Gas delivery system
AssigneeUniversal Oxygen, Inc.
InventorJohn F. Barrett
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Abstract
A submersible gas compressor is described which has a ceramic high pressure piston in contact with a ceramic sleeve, a drive piston mounted to the ceramic high pressure piston and a crank in mechanical connection with the drive piston. The submersible gas compressor can be used as a second stage compressor in a gas delivery system that includes a first stage low pressure compressor, an absorption bed containing molecular sieve material, a second stage compressor to pressurize a gas stream to a pressure between 5000 and 10,000 psig, a cascade system for storing the pressurized gas stream between 3500 and 5000 psig, a control system, and an outlet for delivering the pressurized gas stream.
Claims13
A submersible gas compressor comprising:
- a ceramic high pressure piston in contact with a ceramic sleeve operating independent of a lubricating liquid;
- a drive piston mounted to said ceramic high pressure piston such that movement of said drive piston simultaneously moves said ceramic high pressure piston;
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- a crank in mechanical connection with said drive piston.
A submersible gas compressor comprising:
- a ceramic high pressure piston in contact with a ceramic sleeve operating independent of a lubricating liquid;
- a drive piston mounted to said ceramic high pressure piston such that movement of said drive piston simultaneously moves said ceramic high pressure piston;
- a crank in mechanical connection with said drive piston;
- and a surrounding thermal immersion tank comprising a liquid heat transfer fluid, wherein the liquid heat transfer fluid is an aqueous solution.
A submersible gas compressor comprising:
- a ceramic high pressure piston in contact with a ceramic sleeve wherein the compressor operates continuously at less than 130° F.;
- a drive piston mounted to said ceramic high pressure piston such that movement of said drive piston simultaneously moves said ceramic high pressure piston;
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- a crank in mechanical connection with said drive piston.
A submersible gas compressor comprising:
- a ceramic high pressure piston in contact with a ceramic sleeve operating independent of a lubricating liquid;
- a drive piston mounted to said ceramic high pressure piston such that movement of said drive piston simultaneously moves said ceramic high pressure piston;
- a crank in mechanical connection with said drive piston;
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- a surrounding thermal immersion tank comprising a liquid heat transfer fluid, wherein the compressor operates continuously at less than 130° F.
A submersible gas compressor comprising:
- a ceramic high pressure piston in contact with a ceramic sleeve;
- a drive piston mounted to said ceramic high pressure piston such that movement of said drive piston simultaneously moves said ceramic high pressure piston;
- a crank in mechanical connection with said drive piston;
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- a thermal immersion tank comprising a liquid heat transfer fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.