Diesel engines are different from gas engines in numerous ways, including their use of high compression ratios. Here's why ...

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carnot Compression LLC is pleased to announce successful demonstration of isothermal compression across multiple tests and design iterations. Carnot’s ...

After reciprocating, sliding vane compressors, also referred to as rotary vane compressors, are one of the oldest types of compressors. The first known description of a sliding vane pump was in a book ...

[Editor’s note: This is the second of three columns covering the scroll compressor. The first article, “The Scroll Compressor - A History,” Sept. 1, covered the history of the scroll compressor along ...

A gas made of particles of light, or photons, becomes easier to compress the more you squash it. This strange property could prove useful in making highly sensitive sensors. While gases are normally ...

A Swiss court has ruled that natural gas imported to power turbines for compressing gas in the transit pipeline is not subject to the national carbon tax designed to curb the use of fossil fuels and ...