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Reciprocating Compressor Losses The way I'm looking at losses is the difference between the energy in (electrical) and energy out (Kw % of compressed gasses). I may not be looking at this the right way, but the idea goes along the lines that if xkW/energy is provided to the (gas compression)...

Hi, I was wondering if anybody could tell me what are the losses in a reciprocating compressor, and how would I calculate them. Specifically I'm interented to know how does the input energy (electrical) translate into output energy (pressure), and where would I look for the losses that may occur...