Reciprocating air compressor is a positive displacement air compressor in which air is sucked in a chamber and compressed with the help of a reciprocating piston.
Reciprocating air compressor line diagram.
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.
Click the image to enlarge the simple reciprocating air compressor has a piston which reciprocates inside the cylinder wall and cylinder head.
The principle of operation is same in each type.
Various compressors are found in almost every industrial facility.
Reciprocating air compressor has also classified according to its stages.
A reciprocating compressor or piston compressor is a positive displacement compressor that uses pistons driven by a crankshaft to deliver gases at high pressure.
So classification will help you better understand the working of the reciprocating air compressor.
Reciprocating compressors have been the most widely used for industrial plant air systems.
But according to stages the building of discharge pressure is different in each compressor.