BS EN ISO 10440-1:2007

This standard BS EN ISO 10440-1:2007 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries. Rotary-type positive-displacement compressors is classified in these ICS categories:

• 75.180.20 Processing equipment

This part of ISO 10440 specifies requirements for dry and oil-flooded, helical-lobe rotary compressors (see Figure 1) used for vacuum or pressure or both in petroleum, petrochemical, and gas industry services. It is intended for compressors that are in special-purpose applications.

It is not applicable to general-purpose air compressors, liquid-ring compressors, or vane-type compressors.

NOTE Standard air compressors are covered in ISO 10440-2.