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Compressor map. A compressor map is a chart which shows the performance of a turbomachinery compressor. This type of compressor is used in gas turbine engines, for supercharging reciprocating engines and for industrial processes, where it is known as a dynamic compressor. A map is created from compressor rig test results or predicted by a ...
DEFCON. The defense readiness condition ( DEFCON) is an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces. [ 1][ 2] For security reasons, the US military does not announce a DEFCON level to the public. [ 1] The DEFCON system was developed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and unified and specified combatant commands. [ 3]
Compressor characteristic. Compressor characteristic is a mathematical curve that shows the behaviour of a fluid going through a dynamic compressor. It shows changes in fluid pressure, temperature, entropy, flow rate etc.) with the compressor operating at different speeds. A compressor increases the pressure of a fluid passing through it, so ...
Scroll compressor. A scroll compressor (also called spiral compressor, scroll pump and scroll vacuum pump) is a device for compressing air or refrigerant. [1] It is used in air conditioning equipment, as an automobile supercharger (where it is known as a scroll-type supercharger) and as a vacuum pump. Many residential central heat pump and air ...
Embattled Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun testified in front of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), where a bipartisan group of senators took him to task over a string of safety ...
Inputs. 1. Outputs. 1. The 1176 Peak Limiter is a dynamic range compressor designed by the American engineer Bill Putnam and introduced by UREI in 1967. Derived from the 175 and 176 tube compressors, it marked the transition from vacuum tubes to solid-state technology. [ 1]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's former White House physician disputed on Friday a suggestion by the FBI director that shrapnel, not a bullet, could have caused the injury to the Republican ...
A BBC commentator corrected her co-host after he accidentally misgendered an athlete live on air. Team GB long jumper Jazmin Sawyers, who is commentating for the BBC this Olympics after an injury ...