IS 5456 : 2024 Positive Displacement Type Air Compressors and Exhausters - Testing and Acceptance
1 SCOPE
This standard prescribes type tests and routine tests for both reciprocating and rotary type positive displacement air compressors and exhausters.
1.1 This standard does not deal with:
a) Centrifugal and axial flow compressors; and
b) Machines giving a pressure rise of less than 0.01 MPa and greater than 6 MPa.
1.2 For acceptance tests of displacement compressors refer IS/ISO 1217.
2 REFERENCES
The standards given below contain provisions which through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision and parties to agreement based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of these standards:
| IS No. | Title |
| IS/ISO 1217 : 2009 | Displacement compressors - Acceptance tests (first revision) |
| IS/ISO 8573-2 : 2018 | Compressed air - Contaminant measurement: Part 2 Oil aerosol content (first revision) |