reciprocating compressor
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Reciprocating Compressor. Reciprocating compressors are the best known and most widely used compressors of the positive displacement type. They operate on the same principle as the old, familiar bicycle pump, that is, by means of a piston in a cylinder. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Reciprocating Compressor
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• Reciprocating compressors are the best known and most widely used compressors of the positive displacement type.
• They operate on the same principle as the old, familiar bicycle pump, that is, by means of a piston in a cylinder.
• As the piston moves forward in the cylinder, it compresses the air or gas into a smaller space, thus raising its pressure.
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Multistage, double-acting reciprocating compressor in V –arrangement
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Pressure volume diagram for a reciprocating compressor with clearance neglected
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Compression process on a p-v diagram
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Example 1
A single-stage reciprocating compressor takes 1 m3 of air per minute at 1.013 bar and 15°C and delivers it at 7 bar. Assuming that the law of compression is pV1.35 = constant, and that clearance is negligible, calculate the indicated power.
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Shaft power = indicated power + friction power
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Example 2
If the compressor of Example 1 is to be driven at 300 rev/min and is a single-acting, single-cylinder machine, calculate the cylinder bore required, assuming a stroke to bore ratio of 1.5/1. Calculate the power of the motor required to drive the compressor if the mechanical efficiency of the compressor is 85% and that of the motor transmission is 90%.
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The condition for minimum work
Possible compression processes on a p-v diagram
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Isothermal efficiency
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Example 3
Using the data of Example 1 calculate the isothermal efficiency of the ompressor.
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Isothermal, polytropic, and isentropic compression processes on a T-s diagram
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Reciprocating compressors including clearance
Ideal indicator diagram for a reciprocating compressor with clearance
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Compression and re-expansion of masses of gas in a reciprocating compressor
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Example 4
A single-stage, double-acting air compressor is required to deliver 14 m3 of air per minute measured at 1.013 bar and 15°C. The delivery pressure is 7 bar and the speed 300 rev/rnin. Take the clearance volume as 5 % of the swept volume with a compression and re-expansion index of n = 1.3. Calculate the swept volume of the cylinder, the delivery temperature, and the indicated power.
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Actual indicator diagram for a reciprocating compressor
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Volumetric efficiency, ηv
v = the mass of gas delivered, divided by the mass of gas which would fill the swept volume at the free air conditions of pressure and temperature .
or
v = the volume of gas delivered measured at the free air pressure and temperature, divided by the swept volume of the cylinder.
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Indicator diagram for a reciprocating compressor