Compressor with liquid injection cooling
AssigneeHicor Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJohn WALTON, Phil NELSON, Jeremy PITTS
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Abstract
A compressor includes: a casing with an inner wall defining a compression chamber, an inlet leading into the compression chamber, and an outlet leading out of the compression chamber; a rotor rotatably coupled to the casing for rotation relative to the casing; and a gate coupled to the casing for movement relative to the casing. The gate may be pivotally, or translationally coupled to the casing. A hydrostatic bearing may be disposed between the gate and casing. A plurality of compressors may be mechanically linked together such that their compression cycles are out of phase.
Claims12
1-20. (canceled)
A compressor system comprising:
- a plurality of sub-compressors, each sub-compressor comprising:
- a wall defining a compression chamber,
- a fluid inlet leading into the compression chamber,
- a fluid outlet leading out of the compression chamber,
- a rotor rotatably coupled to the wall for rotation relative to the wall, and
- a gate coupled to the wall for movement relative to the wall, the gate comprising a sealing edge, the gate being operable to move relative to the wall to locate the sealing edge proximate to the rotor as the rotor rotates such that the gate separates an inlet volume and a compression volume in the compression chamber, the inlet and outlet being disposed on opposite sides of the sealing edge from each other;
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- a mechanical linkage between the rotors of the plurality of sub-compressors, the mechanical linkage connecting between the rotors of the plurality of sub-compressors such that compression cycles of the plurality of sub-compressors are out of phase with each other.
33-36. (canceled)
The compressor system of claim 41, wherein each of the sub-compressors comprises a check valve disposed in the inlet of the respective sub-compressor downstream from where the inlets of the plurality of sub-compressors diverge from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.