System for energy storage, compression and recovery
AssigneeNova Nexus, LLC
InventorDavid W. Dewis
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Abstract
A hydraulic compressor configured to increase the mass of gas to be compressed for a given flow of liquid and a method of the same. The gas can be pre-compressing in a compressor arranged upstream of an inlet system such that compressed air enters the inlet system before mixing with the liquid, thereby permitting an increased mass of gas per unit volume of liquid to be compressed by the hydraulic compressor arranged upstream of the inlet system. The compressed gas can be collected and stored, which can then be used to drive an expander to produce work.
Claims19
A hydraulic compression system, comprising:
- a compressor configured to compress gas entering the compression system;
- an inlet system arranged in fluid communication with the compressor such that the gas is compressed prior to entering the inlet system by the compressor;
- a first reservoir in fluid communication with the inlet system, downstream of the inlet system and vertically offset from the inlet system;
- a second reservoir system arranged in fluid communication with the first reservoir system and upstream of the first reservoir system such that the first reservoir and the second reservoir are vertically offset from each other;
- a pump configured to aid in circulation of liquid about the compression system between the second reservoir and the inlet system;
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- a mixer head, which is part of the inlet system, that is configured to mix the liquid with the gas that has been compressed prior to mixture of the liquid and the gas being transferred to the last least one reservoir arranged vertically upstream from the second reservoir.
A hydraulic compression system, comprising:
- a compressor configured to compress gas entering the compression system;
- an inlet system arranged in fluid communication with the compressor such that the gas entering the inlet system is the gas that has been compressed;
- a first reservoir in fluid communication with the inlet system, downstream of the inlet system and vertically offset from the inlet system;
- a second reservoir in fluid communication with the first inlet system and upstream of the first reservoir system such that the first reservoir and the second reservoir are vertically offset from each other;
- a second reservoir system arranged in fluid communication with the first reservoir system and upstream of the first reservoir system such that the first reservoir and the second reservoir are offset from each other;
- a pump configured to aid in in circulation of liquid about the compression system between the second reservoir and the inlet system;
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- a mixer head, which is part of the inlet system, that is configured to mix the liquid with the gas that has been compressed prior to mixture of the liquid and the gas being transferred to the last least one reservoir arranged vertically upstream from the second reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.