In this paper, the experimental vibration analysis of a single cylinder air compressor based on a hypocycloid straight line mechanism (HSM) is investigated. The HSM mechanism uses planetary gears to convert rotational motion to purely linear motion. In the conventional air compressor, the slider- crank mechanism is replaced by the HSM mechanism with appropriate counterweights. The constructed s...

H. Doyle Thompson Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University W. Lafayette, IN 47907 .(317) 494-5624 Heat transfer to the suction gas in a hermetic compressor is known to have adverse effects on compressor performance. This can be explained in an overall sense by thermodynamic cycle analysis. The extent of suction gas heated. inside the compressor and the areas in which this heating occur...

Based on the theoretical analysis and experimental study of pneumatic damping behaviour for the valves in the reciprocating compressor, this paper presents a simple mathematical model of pneumatic damping valves, in which the non-viscous damping force is introduced. The non-viscous damping coefficient is obtained by the experimental determination. The simulation results of this simple model for...

To evaluate the effects of the thermal properties of components on the overall temperature distribution of a compressor, a heat transfer model employing the lumped thermal conductance approach has been formulated. The model has been verified with extensive measurements and the overall discrepancy of less than 7% is obtained. The discrepancies in the prediction are mainly the results of assumpti...

A liquid piston concept is proposed to improve the efficiency of gas compression and expansion. Because a liquid can conform to an irregular chamber volume, the surface area to volume ratio in the gas chamber can be maximized using a liquid piston. This creates near-isothermal operation, which minimizes energy lost to heat generation. A liquid piston eliminates gas leakage and replaces sliding ...

The paper describes the design concept of a small, oilfree, reciprocating high pressure compressor which was particularly developed for NGV-applications (NGV = Natural Gas for Vehicles). It is field proven in several thousand installations in various parts of the world. The compressor head is also used in a small hermetically sealed compression unit for technical gases like N2, Air, Ar, He, H2,...

In the present paper , dynamic characteristics of the pressure pulsation and heat exchange have been analyzed in cooler of reciprocating compressor. Through the analysis of energy balance for an heat exchange element , the differential equations are established for the heat exchange element. Effect of the pressure pulsation on heat exchange has been considered in the cooler of the compressor by...

Performance of a reciprocating refrigerator compressor with mixed-refrigerants (MR) was investigated experimentally. The current, standard methods of testing compressors and presenting performance data were found unsuitable for MR, and a new experimental apparatus was designed for a ·direct flowrate measurement with MR. Representative test data for Refrigerant R-12 and for a mixture of R-22/R-1...

This study involves the development of a fmite element model of a hennetic reciprocating compressor for noise prediction applications. Inherent difficulties in developing the finite element model of a complicated structure are discussed and appropriate modeling strategies are evolved. The development of the complete compressor fmite element model is carried out in two stages modeling of the com...