Compressors: Selection and Sizing: Third Edition

Compressors: Selection and Sizing: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-620

  Brown, Royce N ^a  

^a RNB Engineering in Houston   (United States)

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COMPRESSORS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIAPHRAGMS; GAS COMPRESSORS; PURCHASING;

BID EVALUATION; DEPTH INFORMATION; INDUSTRY PRACTICES; LATEST TECHNOLOGY; PROPER DESIGN; REAL-WORLD; ROTOR DYNAMIC;

RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS;

EID: 84942606274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7506-7545-1.X5000-7     Document Type: Book

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