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FLUID FLOW

Reciprocating Compressor
Calculation
This web application estimates Temperature Rise and
Power Consumed in compressing a gas mixture from an
Inlet Pressure to Desired Outlet pressure.

Gas Data
Pressure In (P1)

2.00 bara

Temperature In (T1)

20.00 °C

Pressure Out (P2)

15.00 bara

Flowrate (Q)

1.00 m3/s

Properties
Critical Pressure (Pc)
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42.30 bara
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Critical Temperature (Tc)

66.57 °C

Accentric Factor (ω)

0.1301

Molecular Weight

41.2902

Cp/Cv Ratio (k)

1.4

Equation of State

Soave Redlich Kwong (SRK)

Compressor Data
Number of Stages

Polytropic Efficiency (ηPoly )

98.0 %

Intercooler
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Yes
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Cooler Outlet Temperature

45.00 °C

Interstage Pressure Drop (ΔP)

0.350 bar

Mechanical Efficiency (ηMech )

80.0 %

Compression Ratio (CR)

Equal

Result

Total Power kW 495.4

Total Power / ηMech kW 619.2

1 2
Flow m3/s 1.00 0.409

(k-1)/k - 0.286 0.286

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(k-1)/(k.ηPoly) - 0.292 0.292
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C.R. - 2.83 2.83

Power kW 241.2 254.2

Suction
Pressure bara 2.00 5.31

Temperature ° C 20.00 45.00

k 1.40 1.40

Z 0.974 0.946
Discharge
Pressure bara 5.66 15.00

Temperature ° C 123.8 157.6

k 1.40 1.40

Z 0.972 0.945

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