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Which rotary screw compressor is best?

Oil-injected rotary screw compressors are the most common, since they are the cheaper ones of the two types. Oil-free screw compressors are only used in applications where to compressed air must be 100% oil free (usually in food-processing plants, chemical plants, etc). I will explain later why the oil-free type is more expensive.

Which rotor profile has the lowest compressor specific power?

The optimisation criterion was the lowest compressor specific power. As a result, three distinctively different rotor profiles were calculated, one for oil-free compression and the other two for oil-flooded air and refrigeration compression. They are presented in Fig. 8.

Is a rotary screw compressor a positive displacement compressor?

The rotary screw compressor is a 'positive displacement' compressor. Which simply means that the air is physically squeezed together by an external force (like piston- and scroll-compressors, which are also positive displacement compressors). Trapped air between the rotors

Which rotor configuration is best for Air Compressor Optimisation?

This gives additional flexibility and maneuverability to the compressor optimisation. A 5/6 rotor configuration of 128 mm outer diameter of the male rotor was optimised to obtain the best compressor performance if used either in the dry air compressor, or oil-flooded air compressor or oil-flooded refrigeration compressor.

What is a rotary screw compressor?

Inside the compressor element are two screws (called 'rotors') that turn in opposite direction. The rotary screw compressor is a 'positive displacement' compressor. Which simply means that the air is physically squeezed together by an external force (like piston- and scroll-compressors, which are also positive displacement compressors).

Can a computer model be used for screw compressor optimisation?

In order to make such computer models more readily accessible to designers and engineers, as well as specialists, the authors have developed a suite of subroutines for the purpose of screw machine design, Hanjalic and Stosic, 1997, which duly can be used in screw compressor optimisation.