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US 12,404,852 B2Granted
Membrane compressor
AssigneesAlex Murashko, Josh Adams
InventorsAlex Murashko, Josh Adams
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Abstract
A ring-shaped diaphragm compressor may be continuous or non-continuous. Bolting is inboard and outboard of the diaphragm (240). The compression chamber (230) may be circular or other arcuate shape. The diaphragm is driven by a reciprocating piston (68) via hydraulic oil. Pistons may be phased. Mid-valves permit simultaneously outputting two or more different pressures during one or several cycles.
Claims21
A membrane compressor comprising:
- a ring-shaped compression chamber, an inlet having an inlet valve adapted for allowing a gaseous fluid into the compression chamber,
- an outlet having an outlet valve adapted for allowing the gaseous fluid out of the compression chamber,
- a driving system adapted for acting on a working fluid to act on a membrane, and
- the membrane separating the compression chamber into a gas head in communication with the inlet valve and the outlet vale and a fluid head in communication with the driving system.
1 more element
A method for compressing gas in a membrane compressor, comprising the steps of:
- providing a gaseous fluid to a gas head of a ring-shaped compression chamber that includes a membrane;
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- actuating a drive system to act on a working fluid in a fluid head of the ring-shaped compression chamber such that the working fluid actuates the membrane separating the fluid head from the gas head in the ring-shaped compression chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.