Centrifugal compressors, sometimes called impeller compressors or radial compressors, are a sub-class of dynamic axisymmetric work-absorbing turbomachinery...

compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. An air compressor is a specific type of gas compressor...

differs from other rotating compressors such as centrifugal compressor, axi-centrifugal compressors and mixed-flow compressors where the fluid flow will...

Compressor surge is a form of aerodynamic instability in axial compressors or centrifugal compressors. The term describes violent air flow oscillating...

basic categories of gas turbine engine compressor: axial compressor, centrifugal compressor and mixed flow compressor. A fourth, unusual, type is the free-piston...

converting it to pressure energy. Chillers with centrifugal compressors have a 'Centrifugal Compressor Map' that shows the "surge line" and the "choke...

and race applications. While the first practical centrifugal compressor was designed in 1899, centrifugal superchargers evolved during World War II with...

patent showed a two-stage axial compressor feeding a single-sided centrifugal compressor. Practical axial compressors were made possible by ideas from...

screw compressor Rotary vane pump Scroll compressor Centrifugal (roto-dynamic or turbo) compressor Axial compressor, often used in jet engines. Another way...

movers": Turbine / Centrifugal Compressor uses a natural gas-fired turbine to turn a centrifugal compressor. The centrifugal compressor is similar to a large...