centrifugal compressor
21compressor impeller — An impeller of a turbocharger driven by the turbine at speeds up to 160,000 rpm, which accelerates by centrifugal force the charge air which enter axially and leaves radially at a very high velocity …
22Gas compressor — A gas compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. Compressors are similar to pumps: both increase the pressure on a fluid and both can transport the fluid through a pipe. As gases are… …
23Axial compressor — Axial compressors are rotating, aerofoil based compressors in which the working fluid principally flows parallel to the axis of rotation. This is in contrast with centrifugal, axi centrifugal and mixed flow compressors where the air may enter… …
24Mixed flow compressor — For more details on this topic, see Centrifugal compressor. A mixed flow compressor combines the axial and radial components to produce a diagonal flow unit. The exit mean radius is greater than at the inlet, but the flow tends to exit in an… …
25single-stage compressor — A centrifugal compressor having a single impeller wheel, with vanes either on one or on both sides of the wheel. Also, an axial flow compressor with one row of rotor blades and one row of stator blades. Axial flow compressors are normally… …
26Diagonal or mixed-flow compressor — A diagonal or mixed flow compressor is effectively a cross between a centrifugal and axial flow compressor. The American term diagonal flow is very apt, because these compressors combine both axial and radial velocity components. The prime… …
27radial compressor/radial outflow compressor — A compressor in which the airflow is radial. Air is taken to the center of the impeller and slung outward by the centrifugal force. The same as a centrifugal compressor …
28single-entry compressor — A centrifugal compressor that takes in air or fluid on only one side of the impeller; the impeller is faced with vanes only on that side. See centrifugal compressor …
29Joy Compressor — 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 in Western New York. Within a short period of time, a farmer s field in Cheektowaga, New York …
30Reciprocating compressor — A reciprocating compressor is a compressor that uses pistons driven by a crankshaft to deliver gases at high pressure. [cite book|author=Bloch, H.P. and Hoefner, J.J.|title=Reciprocating Compressors, Operation and… …
