A reciprocating air compressor has a 5-ft-diameter flywheel 14 in wide, and it operates at 170 rev/min.

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A reciprocating air compressor has a 5-ft-diameter flywheel 14 in wide, and it operates at 170 rev/min. An eight-pole squirrel-cage induction motor has nameplate data 50 bhp at 875 rev/min.
(a) Design a V-belt drive.
(b) Can cutting the V-belt grooves in the flywheel be avoided by using a V-flat drive?
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Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences

ISBN: 978-0078027680

5th edition

Authors: Yunus A. Cengel, Robert H. Turner, John M. Cimbala

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