Method and apparatus for generating a high pressure fluid
OwnerRon Lee, Walter Whitlockinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for generating a high pressure fluid from a low pressure gas source, includes a low pressure gas source for supplying a low pressure gas, a vessel for receiving the low pressure gas, cooling means for cooling the low pressure gas within the vessel to a condensation temperature sufficient to condense a desired portion of the low pressure gas into a liquid and for maintaining the temperature of the liquid during pressurization thereof; pressurizing means for pressurizing the liquid to yield a high pressure liquid, and optionally, treating means for treating the high pressure liquid to form a corresponding high pressure gas. The present invention is further directed to methods of generating a high pressure fluid.
Claims19
An apparatus for generating a high pressure fluid from a low pressure gas source, comprising:
- a low pressure gas source for supplying a low pressure gas;
- a vessel for receiving the low pressure gas;
- cooling means for cooling the low pressure gas within the vessel to a condensation temperature sufficient to condense a desired portion of the low pressure gas into a liquid and for maintaining the temperature of the liquid during pressurization thereof;
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- pressurizing means for pressurizing the liquid to yield a high pressure liquid.
An apparatus for generating a high pressure fluid from a low pressure gas source, the apparatus comprising:
- a low pressure gas source for supplying a low pressure gas;
- a vessel for receiving the low pressure gas;
- a pressurizing assembly in fluid communication with the vessel;
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- a cooling bath encompassing the vessel and the pressurizing assembly whereby the cooling bath cools the low pressure gas within the vessel to a temperature sufficient to condense a desired portion of the low pressure gas into a liquid and maintain the temperature of the liquid as it passes into the pressurizing assembly which applies pressure thereto to yield a high pressure liquid.
A method for generating a high pressure fluid from a low pressure gas source, the method comprising the steps of:
- cooling a low pressure gas supplied from the low pressure gas source to a temperature sufficient to condense a desired portion of the low pressure gas into a liquid;
- extracting the liquid;
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- pressurizing the extracted liquid to a desired pressure to form a high pressure liquid while maintaining the condensation temperature of the high pressure liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.