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US 8,282,362 B2Granted
Gas compressor
OwnerHerbert Pardoinventor
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Abstract
A power plant that outputs energy in the form of heated, compressed gas functions as a gas compressor, a motor, or a heater. The compression is accomplished by combusting a gas in a chamber and selectively diverting the high pressure exhaust to a container or conduit and selectively sealing the combustion chamber from the chamber when the chamber is reloaded with combustible gas.
Claims8
A method of compressing gas comprising:
- opening an input port connected to a combustion chamber having a fixed interior volume, allowing fluid flow from a fuel tank into an interior of the combustion chamber;
- introducing a combustible gas into the interior of the combustion chamber at a pressure above an atmospheric pressure outside the combustion chamber;
- closing the input port, preventing fluid flow out of the interior of the combustion chamber through the input port;
- providing an ignition source at the interior of the combustion chamber, igniting the combustible gas;
- opening an exhaust port connected to the combustion chamber, allowing fluid flow out of the interior of the combustion chamber through the exhaust port;
- closing the exhaust port, preventing fluid flow into the interior of the combustion chamber through the exhaust port;
- monitoring chemical characteristics of the fluid within the combustion chamber through feedback ports in communication with the combustion chamber;
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- storing at least a portion of the fluid coming out of the exhaust port in a storage tank configured to store high pressure fluid wherein the storage tank only communicates with the fuel tank through the combustion chamber.
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A method of compressing gas comprising:
- opening an input port connected to a combustion chamber having a fixed interior volume, allowing fluid flow from a fuel tank into an interior of the combustion chamber;
- introducing a combustible gas into the interior of the combustion chamber at a pressure above an atmospheric pressure outside the combustion chamber;
- closing the input port, preventing fluid flow out of the interior of the combustion chamber through the input port;
- providing an ignition source at the interior of the combustion chamber, igniting the combustible gas;
- opening an exhaust port connected to the combustion chamber, allowing fluid flow out of the interior of the combustion chamber through the exhaust port;
- closing the exhaust port, preventing fluid flow into the interior of the combustion chamber through the exhaust port;
- monitoring thermal characteristics of the fluid within the combustion chamber through feedback ports in communication with the combustion chamber;
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- storing at least a portion of the fluid coming out of the exhaust port in a storage tank configured to store high pressure fluid wherein the storage tank only communicates with the fuel tank through the combustion chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.