DESIGN MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF AIR FLOW COMPRESSOR STRUCTURE

Abstract

An air compressor is a device that converts power (usually from an electric motor, a diesel engine or a gasoline engine) into potential energy by forcing air into a smaller volume and thus increasing its pressure. The air flow compressor is used mainly in engine of high speed turbine and also that represents new approach of development application and also in this thesis designed air flow compressor and blades depend of literature review and also study the effect changes of materials about the efficiency and the speed. Also in this thesis used four metals have good and proper properties that are tolerance the hard condition. The energy in the compressed air can be stored while the air remains pressurized. The energy can be used for a variety of applications, usually by utilizing the kinetic energy of the air as it is depressurized. The centrifugal air compressor is a dynamic compressor which depends on transfer of energy from a rotating impeller to the air. In this thesis, a centrifugal air compressor is modeled in 3D modeling software Pro/Engineer. The most used material for compressor blades is steel. In this project comparison is made for steel metal and Monel K500, Titanium alloy and Magnesium. And for each metal have different properties. Static analysis is done on the compressor to verify the strength using the four materials Keywords: Centrifugal air compressor