page_title: Scroll compressor
hierarchical_section_title: Scroll compressor
caption_attribution_description: English: Operation of a Scroll Compressor.
context_page_description: A scroll compressor is a device for compressing air or refrigerant. It is used in air conditioning equipment, as an automobile supercharger and as a vacuum pump. Many residential central heat pump and air conditioning systems and a few automotive air conditioning systems employ a scroll compressor instead of the more traditional rotary, reciprocating, and wobble-plate compressors.
  A scroll compressor operating in reverse is a scroll expander, and can generate mechanical work.
context_section_description: A scroll compressor (also called spiral compressor, scroll pump and scroll vacuum pump) is a device for compressing air or refrigerant. It is used in air conditioning equipment, as an automobile supercharger (where it is known as a scroll-type supercharger) and as a vacuum pump. Many residential central heat pump and air conditioning systems and a few automotive air conditioning systems employ a scroll compressor instead of the more traditional rotary, reciprocating, and wobble-plate compressors.
  A scroll compressor operating in reverse is a scroll expander, and can generate mechanical work.
caption: Operation of a scroll compressor
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