Compressed Air is regarded as the fourth utility next to power, water and fuel (natural gas), and generally the one that all customers should produce and provide themselves. Compressed air is the ...

Occasionally a technician may need to temporarily add oil to a semi-hermetic reciprocating compressor to maintain an adequate oil level, if the oil has been trapped out in the evaporator or suction ...

Oil loss is another possible cause of compressor early death. Like a motor vehicle, a refrigeration or air conditioning compressor needs sufficient oil in order to run properly, achieve its design ...

Historically, the gas jet compressor market recorded a 4.2% CAGR between 2020 and 2025, demonstrating consistent demand ...

Compressor speed as a function of molecular weight, while maintaining the same suction and discharge pressure and mass flow rate. Polytropic head and efficiencies as a function of gas molecular weight ...

This is the first of three articles that describe BP’s experience with reciprocating compressor damage from liquids intrusion at two facilities, in Oklahoma and Alaska. Due to the different damage ...

Years ago, it was common for shops to have a central power source that drove all the tools through a system of belts, wheels and driveshafts. The power was routed around the work space by mechanical ...