A&I A&R Absolute efficiency Absolute filtration rating Absolute micron rating Absolute pressure Absolute temperature Absolute viscosity Absorb Absorbent filter AC Acidity ACFM ACT Activated alumina ACTR Actual capacity Adiabatic compression Adiabatic efficiency Adsorb Adsorbent filter Adsorptive filtration Aeration Aerosol Aftercooler Aftercooling Air Air actuator Air amplifier Air borne Air brush Air bubble technique Air cooled compressor Air curtain Air cylinder Air dryer Air flow Air knife Air leak Air lock Air motor Air nozzle Air padding Air preheater Air pressure Air pump Air receiver ALT Altitude Alternating current (AC) Amagat's law Ambient Ammonia Amonton's law AMP Ampere (AMP) Ancillary equipment Anhydrous Anion ANLG ANR Anti pulsation tank Anti re-entrainment sock AP A.P.I. Artificial demand ASHRAE ASL A.S.M.E. A.S.T.M. ATA ATM Atmosphere Atmospheres absolute (ATA) Atmospheric boundry level Atmospheric dew point Atmospheric inversion Atmospheric pressure Atomize Attenuation Automatic sequencer Avogadro's law Axial compressor
BA Back pressure Bag blinding Bag filter Bag house Bar Barometric pressure Bara Barg Base plate Bead ring Bernoulli's principle Beta ratio BHP Bicarbonate BLDN Blowdown Blower Blow off control BLWR Body Bonnet Boolean logic Booster Boyle's law BP Brake horse power Branch lines Breakdown maintenance Breaker Breaking pressure Breather Breathing air Bridging British thermal unit Brownian diffusion BSPP BSPT BTU Bubble Built-in-dirt Built up back pressure Bumper Buna N Burst pressure By pass By pass valve
Can velocity Cap Capacity Capacity filtration Capacity gauge Capillary tube Cap tube Carbonate Carbon dioxide Carbon monoxide Carbon residue Casing Celsius Center tube Centrifugal compressor CFM Charle's law Chatter Chip control Chipping hammer Check valve Chlorine Chlorofluorcarbons Choke Cleanable Cleanliness level Clean room Clean pressure drop Clearance Clearance pocket Clevis Closed loop system CNG Coalescing filter Code Coefficient of discharge Cold differential test procedure Cold start Collapse Collapse pressure Compensator Composition of air Compressed Compressed air Compressed air challenge Compressibility Compressibility factor Z Compression efficiency Compression Isothermal Compression ratio Compressor Computer control Condensate Condenser Conduction Connector Constant speed control Contaminant Contaminant capacity Contaminant failure Control valve Convection Convolution Coolant Cooling tower CPM Cracking Critical pressure Critical speed Critical temperature Crosshead compressor Crosshead assembly Crosshead loading CSA CTD Cubic feet per minute (CFM) cu m/sec Cut in cut out pressure Cycle Cycle time Cylinder Cyclone Cyclone separator
Dalton's law DC Dead end pressure Degrees Celsius (°C) Degrees Fahrenheit (°F) Degrees Kelvin (°K) Degree Rankine (°R) Degree Réaumur (°Ré) Degree of intercooling Degree of saturation Deliquescent Deliquescence Direct current Directional control valve Delta P Delta T Demand Demand side management (DSM) Demulsibility Density Depth filter Desiccant Design pressure Desorption Dew point Dew point cup Diaphragm Diaphragm compressor Diaphragm cooling Differential pressure Differential pressure indicator Diffuser Dirt holding capacity Disc Discharge piping Discharge pressure Discharge temperature Displacement compressor Displacement of a compressor Disposable filter DOE DOP Double acting compressor Downstream Drag Drain valve Dripleg Drive Dropleg Dry adiabatic lapse rate Dry bulb temperature Dry gas Dry unit (oil free) Dual control Duct Durometer Dust cake Dust holding capacity Duty cycle Dynamic losses Dynamic type compressors Dynamic viscosity
Effective area Efficiency Efficiency compression Efficiency isothermal Efficiency mechanical Efficiency polytropic Efficiency volumetric Ejector compressor Element Emulsibility Emulsifier Emulsion End cap Energy audit Energy conservation Energy kinetic Energy storage Enthalpy Entrainment ratios Entropy Environmental contaminant Evaporation Evaporator Exothermic Expanders
FAD Fatigued Ferrography Fick's law of diffusion Filter Filter breather Filter coalescing Filter efficiency Filter element Filter head Filter housing Filter inline Filter life test Filter medium Filter oil bath Filter separator Filtration First law of thermodynamics Fixed compression ratio Flange Flash point Flexible mounting Flow Flow control valve Flow diagram Flow meter Flow rate Flushing Foot Forced draft fan Fouling Free air (FAD) FRL Frost point Full load
Gag Galling Gallon Gas Gas bearings Gas bypass Gas compressor Gas drying Gas laws Gate valve Gauge Gauge pressure Glycol dehydration Governor GPM Grade D breathable compressed air Gravimetric efficiency Guide Guide vane
Head adiabatic Header Head polytropic Head pressure Heat exchanger Heatless dryer Heat reactivated dryers Heat recovery High efficiency filtration High volume low pressure Horsepower (HP) Horsepower brake BHP Horsepower gas Horsepower ideal Horsepower indicated Horsepower peak Horsepower theoretical Hot gas Hot gas bypass valve Hot start Housing Humidity Humidity specific Humidity relative HVLP Hydrocarbons Hydrogen chlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) Hygroscopic cells
IBV ICFM I.D. Ideal gas Ideal multi stage compression IGV Immiscible Impeller Inches of water Indicated power Indicator card Indicator pressure Induced draft Inducer Inert gas Inertia base Inertia forces Influent Ingested contaminants Inlet pressure Inlet temperature Inlet throttle Inline filter Insolubles Instrument air Intake filter Intake filter silencer Intank check valve Intercooler Intercooling Internal energy Ideal gas International Organization for Standardization Irreversible process Isentrop Isentropic compression Isentropic efficiency Isentropic power consumption ISO Isobar Isochor Isotherm Isothermal compression Isothermal efficiency Isothermal power consumption
Jackleg Jack hammer Jet Joule Joule effect Joule Thompson effect Jounce Journal Journal bearing JTPF JTPM
Kelvin (K) KG/CM²A Kickout type clutch Kilo Kilobar (kb) Kilowatt (kW) Kilowatt hour (kWh) Kinematic viscosity Kinetic energy Knock out kPa K value kW kWh
L/sec Labyrinth compressor Lacquer Langelier's index lb lb/hr Leak air Leak detector ultrasonic Lift Linear actuator Liner Liquid piston Liquid ring rotary compressor Load Loaded Load factor Load time Lobe Low pressure coat Lubrication Lubricator
M3/min M3/hr Mach number Man way MAWP Maximum operating pressure Mayonnaise Mechanical efficiency Media Media migration Medium Membrane dryer Mesh size Micron Micron rating Millibar Mineral oil MMCFD Modulating control Modulating unload Moisture separator Moisture trap Molecular sieves Molecular theory Mottling MPCV MSDS Multistage axial compressor Multistage centrifugal compressor Multistage compressor
N cu m/min N cu m/hr Natural frequency N.B. NEC Needle gauge Needle scaler Negative pressure NEMA NFPA NL NM³/HR No load Nominal efficiency Nominal filter rating Nominal micron rating Noncondensables Noncooled compressor cylinders Noncorrosive gas Nonlubricated compressor Normal air Nozzle Nozzle (valves) NPT NPTT
O.D. OEM Off gas Oil aerosol Oil bath filter Oil free compressor Oil system Operating pressure Operating pressure burst Orifice OSHA Overhung type centrifugal compressor Overpressure accumulation
