Screw Compressors: Mathematical Modelling and Performance Calculation

by Ahmed Kovacevic, Nikola Stosic, Ian Smith, et al.

Book Overview

Althoughtheprinciplesofoperationofhelicalscrewmachines, ascompressors or expanders, have been well known for more than 100 years, it is only during the past 30 years that these machines have become widely used. The main reasons for the long period before they were adopted were their relatively poor e?ciency and the high cost of manufacturing their rotors. Two main developments led to a solution to these di?culties. The ?rst of these was the introduction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642063500
• ISBN13: 9783642063503
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"