Occasionally a technician may need to temporarily add oil to a semi-hermetic reciprocating compressor to maintain an adequate oil level, if the oil has been trapped out in the evaporator or suction ...

This is the first of three articles that describe BP’s experience with reciprocating compressor damage from liquids intrusion at two facilities, in Oklahoma and Alaska. Due to the different damage ...

Compressor speed as a function of molecular weight, while maintaining the same suction and discharge pressure and mass flow rate. Polytropic head and efficiencies as a function of gas molecular weight ...