How to distinguish between air compressor and air booster pump

There are two types of power sources for factories now, electric drive and gas drive. However, when it comes to gas driven gas sources, they are also manufactured by electricity, although some factories use external pipeline air supply to provide gas power. For some factories that have newly opened or renovated their air pipelines, many buyers are not clear about the difference between air compressors and air booster pumps. Here, the Fuente editor will give you a brief introduction.

An air compressor is a device used to compress air. Most air compressors are reciprocating piston type, rotating blade or rotating screw type. The low-pressure start of a regular air compressor is generally set to 5 bar at the factory, and stops when the pressure reaches 8 bar. Large factories generally limit the high pressure of air compressors to 6-7 bar in order to save energy. Higher pressure can be achieved by using a two-stage air compressor, which is expensive (with a pressure of up to 3MPA) and has stricter pipeline requirements. In this case, an air booster pump can be used instead of the two-stage air compressor. Now let me explain the Fuente air booster pump to you.

An air booster pump is a device that uses compressed air as a power source to boost the pressure of compressed air. Its main function is to increase the original gas pressure to a pressure that can be used by the equipment. An air booster pump uses low-pressure gas from a large piston end to drive and compress the gas from a small piston end. The boost ratio depends on the area ratio of the large and small pistons. The larger the ratio, the higher the boost ratio. The main driving force is compressed air or other gases, and the output pressure can be adjusted by driving the air pressure. The advantages of some equipment in the factory include high gas pressure, no need to purchase high-pressure air compressors, no need to modify gas pipelines, reduced costs, and no noise pollution. The disadvantage is that the displacement is relatively small.

The difference between an air compressor and an air booster pump is that one is self-produced compressed air, and the other is pressurized compressed air. You can choose an air compressor or a Fuente air booster pump according to different occasions and usage situations.