Electric Driven Gas Booster
AssigneeHaskel International, LLC
InventorBrian A. Burrows
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Abstract
A gas booster for increasing a pressure of a gas includes a gas cylinder and a drive. The gas cylinder defines a chamber having an inlet and an outlet. A piston is actuatable within the gas cylinder to draw gas into the chamber through the inlet at a first pressure and to push the gas out of the chamber through the outlet at a second pressure that is higher than the first pressure. The drive includes an electric motor coupled to the piston of the gas cylinder by a mechanical connection to actuate the piston.
Claims20
A gas booster for increasing a pressure of a gas comprises:
- a first gas cylinder comprising:
- a first chamber, wherein the first chamber comprises a first inlet and a first outlet, and
- a first piston actuatable within the first gas cylinder, wherein the first piston is configured to draw the gas into the first chamber through the first inlet at a first pressure and to push the gas out of the first chamber through the first outlet at a second pressure that is higher than the first pressure;
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- a drive comprising an electric motor configured to convert electric energy to linear motion, wherein the electric motor is coupled to the first piston of the first gas cylinder by a first mechanical connection to actuate the first piston.
A gas booster for increasing a pressure of a gas comprises:
- a gas cylinder comprising:
- a chamber having an inlet and an outlet, and
- a piston actuatable within the gas cylinder, wherein the piston is configured to draw the gas into the chamber through the inlet at a first pressure and to push the gas out of the chamber through the outlet at a second pressure that is higher than the first pressure;
- a drive comprising an electric motor configured to convert electric energy to linear motion, wherein the electric motor is coupled to the piston of the gas cylinder by a mechanical connection to actuate the piston;
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- a controller programmable to selectively activate the electric motor to thereby actuate the piston.
A method for operating a gas booster comprising a gas cylinder defining a chamber having an inlet and an outlet and a piston actuatable within the gas cylinder, wherein the gas booster comprises a drive having an electric motor coupled to the piston of the gas cylinder, the method comprising the steps of:
- translating the piston inward within the gas cylinder to draw gas into the chamber through the inlet by applying electrical energy to the electric motor;
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- translating the piston outward within the gas cylinder to push gas out of the chamber through the outlet by applying electrical energy to the electric motor, wherein a pressure of the gas is higher at the outlet of the gas cylinder than at the inlet of the gas cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.