A gas compressor based on a piston-type acoustic resonator

Abstract

Major differences are pointed out between the design and working principles of a piston acoustic gas compressor and piston-based pumps and compressors. Working forms are given for the amplitude of the gas speed oscillation in the tube and the compressor throughput. The throughput is calculated for a tube of length 3.5 m with internal diameter 0.04 m and piston stroke length of 0.004 m. It exceeds that of a normal piston compressor with the same energy consumption by a factor of 8. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.