BS 1571-2:1975

This standard BS 1571-2:1975 Specification for testing of positive displacement compressors and exhausters is classified in these ICS categories:

• 23.140 Compressors and pneumatic machines

1.1 General. This standard specifies acceptance tests for positive displacement air compressors and exhausters, the absolute intake pressures of which exceed approximately 1 mbar¹⁾. In establishing the scope of this standard a positive displacement compressor is considered as a machine where a static pressure rise is obtained by allowing successive volumes of air to be aspired into and exhausted out of an enclosed space by means of the displacement of a moving member. The standard applies to such machines as reciprocating and rotary compressors.

Simplified testing of reciprocating and rotary types including permissible deviations. Pressure and temperature measurements and arrangement of tests. Form of test report and gives adjustment of test results to guarantee conditions.