Reciprocating Air Compressor Line Diagram

So classification will help you better understand the working of the reciprocating air compressor.

Reciprocating air compressor line diagram.

A reciprocating compressor is a positive displacement machine that uses a piston to compress a gas and deliver it at high pressure. The principle of operation is same in each type. It is called as positive displacement compressor because air is first sucked in a chamber and then compression is achieved by decreasing area of the chamber. Various compressors are found in almost every industrial facility.

But according to stages the building of discharge pressure is different in each compressor. Reciprocating compressors have been the most widely used for industrial plant air systems. Click the image to enlarge the simple reciprocating air compressor has a piston which reciprocates inside the cylinder wall and cylinder head. Reciprocating air compressor has also classified according to its stages.

The intake gas enters the suction manifold then flows into the compression cylinder where it gets compressed by a piston driven in a reciprocating motion via a crankshaft and is then discharged.