Application Notes:
 

sweep (of a piston)


in an internal cylinder surface area over which a piston of a reciprocating compressor moves during its stroke. Total piston sweep is a consideration in the determination of oil-feed rates for some reciprocating compressor cylinders, and may be determined as:

 

length of stroke x cylinder circumference diameter x 2 x no. of cylinders x rpm x minutes of operation

 
   

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