API Std 672 (R2024)

API Std 672 (R2024) Fifth Edition PDF

(includes Errata dated October 2007)

This standard covers the minimum requirements for constant-speed, packaged, general purpose integrally geared centrifugal air compressors, including their accessories.

This standard is not applicable to machines that develop a pressure rise of less than 0.35 bar (5.0 psi) above atmospheric pressure, which are classed as fans or blowers.

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