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Review Problems: Module 1 - Compressors
Review Problems: Module 1 - Compressors
Module 1 - Compressors
1. An industrial plant has 0.472 m3/s compressor pumping air to 1.72 MPa. Intake
pressure is 101.3 kPa. Find (a) the minimum capacity of air receiver and (b)
how long will it take the compressor to fill-up a 5.5 m3 receiver from 827 kPa to
1700 kPa if the volumetric efficiency is 65%.
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respectively. Final discharge pressure is 100 psig, suction pressure is 14.5 psia.
Find the compression efficiency. (ME Board: April 1991)
8. An ideal single – stage, single – acting air compressor without clearance takes
in air at 100 kPa with a temperature of 16C and delivered it at 413 kPa after
isentropic compression. What is the discharge work done in kJ/kg? (ME Board:
April 1998)
10. A single-acting air compressor operates at 450 RPM with an initial condition of
air at 97.9 kPa and 27C and discharges the air at 379 kPa to a cylindrical tank.
The bore and stroke are 355 mm and 381 mm, respectively, with 5% clearance.
If the surrounding air is at 100 kPa and 20C while the compression and re-
expansion processes are pV 1.3 = C, determine the
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11. A single-acting, single-cylinder air compressor is rated at 4.25 m3/min of air. The
suction conditions are 1 atm and 27C and discharge pressure is 1034 kPa. The
compression process follows the equation pV 1.35 = C.
b. What is the engine kW power needed to drive the unit if the combined
engine-compressor efficiency is 84%?
a. The volume rate of air delivery in terms of standard air for a delivery
pressure 8 times ambient pressure under ambient conditions of 300K
and 1 bar.
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a. intercooler pressure, in kg/cm2
b. volumetric efficiency
c. brake horsepower at a efficiency of 85% and polytropic exponent of 1.35
d. kW rating of the driving motor
15. A three-stage, single-acting, diesel engine-driven reciprocating air compressor
is guaranteed to deliver 170 m3/hr free air at suction conditions of 1.03 kg/cm2
abs and 27C and discharge pressure is 35 kg/cm2 abs. Test results show that
the polytropic exponent for both compression and re-expansion processes is
1.34 and the mechanical efficiency of the compressor is 1.34. Assuming
perfect intercooling with optimum interstage pressures, determine
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