Industrial equipment : Air compressor and its primary applications

An air compressor is an equipment that converts power into kinetic energy by pressurizing and compressing air, which is then released in quick bursts.

The air compressors are used in 5 main applications:
1 - To supply a high-pressure clean air to fill gas cylinders
2 - To supply a moderate-pressure clean air to supply air to a submerged surface supplied diver
3 - To supply a large amount of moderate-pressure air to power pneumatic tools
4 - For filling tires
5 - To produce large volumes of moderate-pressure air for macroscopic industrial processes (such as oxidation for petroleum coking or cement plant bag house purge systems)