Gas delivery system
OwnerJohn F. Barrettinventor
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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.
Claims8
A gas delivery system comprising:
- a first stage compressor pressurizing an inlet gas to between 90 and 500 psig;
- a first absorption bed comprising a molecular sieve material in fluid communication with said first stage compressor, said absorbent bed enriching an exiting gas stream in at least one inlet gas component;
- a second stage compressor immersed in a liquid heat transfer fluid, compressing the exiting gas stream to a pressurized gas stream having a pressure of between about 5000 and 10,000 psig;
- a cascade system for storing the pressurized gas stream at a pressure between about 3500 and 5000 psig;
- a control system in operational control of at least one of said first stage compressor, said absorbent bed, said second stage compressor and said cascade system;
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- an outlet for delivering said pressurized gas stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.