption of the airflow in the compressor of a gas turbine or turbocharger. A stall that results in the complete disruption...
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A scroll compressor (also called spiral compressor, scroll pump and scroll vacuum pump) is a device for compressing air or refrigerant. It is used in...
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Compressor surge is a form of aerodynamic instability in axial compressors or centrifugal compressors. The term describes violent air flow oscillating...
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Turbocharger (section Compressor)
devices, a compressor in the turbocharger pressurises the intake air before it enters the inlet manifold. In the case of a turbocharger, the compressor is powered...
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Look up compressor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume...
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Centrifugal compressors, sometimes called impeller compressors or radial compressors, are a sub-class of dynamic axisymmetric work-absorbing turbomachinery...
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A compressor map is a chart which shows the performance of a turbomachinery compressor. This type of compressor is used in gas turbine engines, for supercharging...
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Vapor-compression refrigeration (redirect from Compressor refrigerator)
systems. Cascade refrigeration systems may also be implemented using two compressors. Refrigeration may be defined as lowering the temperature of an enclosed...
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Turbojet (section Compressor)
inlet guide vanes, a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine (that drives the compressor). The compressed air from the compressor is heated by burning...
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A hydrogen compressor is a device that increases the pressure of hydrogen by reducing its volume resulting in compressed hydrogen or liquid hydrogen. Traditionally...
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inverter compressor is a compressor that is operated with an inverter. In the hermetic type, it can either be a scroll or reciprocating compressor. This...
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rotary-screw compressor is a type of gas compressor, such as an air compressor, that uses a rotary-type positive-displacement mechanism. These compressors are...
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Compressor characteristic is a mathematical curve that shows the behaviour of a fluid going through a dynamic compressor. It shows changes in fluid pressure...
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Dynamic range compression (redirect from Audio compressor)
or audio software that applies compression is called a compressor. In the 2000s, compressors became available as software plugins that run in digital...
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basic categories of gas turbine engine compressor: axial compressor, centrifugal compressor and mixed flow compressor. A fourth, unusual, type is the free-piston...
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A diaphragm compressor is a variant of the classic reciprocating compressor with backup and piston rings and rod seal. The compression of gas occurs by...
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Refrigerator (section Compressor refrigerators)
refrigerator which was powered by electric compressors (together with the Esslingen Machine Works). Its electric compressors were manufactured by the Ganz Works...
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A compressor station is a facility which helps the transportation process of natural gas from one location to another. Natural gas, while being transported...
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Kaeser Compressors, Inc. manufactures compressed air and vacuum products, including rotary screw compressors, oil-less reciprocating compressors, rotary...
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A prism compressor is an optical device used to shorten the duration of a positively chirped ultrashort laser pulse by giving different wavelength components...
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A diving air compressor is a breathing air compressor that can provide breathing air directly to a surface-supplied diver, or fill diving cylinders with...
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A reciprocating compressor or piston compressor is a positive-displacement compressor that uses pistons driven by a crankshaft to deliver gases at high...
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Peugeot Satelis Compressor is a scooter made by the French company Peugeot from 2006 to 2012. In 2005, Peugeot created the Jet Force Compressor, the first...
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Compressor is a video and audio media compression and encoding application for macOS made by Apple. The application used to be available as part of Final...
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Joy Compressors were first introduced in 1955 when the Joy Manufacturing Company hired four engineers and set them up in an office over a hardware store...
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Atlas Copco (section Compressor Technique)
air compressors (of which it is the world's leading producer), construction and assembly systems. The Group operates in four areas: Compressor Technology...
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Air conditioning (section Types of compressors)
type of compressor is more efficient because it has 70 percent less moving parts than a reciprocating compressor. [citation needed] This compressor use two...
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