Emerson Process Management’s Smart Machinery Health portfolio now provides an integrated protection and prediction solution for critical reciprocating compressors. Common compressor issues can be ...

A reciprocating compressor, or positive displacement compressor, uses a plunger or piston to compress gas in the compressor cylinder as the engine drives the piston back-and-forth inside the cylinder.

Reciprocating machines are diesel engines, gas engines, and reciprocating compressors, Fig. 15.1. The alignment procedure for these machines is similar to the reverse-indicator or face-and-rim methods ...

Takao Koga, Kobelco EDTI Compressors Inc. A fuel gas boosting compressor is the “blood pump” for gas turbine power plants because if the fuel gas compressor fails, the gas turbine power plant stops ...

The main types of compressors used in industrial refrigeration are screw, reciprocating, centrifugal, and rotary vane. Another type that is manufactured in large numbers is the scroll compressor, but ...