Gas compressor with eductor assembly

A gas compression method, comprising:

• rotating a substantially hollow cylindrical drum about a central axis, wherein the drum contains a volume of a first fluid and has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, each end secured to a substantially hollow shaft, and wherein an eductor assembly is secured to the substantially hollow shaft, the eductor assembly including an eductor support rod that is affixed to the substantially hollow shaft at a first end and an eductor connected to the eductor support rod at a second end opposite the first end;
• forming an annular lake having a first fluid level within the drum and creating a first fluid flow through the eductor from the annular lake, wherein the first fluid flow creates a suction drawing a second fluid external to the drum into the substantially hollow shaft through an inlet to a channel formed through the eductor support rod to the eductor, and wherein the eductor partially compresses a gas in the second fluid;
• collecting the partially compressed gas exiting the eductor at a central portion of the drum between the annular lake and the substantially hollow shaft until the partially compressed gas is fully compressed at a desired pressure;
• and
• harvesting the fully compressed gas through a gas outlet.

A gas compressor, comprising:

• a substantially hollow cylindrical drum having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and configured to rotate about a central axis;
• a substantially hollow shaft secured to the first and second ends of the drum;
• a first fluid inlet configured to receive a first fluid from external to the drum into the shaft;
• a gas outlet configured to output a fully compressed gas from within the drum to a gas harvesting system;
• and
• an eductor assembly configured to draw a second fluid from an annular lake formed within the drum between an internal wall of the drum and the shaft, to draw the first fluid from the first fluid inlet, and to partially compress a gas in the first fluid to a first pressure,
• wherein rotation of the drum causes the second fluid within the drum to form the annular lake and to form a central portion between the annular lake and the shaft, and wherein introduction of the gas at the first pressure to the central portion causes the gas at the first pressure to be further compressed to a second pressure to form the fully compressed gas.