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    What Is Refrigeration Compressor: Types of Compressors

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    The document discusses different types of refrigeration compressors. It explains that compressors compress refrigerant gas and are crucial to the refrigeration cycle. The main types are reciprocating, screw, rotary, centrifugal, and scroll compressors. Reciprocating compressors use pistons in cylinders like engines and are the most widely used. Screw compressors use meshing screws to compress refrigerant and use less power than reciprocating compressors. Rotary compressors have two rotating elements that compress refrigerant to lower or moderate pressures. Centrifugal compressors use an impeller to handle large gas volumes at lower pressures. Scroll compressors use two interleaved scrolls, one fixed and one orbiting, to compress refrig

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    The document discusses different types of refrigeration compressors. It explains that compressors compress refrigerant gas and are crucial to the refrigeration cycle. The main types are reciprocating, screw, rotary, centrifugal, and scroll compressors. Reciprocating compressors use pistons in cylinders like engines and are the most widely used. Screw compressors use meshing screws to compress refrigerant and use less power than reciprocating compressors. Rotary compressors have two rotating elements that compress refrigerant to lower or moderate pressures. Centrifugal compressors use an impeller to handle large gas volumes at lower pressures. Scroll compressors use two interleaved scrolls, one fixed and one orbiting, to compress refrig

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    The document discusses different types of refrigeration compressors. It explains that compressors compress refrigerant gas and are crucial to the refrigeration cycle. The main types are reciprocating, screw, rotary, centrifugal, and scroll compressors. Reciprocating compressors use pistons in cylinders like engines and are the most widely used. Screw compressors use meshing screws to compress refrigerant and use less power than reciprocating compressors. Rotary compressors have two rotating elements that compress refrigerant to lower or moderate pressures. Centrifugal compressors use an impeller to handle large gas volumes at lower pressures. Scroll compressors use two interleaved scrolls, one fixed and one orbiting, to compress refrig

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    The document discusses different types of refrigeration compressors. It explains that compressors compress refrigerant gas and are crucial to the refrigeration cycle. The main types are reciprocating, screw, rotary, centrifugal, and scroll compressors. Reciprocating compressors use pistons in cylinders like engines and are the most widely used. Screw compressors use meshing screws to compress refrigerant and use less power than reciprocating compressors. Rotary compressors have two rotating elements that compress refrigerant to lower or moderate pressures. Centrifugal compressors use an impeller to handle large gas volumes at lower pressures. Scroll compressors use two interleaved scrolls, one fixed and one orbiting, to compress refrig

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    What is Refrigeration Compressor

    The compressors are one of the most important parts of the refrigeration
    cycle. The compressor compresses the refrigerant, which flows to the
    condenser, where it gets cooled. It then moves to the expansion valve, and
    the evaporator and it is finally sucked by the compressor again. For the
    proper functioning of the refrigeration cycle, the refrigerant must be
    compressed to the pressure corresponding to the saturation temperature
    higher than the temperature of the naturally available air or water. It is the
    crucial function that is performed by the compressor. Compression of the
    refrigerant to the suitable pressure ensures its proper condensation and
    circulation throughout the cycle. The capacity of the refrigeration or air
    conditioning depends entirely on the capacity of the compressor.

    Types of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Compressors


    There are various types of compressors used in the refrigeration and air
    conditioning machines, these are: reciprocating, rotary, screw, centrifugal
    and scroll. All these have been described below briefly:

    1) Reciprocating Compressors:
    The reciprocating compressors are one of the most widely used types of the
    refrigerating compressors. They have piston and cylinder arrangement like
    the automotive engine. The reciprocating motion of the piston due to
    external power compresses the refrigerant inside the cylinder. There are
    three types of reciprocating compressors: hermetically sealed, semihermetically sealed and open type. The open of reciprocating compressors
    can be of single cylinder type or multi-cylinder type.

    2) Screw Compressors:
    The screw compressors comprise of the pair of meshing screws between
    which the refrigerant gets compressed. They can produce high pressure for
    small quantity of gas. They consume less power than the reciprocating
    compressors and are being used widely. It can be used with refrigerants like
    R12, R22, and others.

    3) Rotary Compressors:
    The rotary compressors have two rotating elements, like gears, between
    which the refrigerant is compressed. These compressors can pump the
    refrigerant to lower or moderate condensing pressures. Since they can
    handle small volume of the gas and produce lesser pressure, they are used in
    fewer applications.

    4) Centrifugal Compressor:
    The centrifugal compressors comprise of the impeller or the blower that can
    handle large quantities of gas but at relatively lower condensing pressure. It
    is suitable for working with refrigerants like R-11, R-113 etc.

    5) Scroll Compressors:
    The scroll compressor comprises of two interleaved scrolls of which one is
    fixed and the other orbits eccentrically without rotating. During its motion
    small gaps are created between the scrolls where the refrigerant gets
    compressed. The scrolls can have different shapes like involute, Archimedean
    spiral or hybrid curve. In another arrangement both the scrolls may be
    rotating eccentrically to produce the compression

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