Parts of An Air Compressor: Piston, Cylinder & Head, Connecting Rod, Crankcase
An Air Compressor is a simple piece of machinery, with many important components which are vital for its proper operation and functioning. There are …
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Types of Air Compressors: Reciprocating, Rotary, Screw, Vane, Lobe
Though the reciprocating air compressor is the most commonly used one, there are also many different types of air compressors which are used in …
Continue ReadingDouble Pipe Heat Exchanger Design with Counterflow or Parallel Flow
Double pipe heat exchanger design is rather straightforward. It uses one heat exchanger pipe inside another. After determining the required heat …
Continue ReadingAmmonia Gas used as a Refrigerant in Refrigeration System
Ammonia or R717 is amongst the oldest of all the refrigerants and still used widely in the refrigeration applications. It is also the only refrigerant …
Continue ReadingA Fin Tube Exchanger Works Well as an Air Heat Exchanger
Use of a fin tube exchanger works especially well for an air heat exchanger. A finned tube adds a lot of heat transfer surface area for the fluid …
Continue ReadingTypes and Use of Precision Measuring Instruments
Measuring the dimensions like length, diameter etc. of an object using a scale is not a very big task. But measuring these dimensions with accuracy …
Continue ReadingAir Compressor Operation: Description of Two Stage and Theory
Air compressors are differential pressure engines. Read this article to learn about modern, basic air compressors and their theory of design and …
Continue ReadingThe Limitations of Single Stage Air Compressors.
As the delivery pressure demand on a single-stage compressor increases, the quantity of compressed air delivered decreases. Find out how this happens …
Continue ReadingTwo-Stage and Multi-Stage Air Compressors
By cooling the compressed air between each stage, the compression curve moves to near isothermal. The work done by the compressor is less if it is …
Continue ReadingAir Compressor Theory: Air Compression Cycle & Formula
Air is freely available everywhere. But Compressed air is not. So what is compressed air and what happens to air when it is compressed. Read here to …
Continue ReadingRefrigerant R134a Properties & Spec. Freon 134 (R134a Freon) Properties.
Refrigerant R134a is a hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) that has zero potential to cause the depletion of the ozone layer and very little greenhouse effect. …
Continue ReadingRefrigerant R11 (R-11), Freon 11 (Freon R-11) Properties & Replacement
The chemical name of refrigerant R11 is trichloromonofluoromethane and its chemical formula is CCl3F. Refrigerant R11 is chlorofluorocarbon (CFC). R11 …
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