Centrifugal compressors barrel type design

High-Pressure Compressors There is a definite trend in the chemical industry toward the use of high-pressure compressors with discharge pressures of from 34.5 to 172 MPa (5000 to 25,000 IbFin ) and wim capacities from 8.5 X 10 to 42.5 X 10 mVh (5000 to 25,000 ftVmin). These require special design, and a complete knowledge of the characteristics of the gas is necessary. In most cases, these types of applications use the barrel-type centrifugal compressor. 

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