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I need some help in understanding a few things about air compressors & in particular Centifugal Compressors, could someone help me out with this please.
This is not homework, just me trying to understand.
If a Centrifugal compressor is rated at "just for example only" 10bar pressure @ 100 m^3/min, is this the rated flow out of an open hose or nozzle into the atmosphere, no load condition?
Or is this under full working load?
As an example only so I can understand more clearly using the compressor specs above.
If we have a hypothetical cylinder of 100 m^3 volume fitted with a piston inside, the piston has a load attached externally at the other end.
The pressure needed to move the piston & the load is say 9 bar, how long will it take for the piston to move the total length of the cylinder & for the compressor to fill the full volume of the cylinder.
In other words what would the flow rate be of the compressor in this situation.
A working example of the calculation to work this out would be very helpful.
Thanks
This is not homework, just me trying to understand.
If a Centrifugal compressor is rated at "just for example only" 10bar pressure @ 100 m^3/min, is this the rated flow out of an open hose or nozzle into the atmosphere, no load condition?
Or is this under full working load?
As an example only so I can understand more clearly using the compressor specs above.
If we have a hypothetical cylinder of 100 m^3 volume fitted with a piston inside, the piston has a load attached externally at the other end.
The pressure needed to move the piston & the load is say 9 bar, how long will it take for the piston to move the total length of the cylinder & for the compressor to fill the full volume of the cylinder.
In other words what would the flow rate be of the compressor in this situation.
A working example of the calculation to work this out would be very helpful.
Thanks