Thermo-kinetic compressor

1) A device to compress air or any gas characterised in that it contains the following elements intended for pre-processing the gas for compression and for supplying thermal energy if its temperature is not sufficiently high, to reduce the pressure of the latter to a subsonic or sonic speed through a pressure reduction nozzle, to remove heat at high speed and low temperature by controlled spraying (and evaporation) of liquid distributed in a pressure reduction/cooling nozzle (where the nozzle allows a high speed to be maintained), and finally to recompress this gas in an adiabatic compression nozzle to reduce its speed to a normal outflow value:

• a Suction Line including if necessary the optional equipment such as:
• Suction filter “F”, Suction Silencer “F”, Primary Compressor “CP”, thermal exchangers (E1), (E2), . . . , (En), burner (B), and pressure reduction turbine (TB),
• an optional Inlet Chamber (C),
• a Pressure Reduction Mixer Head (C1) enabling its speed to be increased eventually to sonic speed,
• a Transition Zone (N), (optional),
• a Convergent Pressure Reduction/Cooling Nozzle (C2),
• a Cooling System (R) consisting of a set of water (or other liquid) spray diffusers, with flow rate and/or position adjustable from outside the device, distributed along zones (N) and (C2),
• an Adiabatic Compression Mixing Tube (d) intended to compress the gas by reducing its speed to a normal outflow speed,
• a Calming Chamber (T) (optional),
• an Evacuation Line including if necessary related equipment such as hot gas recycling systems, recovery exchangers (E′1), (E′2), . . . , (E′n), and silencing device (S′), in which it is possible that this equipment is only supplied by a part of the compressed gas, and in which it is possible that it is installed downstream from a burner and a turbine if the device is intended for the generation of mechanical or electrical energy.