Compressor facts for kids

Compressor could mean:

Gas compressor, a mechanical device that compresses a gas e.g. air
Compressor (software), a video and audio compression and encoding application made for use with Final Cut
A device used to apply audio level compression to an audio signal
KOMPRESSOR, an electronic musician

Images for kids

A small stationary high pressure breathing air compressor for filling scuba cylinders
High pressure reciprocating compressor from Belliss and Morcom, used in the bottling industry
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A motor-driven six-cylinder reciprocating compressor that can operate with two, four or six cylinders.
Diagram of a rotary screw compressor
Rolling piston compressor
Mechanism of a scroll pump
A three-stage diaphragm compressor
A single stage centrifugal compressor
A single stage centrifugal compressor, early 1900s, G. Schiele & Co., Frankfurt am Main
An animation of an axial compressor.
A small hermetically sealed compressor in a common consumer refrigerator or freezer typically has a rounded steel outer shell permanently welded shut, which seals operating gases inside the system, in this case an R600a refrigerant. There is no route for gases to leak, such as around motor shaft seals. On this model, the plastic top section is part of an auto-defrost system that uses motor heat to evaporate the water.
P-v (Specific volume vs. Pressure) diagram comparing isentropic, polytropic, and isothermal processes between the same pressure limits.
Diving air compressor in noise reduction cabinet