Air compression Definition and 19 Threads

  1. I

    I Compressed air Pushing a Column of Water

    Greeting, I have been noodling on this problem for a bit and was hoping to have some input from this form. what volume of compressed air, at 200 PSI, will it take to push lets say 30 gallons of water 8 feet up a 3/4" pipe at a minimum of 8 gpm with a minimum pressure of 8psi at the top if...
  2. Ameen1985

    Isothermal and adiabatic air compression -- different expressions

    Hi all, For an Isothermal compression process of air in a vessel with constant volume, I found the following expressions and and The first two give the same result, meanwhile the third gives another solution and I don't know why. For adiabatic compression I found these two expression which...
  3. mastermechanic

    A Non-quasi-static Air Compression Calculation

    Hello Everyone, As some of you know, there are airsoft guns which work with a spring and piston mechanism. An electric motor drives a semicircle gear and that gear drives a rack gear connected to piston. When the gear compresses the spring and reaches semicircle’s free end the piston...
  4. S

    What are the Benefits of Pursuing a P.hD. in Data Mining at a Top Institute?

    Hi, My Name is Umair Shafique and nickname is Sunny. I did my Masters in IT specialization in Data Mining and wanted to pursue P.hD. from a well-known institute.
  5. MatNX

    What would happen if a Pokéball expelled 999.8kgs of air in 1 second?

    If we were to suppose the pokéball gets rid of the pokémons mass by expelling it as air, what would happen? Imagine we had a pokémon weighing 999.9kgs, being a perfect sphere and having a diameter of 10cms. (Cosmovum). If the Pokéball takes 1 sec to capture or to release a pokémon, and it...
  6. W

    Capture and re-use the heat generated from Air Compression

    I am trying to fill pipes with a volume of 556 cuft to 15,000 psi. I want to capture and re-use the heat generated from the compression process and re-use it. Is this amount of compression and heat exchanging possible with current technology
  7. A

    Automotive Air compression firing mechanism

    Hello, I am high school student working on a project to design an air cylinder, which would fire seed pellets from the drone at specific time intervals with sufficient pressure to embed them into the soft soil. I looked up on the Internet about airguns and other stuff but couldn't find...
  8. S

    Self-cleaning solar panel in a desert

    I am making a self cooling & self cleaning solar. I have already finished the cooling part by attaching fins from the back of the solar. Now, I am going to clean the solar using compressed air system. I am going to attach a 35 in tube from one of the sides of the solar and has a diameter of...
  9. marcophys

    Calc L/min air compression to different pressures & temps in my compressor

    I have acquired a new compressor rated at 540 L/min @ 7 bar 150L tank I decided to test this at 23 degC, timing compression at 2 bar intervals (0-2, 2-4 etc.) I was surprised to find that it maintained 34 seconds at each interval up to 8 bar (but this could be poor experimental...
  10. J

    Pressure required for air flow through nozzle

    I need to know the maximum compression speed that can be applied to a rectangular bladder which has a open air port that will avoid rupturing the bladder. The bladder is 40" wide, 100" long, and 10" tall. The compression equipment is a large metal panel that is larger than the surface area of...
  11. T

    Compressed Air Reverse Thruster

    Hello everyone, I'm attempting to determine the impulse that can be generated by expelling compressed air from a pressure vessel stored aboard a moving craft through nozzles in the nose of the craft. The vessel has a forward momentum of roughly 2,000,000 Ns. EDIT: For semantics sake, consider...
  12. M

    Building an air cannon that shoots a wad of paper

    We are building an air cannon that shoots a wad of paper. I know the volume of the tank, the pressure of the tank, the size of the barrel, and the weight of the object. I need to know how to solve for initial velocity given this information. I will use the Vi to find the estimated distance...
  13. R

    How Can I Lift and Move a 400-Pound Load Without Wheels?

    Hi I'm working on a project where I would need to lift about 400 pounds about 1 inch off the ground and keep the momentum in order to manually move it. I thought about using four fans with a skit on each corner facing downward to allow for upward movement, but I'm not sure how much power I would...
  14. H

    Air Compression Shoes: A New Idea

    I had an idea for a type of shoe similar yet different from air Nike, and I would appreciate some comments. A hind foot air chamber would be compressed upon a runners foot strike ( with a force up to three times body weight). The air would be pushed through a one way valve into a rigid mid...
  15. T

    How Far Can a Piston Fall Down a 100-Foot Cylinder?

    Homework Statement How far will a piston fall down a vertical cylinder 100 feet in length? If the cylinder is 10" in diameter, the piston is 100lbs, the cylinder has a bottom and is capable of fluid isolation, filled with ambient air at 80 degrees F, at sea level, the cylinder has friction free...
  16. T

    Air compression via acceleration?

    When we are sitting in our cars, and the car begins accelerating we are "pushed back" due to acceleration. Or if you have a ball in an empty vehicle, when it starts accelerating, the ball will roll to the back of the car. I was wondering, is this also true in air? If there is an...
  17. M

    Calculate power in air compression.

    Homework Statement In an air compressor air flows steadily at a rate of 15 kg per minute. The air enters the compressor at 5 m/s with a pressure of 1 bar and a specific volume of 0.5 m3/kg. The air leaves the compressor at 7.5 m/s with a pressure of 7 bar and a specific volume of 0.15...
  18. T

    Air Compression vs Water Depth

    Hey ya, Well, I have been having a difficult time finding the answer to this question, probably because I don't know the specific terminology. So here I am. I did not know exactly which forum category to put this in so... I am building a small diving bell with a remote controlled camer...
  19. L

    High voltage spark and air compression

    Honestly I do not think automotive techs would know the answer to this question so being said from a physics stand point about the relationship between the high voltage spark on a spark plug and compression in a engine. I have had experiances where there was spark on the plugs but the engine...
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