Compression of a water-saturated medium
AssigneeLinde Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsRobert Adler, Sascha Dorner, Georg Siebert, Martin Stehrlein
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Abstract
A method and device for compressing a gas-phase medium, particularly hydrogen or natural gas, wherein the medium may have a water content up to total saturation with water and wherein the medium is compressed in a single or multiple stages in at least one liquid-filled chamber. The liquid(s) that is/are used are an ionic liquid that is not susceptible to attack by the water contained in the medium to be compressed and/or a liquid with low vapor pressure that is not susceptible to attack by the water contained in the medium to be compressed, and the compressed medium undergoes a water separation stage.
Claims7
A method for compressing a gas-phase medium, wherein the medium may have a water content up to total saturation with water and wherein the medium is compressed in a single or multiple stages in at least one liquid-filled chamber, characterized in that an ionic liquid that is selected from the group consisting of a liquid that is not susceptible to attack by the water contained in the medium to be compressed and a liquid with low vapor pressure that is not susceptible to attack by the water contained in the medium to be compressed is used as the liquid and the compressed medium undergoes a water separation stage.
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