Centre for Positive Displacement Compressor Technology

Centre Goals: Professors Ian K. Smith and Nikola Stosic aided by a team of designers, research assistants and experimental officers, have carried out advisory work, investigations and complete design and development programmes on compressors and their associated equipment for companies throughout the world including the UK, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Finland, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the USA.  The Centre has the backing of more than 50 chartered engineers of City University School of Engineering with support from technicians with test cells, laboratory and workshop facilities. Together, they offer a full range of services to the compressor and allied component industries.  Services offered are: Preliminary project evaluation, Software development, Fault investigation, Thermodynamic and fluid flow studies, Stress analysis, Instrumentation and control, Noise prevention and elimination, Full product design and development  Centre Staff: Professor Ian K. Smith, Director Professor N. Stosic, Chair in Positive Displacement Compressor Technology Professor A. Kovacevic, Howden Chair in Engineering Design Dr E Mujic, Research Engineer Professor N Stosic, Professor A Kovacevic, Dr C A Aldis and Professor Ian K Smith  Visiting Staff since 1996: I. McCimmie, Research Assistant K. VenuMadhav, Elgi India, Visitng Research Fellow Professor L Li, Xi’an Jaotang University, China, Visiting Research Fellow Professor V. Supin, Xi’an Jaotang University, China, Visiting Research Fellow Dr Xuyuan Peng, Xi’an Jaotang University, China, Visiting Research Fellow Dr G. H. Lee, Doowon University, Korea, Visiting Research Fellow Mr W M Zhang, Dalian Refrigeration China, Visiting Research Fellow Mr J Liu, Dalian Refrigeration China, Visiting Research Fellow Mr J Z Cheng, Dalian Refrigeration China, Visiting Research Fellow Mr J. M. Sun, Dalian Refrigeration China, Visiting Research Fellow A. D. Carlsson, KTH, Sweden, Research Student G. Karagiorgios, PhD Student A Topcic, Research Engineer S Zagorac, PhD Student K Venu Madhav, PhD Student E Mujic, PhD Student D Guerrato, PhD Student A Panesar, PhD Student C Okezue, PhD Student Main Users of the Centre Services: Agroholodmash, Izhevsk, Russia Airplus, Inchoon, Korea Arsenal, St Petersburg, Russia, AC Compressors, Appleton, WI, U.S.A Avtovaz, Togliatti, Russia Carrier, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A. Drum International, Bradford, U.K. Dresser-Rand, Wakefield, U.K. Dalian Refrigeration, Dalian, China TDI, Aarhus, Danemark (Kobelco, Japan) Eaton Copressors, U.S.A. Elgi, Coimbatore, India Frascold, Milano, Italy Frick-India, New Delhi, India Gardner Denver, Quincy , IL, U.S.A. GHH Oberhausen, Germany Kim Engineering, Seoul, Korea Komsan, Istanbul, Turkey Magnum Powers, Oregon, U.S.A. Pars, Isfahan Iran QinetiQ, Farnborrough, U.K. Refcomp, Italy Trane, La Crosse, WI, U.S.A. Tutthill, U.S.A. VMC Italia, Creazzo, Italy Wilksch Airmotive, Buckingham, U.K. Wittig, Germany Email: N.Stosic@city.ac.uk