Compresseur centrifugeLe terme « compresseur centrifuge » (aussi appelé « compresseur radial ») désigne un type de turbomachines à circulation radiale et à absorption de travail qui comprend des ventilateurs (soufflantes et extracteurs), et des compresseurs. Les pompes centrifuges, qui sont aussi des turbomachines, désignent des machines faisant circuler des liquides, fluides quasi-incompressibles, et ne sont donc pas des compresseurs (qui eux compriment des gaz compressibles avec changement de volume du gaz).
Rotary-screw compressorA rotary-screw compressor is a type of gas compressor, such as an air compressor, that uses a rotary-type positive-displacement mechanism. These compressors are common in industrial applications and replace more traditional piston compressors where larger volumes of compressed gas are needed, e.g. for large refrigeration cycles such as chillers, or for compressed air systems to operate air-driven tools such as jackhammers and impact wrenches.
Exact differentialIn multivariate calculus, a differential or differential form is said to be exact or perfect (exact differential), as contrasted with an inexact differential, if it is equal to the general differential for some differentiable function in an orthogonal coordinate system (hence is a multivariable function whose variables are independent, as they are always expected to be when treated in multivariable calculus). An exact differential is sometimes also called a total differential, or a full differential, or, in the study of differential geometry, it is termed an exact form.
