INDUSTRIAL PLANT ENGINEERING (TUTORIAL 2020 1ST SEM)

QUIZ # 2 GAS COMPRESSORS

PROBLEMS:

1. A single stage air compressor handles 0.454 m3/sec of atmospheric pressure,27oC

air, and delivers it to a receiver at 652.75 kPa. It’s volumetric efficiency is 0.72, its
compression efficiency on an isothermal basis is 0.85 and its mechanical efficiency is
0.90.If it rotates at 350 rpm, what power in kW is required to drive it?

2. A two stage air compressor operates between limits of 98.6 kPa and 1.103 MPa.
The swept volume of the low pressure piston is 0.142 cu. meter. Due to failure of the
cooling water supply to the intercooler, air is passed to the high pressure cylinder
without reduction in temperature. Using PV1.2 = C, determine the percentage increase
in power.

3. A compressor of a compressed air system displaces air at 25 cubic meters per

minute when the intake pressure is 101.4 kPa. Compute the time required to pump up
a 9 cubic meter receiver from 550 kPa to 828 kPa. If the volumetric efficiency of the
compressor is 70%.

4. A single acting compressor with a 10 cm bore and 15 cm stroke operates at 300

rpm. The clearance is 6% and it receives air at 100 kPa and discharges it at 700 kPa.
The compression is polytropic with n = 1.33. Determine the power required in kW.