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Rotary compressors have been in use for more than a century and are necessary for daily life in heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, refrigeration (HVAC-R) and air compression applications. These are very mature technologies; with numerous research and development (R&D) efforts, recent improvements have become incremental. Thus, these improvements may be insufficient to keep up with and address the energy and environmental issues faced by mankind in the 21st century which grows more severe as time goes on. Hence, new compressor designs have been invented to bring about more significant improvements. Two new compressor designs will be highlighted here: the revolving vane compressor to reduce frictional losses, and the coupled vane compressor to reduce material and fabrication costs, both of which having the potential to reduce the carbon footprint for their applications.
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Ooi, K.T., Aw, K.T. (2022). Design and Innovation in Rotary Positive Displacement Compressors. In: Karabegović, I., Kovačević, A., Mandžuka, S. (eds) New Technologies, Development and Application V. NT 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 472. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05230-9_86
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