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US 2013/0315818 A1Published application
High pressure hydrogen gas compressor
OwnerAmitava Royinventor
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Abstract
A gas compressor comprises a source of high pressure fluid and a pressure vessel having a gas inlet for the gas to be compressed, a gas outlet for the compressed gas and a fluid inlet for the high pressure fluid. The compressor is arranged to introduce the high pressure fluid into the pressure vessel via the fluid inlet whereby to compress a volume of gas in the pressure vessel.
Claims18
A gas compressor comprising:
- a source of high pressure liquid;
- and
- a pressure vessel having a gas inlet for a gas to be compressed, a gas outlet for the compressed gas and a fluid inlet for the high pressure liquid,
- wherein the compressor is arranged to introduce the high pressure liquid into the pressure vessel via the fluid inlet whereby to compress a volume of gas in the pressure vessel, and
- wherein the fluid inlet of the pressure vessel comprises a s nozzle for spraying the high pressure liquid into the pressure vessel.
2 more elements
2-6. (canceled)
A gas compressor as claimed in 1, wherein the high pressure fluid is water.
(canceled)
A method of compressing a gas, comprising the steps of:
- supplying a high pressure liquid to a pressure vessel having a gas inlet for the gas to be compressed, a gas outlet for the compressed gas, and a fluid inlet for the high pressure liquid, and
- using a spray nozzle at the fluid inlet to spray the high pressure liquid into the pressure vessel so as to compress a volume of the gas in the pressure vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.