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Changed: 1,7c1,2
Compressors

Turbo

Turbos?

[Turbo charger]?

Centrifugal?

Pumps

Pump
A compressor takes in a gas and increases its pressure by squeezing a volume of it into a smaller volume. Heat is generated in the gas due to the ineffeciancy of the compressor.
Closely related to pumps.

Changed: 9,12c4
Takes in a gas and increases its pressure by squeezing a volume of it into a smaller volume.

Closely related to Pumps.

In so doing it increases the temperature of the gas.

There are many types of compressor:
There are many types of compressor:

Changed: 15c7
*[[???]]
*Turbo-charger

A compressor takes in a gas and increases its pressure by squeezing a volume of it into a smaller volume. Heat is generated in the gas due to the ineffeciancy of the compressor. Closely related to pumps.

There are many types of compressor:


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