- Title
- Improving torque performance in reciprocating compressors via asymmetric stroke characteristics
- Creator
- Sultan, Ibrahim; Phung, Truong
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/174492
- Identifier
- vital:14874
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816998-8.00006-6
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780128169988 (ISBN)
- Abstract
- Reciprocating compressors enjoy a considerable popularity in industry due to their ability to attain high pressure levels at a range of crankshaft speeds. This chapter is intended to show that it is possible to obtain a considerable improvement in the performance of these compressors by modifying the design of their drives. Instead of the traditional slider-crank mechanism which has been used as a drive since the compressor industry started, it is now possible to replace this drive by more sophisticated ones which feature more flexible stroke designs. The chapter will offer a mathematical model for the workings of reciprocating compressor and demonstrate a candidate drive linkage. An example, presented at the end of the chapter, will demonstrate how the candidate drive linkage is optimized to reduce the torque acting on the compressor crank shaft and hence improve operation and reduce the stresses acting on various components. © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Relation
- Positive Displacement Machines: Modern Design Innovations and Tools p. 145-162
- Rights
- Metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Rights
- Copyright @ 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
- Subject
- Asymmetric stroke; Reciprocating compressors; Slider-crank; Torque performance
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