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A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE GROLL ROTARY VANE COMPRESSOR.

Author(s) : SMITH I. K., HARRISON H. R., COX M.

Summary

THE PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION AND DESIGN OF THE PROTOTYPE OF A NOVEL DESIGN OF VANE COMPRESSOR ARE DESCRIBED. ITS PERFORMANCE IS GIVEN AND COMPARED TO THAT OF EQUIVALENT COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SLIDING VANE AND RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS. ITS VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY WAS 19% GREATER THAN THAT OF THE SLIDING VANE COMPRESSOR AND 38% MORE THAN THAT OF THE RECIPROCATING MACHINE. THE ADIABATIC EFFICIENCY WAS ON AVERAGE 15% GREATER THAN THAT OF THESLIDING VANE AND ABOUT EQUAL TO THAT OF THE RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR. IT IS MORE COMPACT THAN THE RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR. IT IS SMOOTH AND QUIET IN OPERATION AND NO MECHANICAL FAULTS WERE ENCOUNTERED IN 432 HOURS OF OPERATION.

Details

  • Original title: A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE GROLL ROTARY VANE COMPRESSOR.
  • Record ID : 1991-1099
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1990/07/17
  • Source: Source: Proc. 1990 int. Compress. Eng. Conf., Purdue Univ.
    vol. 1; 131-139; 10 fig.; 1 ref.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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