Increasing efficiency of compressor / Mohamad Ghufran Yusuf and Mohamad Riza Ebrahim

• Main Authors: Yusuf, Mohamad Ghufran, Ebrahim, Mohamad Riza
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Energy consumption; Pneumatic machinery
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/75479/1/75479.PDF; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/75479/

Gas compressors are used for raising the gas pressure and transporting the gas from the location to the factories and residences. Water is very scarce in most of the areas and cannot be used for cooling single stage compressors. Power input for compression can be reduced by circulating air around the compressor .Electric energy is also consumed for blowing air but the cost can be neglected if the air is coming from fans that are used for supplying air to the technicians working in the production area. Air can be passed through ducts and can be circulated around compressors. After calculating the optimum velocity of air, the system can be adjusted for the automatic control. Our project is limited in finding the optimum velocity. Designing automatic control is beyond our scope because of limited time.