Category
page 1Compressors
jet engine
reaction engine which generates thrust by jet propulsion
compressor
thumb|A small stationary high pressure breathing air compressor for filling scuba cylinders
thumb|A powerful compressor for street work. Model XASS from Atlas Copco circa 1985.
thumb|right|Natural gas compressor at a gas well
thumb|right|High pressure reciprocating compressor from Belliss and Morcom, used in the bottling industry
A 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.
centrifugal pump
machine that uses a rotating impeller to move liquids by converting rotational energy into kinetic energy
centrifugal compressor
sub-class of dynamic axisymmetric work-absorbing turbomachinery
reciprocating compressor
device used to pump gases at high pressure
axial compressor
pressure producing machine
scroll compressor
device for compressing air or refrigerant.
air compressor
devicecompresor
rotary screw compressor
Gas compressor using a rotary positive-displacement mechanism
trompe
thumb|A Catalan forge trompe
hydrogen compressor
device to increase pressure of hydrogen gas
degree of reaction
Euler's pump and turbine equation
turbomachinery Equation in Fluid Dynamics
Burckhardt Compression
company
air cycle machine
aircraft refrigeration
Booster pump
Machine to increase pressure of a fluid
ionic liquid piston compressor