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multicylinder compressor [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compressors
  • Refrigerating Machines and Appliances
CONT

For multicylinder compressors, an analysis must be made of the number of cylinders that might possibly be on a compression stroke at start and the position of the rods at that moment.

CONT

Vertical and horizontal compressors may be single-cylinder or multicylinder units. The angle type is multicylinder with one or more horizontal and vertical compressing elements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Compresseurs
  • Machines frigorifiques
CONT

[...] pour produire de très basses températures, [...] on réalise des installations à deux étages de compression, dites «compound». Ce compoundage, qui était autrefois réalisé par un ensemble piston-cylindre-différentiel, s'obtient maintenant au moyen de compresseurs polycylindriques, dont certains cylindres sont utilisés en basse pression (BP) et d'autres en haute pression (HP) [...]

Spanish

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