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Gas Compressor Discharge Temparature

Gas Compressor Discharge Temparature

Gas Compressor Discharge Temparature

(OP)
Why do you think the discharge temperature of a gas compressor remains high after the machine has tripped?

RE: Gas Compressor Discharge Temparature

There is a lot of mass in a compressor cylinder. Every bit of it eventually reaches the gas temperature. It takes a while for that heat to transfer to somewhere else.

David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist

RE: Gas Compressor Discharge Temparature

(OP)
Could it also be that the valves to the downstream cooler have closed thus trapping the heat? Like you said the heat transfer would take a while.

RE: Gas Compressor Discharge Temparature

The BTU in the steel is many orders of magnitude greater than the BTU in the gas at the same dT to ambient.

David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist

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