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Engineering [r]: a branch of engineering that uses chemistry, biology, physics, and math to solve problems involving fuel, drugs, food, and many other products. ^[e]

Chemical engineering [r]: a branch of engineering that uses chemistry, biology, physics, and math to solve problems involving fuel, drugs, food, and many other products ^[e]

Axial compressor [r]: Add brief definition or description
Centrifugal compressor [r]: Add brief definition or description
Centrifugal fan [r]: A mechanical device for moving air or other gases. ^[e]
Compressibility factor (gases) [r]: A thermodynamic property for modifying the ideal gas law to account for behavior of real gases. ^[e]
Diaphragm compressor [r]: Add brief definition or description
Expansion turbine [r]: A centrifugal or axial flow turbine through which a high pressure gas is isentropically expanded to produce work. ^[e]
Gas [r]: One of the major states of matter (i.e., gas, liquid, solid and plasma). ^[e]
Pressure [r]: A ratio equal to the force applied perpendicular to the surface of the area divided by that area (force/area). ^[e]
Pump [r]: A device used to move fluids, such as liquids or slurries, from a lower pressure to a higher pressure adding energy to the system to overcome the difference in pressure. ^[e]
Reciprocating compressor [r]: Add brief definition or description
Rotary screw compressor [r]: Add brief definition or description
Scroll compressor [r]: Add brief definition or description
Vapor-compression refrigeration [r]: One of the many available refrigeration systems and very probably the most widely used system. ^[e]