Gas expansion device and method for expanding gas
AssigneeAtlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap
InventorHenrik Öhman
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Abstract
Gas expansion device for expanding a gas or a gas-liquid mixture, where the gas expansion device includes a gas expansion element with an inlet port for the gas to be expanded and an inlet pipe for the gas to be expanded. The inlet pipe is connected to the inlet port where the gas expansion device includes a first liquid injection point for the injection of liquid, where the first liquid injection point is at a position level with the inlet port or upstream from the inlet port.
Claims13
A gas expansion device for expanding a gas or a gas-liquid mixture, whereby the gas expansion device comprises a gas expansion element with an inlet port for the gas to be expanded and an inlet pipe for the gas to be expanded, whereby the inlet pipe is connected to the inlet port, whereby the gas expansion device comprises
- a first liquid injection point for the injection of liquid, wherein the first liquid injection point is in the inlet pipe,
- and the expansion device is provided with a liquid separator for separating liquid from gas that is expanded in the gas expansion element, whereby the first liquid injection point is connected to a liquid outlet of the liquid separator,
- wherein the gas expansion device is provided with a supply pipe for the said liquid, whereby the first liquid injection point and a second liquid injection point are both connected to the supply pipe and wherein said means comprises a three-way valve with three connecting ports, whereby a first of the connecting ports is connected to the supply pipe and other connecting ports are each connected to one of the said liquid injection points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.