Equations are proposed for the mechanical efficiency and losses in a piston compressor operating with various working bodies. When such a compressor operates with ammonia and freons, the mechanical efficiency is higher than on working with air.
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Translated from Khimicheskoe i Neftegazovoe Mashinostroenie, No. 7, pp. 38–39, July, 2009.
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Antipov, Y.A., Barskii, I.A., Vallejo Maldonado, P.R. et al. Mechanical efficiency and losses in a piston compressor for various working bodies. Chem Petrol Eng 45, 438 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10556-009-9206-z
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