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    Rotary compressors use external energy to increase the pressure of air from low to high pressure. Centrifugal compressors consist of an impeller that increases air's kinetic energy and pressure as it flows outward due to centrifugal force. They are used to provide compressed air for gas turbines and engines. The impeller's velocity increases air's absolute and relative velocities, converting kinetic energy to pressure energy. Pressure, velocities, and angles are important parameters in centrifugal compressor design and analysis.

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    Centrifugal Compressor

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    Rotary compressors use external energy to increase the pressure of air from low to high pressure. Centrifugal compressors consist of an impeller that increases air's kinetic energy and pressure as it flows outward due to centrifugal force. They are used to provide compressed air for gas turbines and engines. The impeller's velocity increases air's absolute and relative velocities, converting kinetic energy to pressure energy. Pressure, velocities, and angles are important parameters in centrifugal compressor design and analysis.

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    Rotary compressors use external energy to increase the pressure of air from low to high pressure. Centrifugal compressors consist of an impeller that increases air's kinetic energy and pressure as it flows outward due to centrifugal force. They are used to provide compressed air for gas turbines and engines. The impeller's velocity increases air's absolute and relative velocities, converting kinetic energy to pressure energy. Pressure, velocities, and angles are important parameters in centrifugal compressor design and analysis.

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    Rotary compressors use external energy to increase the pressure of air from low to high pressure. Centrifugal compressors consist of an impeller that increases air's kinetic energy and pressure as it flows outward due to centrifugal force. They are used to provide compressed air for gas turbines and engines. The impeller's velocity increases air's absolute and relative velocities, converting kinetic energy to pressure energy. Pressure, velocities, and angles are important parameters in centrifugal compressor design and analysis.

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    Rotary Compressors

    Compressor :
    Compressor is a device which is used to increase the pressure of air from low pressure
    to high pressure by using some external energy.

    Applications of compressed air :


    • For filling the air in tube of vehicles
    • In automobile service station to clean vehicles.
    • For spray painting in paint industries.
    • In vehicle to operate air brakes.
    • For cleaning workshop machines.
    • For supercharging of an IC engines.
    • For operation of pneumatic tools i.e. rock drills, vibrators etc.

    Classification of rotary compressors


    Centrifugal Compressor

    • A centrifugal blower compressor, in its simplest


    form, consists of a rotor (or impeller) to which a
    number of curved vanes are tilted symmetrically.
    The rotor rotates in an air tight volute casing with
    inlet and outlet points.
    • The casing for the compressor is so designed that
    the kinetic energy of the air is converted into
    pressure energy before it leaves the casing.
    • The mechanical energy is provided to the rotor
    from some external source. As the rotor rotates, it
    sucks air through its eye, increases its pressure due
    to centrifugal force and forces the air to flow over
    the diffuser. The pressure of air is further increased
    during its flow over the diffuser. Finally, the air at a
    high pressure is delivered to the receiver.
    • In centrifugal compressors air enters the
    compressors axially and leaves the compressor
    radially.
    Applications of centrifugal compressor:

    • centrifugal compressors are used to provide compressed air to Modern gas turbines which
    operate on the Brayton cycle.
    • Centrifugal compressors used in engines as super chargers .

    Pressure and Velocity variation in centrifugal compressor:


    Centrifugal Compressor (Velocity Diagram)
    v1= absolute velocity of fluid at inlet
    u1= Mean blade velocity at inlet
    vr1 = relative velocity of fluid at inlet
    vw1 = velocity of whirl (tangential) at inlet
    vf1 = velocity of flow at inlet
    u2= Mean blade velocity at outlet
    vr2 = relative velocity of fluid at outlet
    v2= absolute velocity of fluid at outlet
    vw2 = velocity of whirl at outlet
    vf2 = velocity of flow at outlet
    α1 = exit angle from the guide vane or inlet
    angle of the guide vane
    Β1 = inlet angle to the rotor or impeller or
    angle between vr1 with the direction of motion
    of vane at inlet
    β2 = outlet angle to the rotor or impeller or
    angle between vr2 with the direction of motion
    of vane at inlet
    α2 = inlet angle to diffuser
    Work done by the impeller (Euler’s Work) :
    Note: The blade velocity at inlet or outlet (u1 and u2 ) may be found Out by
    the relation

    where D1 and D2 are the internal and external diameters of the impeller.
    Width of blades of impeller and diffuser :
    Work factor or power input factor :

    Pressure Coefficient :

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