Reciprocating Compressor Question & Answers:

1 The distance traveled by a piston from one

Stroke
end to other end is called
2 The packing rings prevent gas leakage
Piston rod
around
3 Crosshead is connected to piston rod by Connecting rod
4 The rotary motion of crankshaft is converted
Connecting rod
to reciprocating motion by
5 Balanced opposed compressor have a pair of cylinders in left and right of crankshaft
6
Plate in contact with valve seat is called as Valve plate

7 Liner is used to prevent damage to Cylinder

8 To reduce rfiction and increase the life of rider,
Cylinder lubrication is used to
piston rings
9 Function of rider rings is to giude the piston in the cylinder
10 Function of piston rings is to served sealing between inner and outer ends
11 Cylinder lubrication is not provided for gases
Oxygen
like
12 The gaps in the rider and piston rings is
thermal expansion purpose
provided for
13 No of packing depends upon Compressor operating pressure
14 Segments of the rod packing are held by Garter springs
15 The device used to operate the suction
Unloader
valves is called as
16 The function of cross bars is To increase the rigidity of the frame
17 Counter weight is installed for To take care of axial loading on cranks
18 Device used to monitor the wear of rider
Rod drop monitor
rings is called as
19 Connecting rod end at crankshaft is called Big end
20 Shims are provided at crosshead for Proper alignment
21 Cooling water inlet temperature shall be
more than compressor suction temperature prevent condensate formaton
to
22 Two main reasons for high discharge high suction temperature, passing of discharge
temperature is valves
23 Function of unloaders is For capacity control (unloading)
24 Labyrinth piston compressor is mainly used
polypropylene, polyethylene gas
for
25 How lubrication for connecting rod bearings
Drilled oil passage through the crankshaft
is provided
26
In small air compressors cooling is done by Cooling fins on the cylinders

27 The most important safety devices of the High discharge pressure, low suction pressure,
reciprocating compressor are high discharge temperature
28 The compressor is (loaded/unloaded) before
Unloaded
start up
29
Liquid can damage the compressor because it overloads the components as it is incompressible

30
Reciprocating compressor can function with
yes
some variation in molecular weight yes/no

31 Volume of the gas trapped between end cover and

What is clearance volume?
piston
32 Maintenance of reciprocating compressor is
Running hours completed
generally based on