1. Reciprocating compressor. The reciprocating compressors are used for stationary installations.

The size of compressors is decided by the volume of air be supplied to the engine. This makes it quite bulky & heavy. Its isentropic efficiency is about 7580%, the speed is limited. 2. Sliding vane blower. This type of compressor is positive displacement rotary type. This consists of a rotor rotating in a large cyclindrical casing. The rotor, which has fur slots, remain in contact with the casing at least one point all the time. The axis of rotor is mounted eccentrically. The blades slide raidally in & out of the slots of rotor as it moves. When the blades move out the air is induced between the space between the blades which are increasing. The air is discharged when these spaces decreases near the exhaust side of the supercharger. Due to vanes the flow is pulsating & noisy, & the speed is limited because of the radial motion of the vanes. The figure below shows the vane type supercharger.

3. Lysholm compressor. The air is admitted at one end of the rotor and trapped between helical rotor & the casing. The screw action of the rotors displace the air axially. The lysholm compressor produce a constant compression .

4. Roots blower. It consist of two cylindrically shaped lobes rotating in opposite direction in a common housing. Air enters the space between the rotor lobes at inlet &is carried around the rotor to discharge port. It should be noted that no compression occurs in this process which is shown by 0-1 in figure below. Compression almost takes place only when the discharge port is opened &the pressure rise almost on instantaneously.

Dynamic compressor. Dynamic compressors rely on accelerating the air to high speed and then exchanging that velocity for pressure by diffusing or slowing it down. Major types of dynamic compressors are: 1. Centrifugal 2. Multistage axial flow 3. Pressure wave super charger

1. Centrifugal compressor. Figure below shows a centrifugal compressor which consist of an impellor in a closed fitted casing. The air enters the hub of the impellor axially & is turned 90 degree by the radial vanes. A high velocity is imparted to the air due to centrifugal action. High velocity air from the tip of the radial vanes is passed to a diffuser or volute where the pressure us raised & the air is supplied to the engine. The centrifugal compressor is small, cheap & has good efficiency in the range of pressure ratio of 1.5 to 3.0, which are commonly used for supercharging. About 70-80 % isentropic efficiency can be obtained at pressure ratio of 2:1. Very high pressure ratios can be obtained in a single stage so that the weight of compressor is usually .6 to 1% of dry engine weight. Mechanical efficiencies of about 90-95% of dry engine are obtained by good design.

Supercharger drive types : Super chargers are further defined according to their method of drive (mechanical- or turbine).

Mechanical : Belt (v belt, toothed belt, flat belt) Direct drive Gear drive Chain drive Exhaust gas turbines : Axial turbine Radial turbine Other : Electric motor All types of compressors may be mated to an driven by either gas turbine or mechanical linkage. Dynamic compressors are most often matched with gas turbine drives due to their similar high speed characteristics, while positive displacement pumps usually use one of the mechanical drives. However, all of the possible combinations have been tried with various levels of success.