Thermal effect of lubricating oil in positive-displacement air compressors

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 1055-1066

  Valenti, Gianluca ^a   Colombo, Luigi ^a   Murgia, Stefano ^b   Lucchini, Andrea ^a   Sampietro, Andrea ^a   Capoferri, Andrea ^b   Araneo, Lucio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Ing Enea Mattei SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Oil spray; Positive displacement compressors

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC REVIEWS; COMPRESSION WORK; DISCHARGE PORT; DROPLET DIAMETERS; ENERGY BALANCE ANALYSIS; EXCHANGE SURFACES; GAS COMPRESSION; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS TEMPERATURE; HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS; INTERCOOLED; ISENTROPIC EFFICIENCY; OIL DROPLETS; OIL NOZZLE; OIL SPRAY; OPERATING CONDITION; SMALL DROPLETS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TEST RIGS; THERMAL INTERACTION;

COMPACTION; DATA COMPRESSION; DROP FORMATION; GASES; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUIDS; LUBRICATING OILS;

GAS COMPRESSORS;

EID: 84870209567     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.10.040     Document Type: Article

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