Article | REF: BE9741 V1

Industrial refrigerating machines - Compressors

Author: Georges VRINAT

Publication date: April 10, 2009

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1. Piston compressors

1.1 Technologies and compression

Piston compressors belong to the reciprocating positive-displacement compressor family. They can be produced using three different technologies (figure 1 ):

  • open compressors (O), directly or indirectly coupled to separate electric or thermal motors. They can handle any refrigerant, including hydrocarbons;

  • accessible hermetic (HA) (or semi-hermetic) compressors, directly coupled to an electric motor and enclosed in a common, removable crankcase. They can only handle halogenated refrigerants or hydrocarbons;

  • non-accessible hermetic compressors...

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