For every unit of energy to drive the compressor, the pump yields four units of heat.
Barney Clark had tubes sticking out of his chest to an air compressor that powered the Jarvik-7.
Compressor stations are needed at intervals along a pipeline to pressurize the gas and keep it moving.
All air trapped during this procedure is then directed through an electric cooling compressor situated behind the propellers.
Drivers could fill up at home by plugging in the car's onboard compressor, but that would take four hours.
The device operated with a compressor connected to the truck, Mexican authorities said.
Route 66 boasted a full luxury interior with air-conditioning, desalination equipment and even an air compressor for underwater breathing hoses.
The setup relies on a compressor to compress gas, which liquifies first and then evaporates, absorbing heat along the way.
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This fan is used to blow up to 90% of the air around the outside of the compressor and combustion chamber.
Some people living near compressor stations in other parts of the country have reported chronic sore throats, headaches, nosebleeds and other ailments.
Then after some number of years the well pressure will fall below certain levels and a compressor will need to be installed.
The agency approved a compressor station for Dominion Resources in Myersville, Md.
On Demon, the air is produced from a seperately powered compressor, but in a production version it could be drawn from the engine.
The efficient compressor lets you afford a bigger unit -- a frost-free one, with an icemaker -- and you're right back where you started.
To cope, the compressor and heat exchangers had to be rejiggered.
"Of course, nobody wants a compressor station next door, " said Deborah Lain, who raises grass-fed cattle on a hilltop farm built by her forebears in 1785.
Among other projects, he played a crucial role in developing test systems for space suits for NASA and a compressor that hindered the release of CFCs.
She recently started working for a maker of air compressor parts on New York's Long Island, but won't qualify for the company's insurance plan for six months.
Despite signs of a weakening U.S. economy, aerospace component manufacturers are working flat out, machining turbine compressor blades, high-speed bearings and other parts for jet-engine and aircraftmakers.
Many consumers will just replace the outside compressor unit when it fails and limp along with a smaller interior evaporator coil, negating most of the energy savings.
Chris Norton, a commercial pilot who also is executive vice president of Indianapolis, Indiana-based Expert Aviation Consulting, said a compressor stall occurs when the airflow is momentarily interrupted.
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But then, only five to 10 minutes later, the pilot came back on and said it was a stalled compressor and they were going to continue to Charlotte.
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His bikes are equipped with a Rigidaire pneumatic seat suspension system developed by Cox that absorbs vibrations using a small compressor and two air shocks under the seat.
That alternate site is in neighboring Deerpark, which passed a resolution opposing the compressor station last year and told the commission the Minisink site would cause less environmental impact.
"It's a disgrace that the government allows this to happen in all these little communities, " said the now-retired Russo, who plans to move if the compressor station goes online.
As the successor to OmniVision's very popular OV5640, the new OV5645 has retained only a MIPI port, eliminating both the bandwidth-limited DVP interface and the costly embedded JPEG compressor.
There haven't been any scientific studies linking illness specifically to compressor stations, but a major study in Fort Worth, Texas, found that large compressor stations might exceed some pollution standards.
Company officials believe a tornado hit a compressor station for the Columbia Gulf Transmission company in Hartsville, Tennessee, about 40 miles northeast of Nashville, setting off a spectacular natural gas fire.
Each LNG In A Box unit is fully equipped with a gas pre-treatment system, cold box assembly and boil off gas compressor as well as a GE's turboexpander compressor, high-speed reciprocating compressor, electric motor, driver and control system.
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