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US 2024/0318657 A1Published application
Gas seal column apparatus
AssigneeGscd Corp.
InventorWilliam Louis Kacin
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Abstract
A gas seal column apparatus includes a vertically-oriented column, a pump, an inlet pipe, a an outlet pipe, and a drive shaft driven by any type of motor. The pump and the gas seal column comprise a vertically-oriented pump system. The inlet pipe receives pressurized seal gas for introducing the seal gas into the pump system. The outlet pipe enables the seal gas to exit the pump system. The drive shaft is encased by the gas seal column between the pump drive motor and the pump to couple the pump drive motor to the pump.
Claims20
A gas seal column apparatus comprising:
- a vertically-oriented pump envelope including a gas seal column and a pump;
- a pump drive motor configured to drive the pump envelope, the pump envelope and the pump drive motor configured to be sealed together;
- a drive shaft encased by the pump envelope between the pump drive motor and the pump to couple the pump drive motor to the pump;
- an inlet pipe configured to receive pressurized seal gas for introducing the seal gas into the pump envelope;
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- a discharge valve configured to enable the seal gas to exit the pump envelope.
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A gas seal column apparatus, comprising:
- a pump drive motor;
- a gas seal column configured to receive a seal gas for pressurizing the gas seal column;
- a vertically-oriented pump system comprising a pump and the gas seal column, coupled to the pump drive motor and configured to move a product through the pump;
- a plurality of external level sensors to detect a level of the product in the gas seal column and any fumes in the gas seal column;
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- a control box in communication with the plurality of level sensors, the control box configured to control an amount of the seal gas received within the gas seal column to control an amount of fumes within the gas seal column and the level of the product within the gas seal column.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.