| US 7,488,159 B2 | ||
| Zero-clearance ultra-high-pressure gas compressor | ||
| Bharat Lajjaram Bhatt, Fogelsville, Pa. (US); William Curtis Kottke, Fogelsville, Pa. (US); David Jonathan Chalk, Slatington, Pa. (US); and Todd Eric Carlson, Upper Macungie, Pa. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, Pa. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 25, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/876,794. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0284155 A1, Dec. 29, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. F04B 23/14 (2006.01); F04B 9/08 (2006.01); F04F 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 417—92 [417/85; 417/199.1; 417/385] | 8 Claims |
| 1. A gas compression system comprising
(a) a compression cylinder having a gas inlet, a compressed gas outlet, one or more liquid transfer ports;
(b) a pump having a suction and a discharge;
(c) a pressure intensifier having an inlet and an outlet;
(d) a compressor liquid, at least a portion of which is contained in the pump, the pressure intensifier, and the compression
cylinder; and
(e) piping and valve means adapted to transfer the compressor liquid from the discharge of the pump to any of the one or more
liquid transfer ports of the compression cylinder and to the inlet of the pressure intensifier; piping and valve means adapted
to transfer the compressor liquid from any of the one or more liquid transfer ports of the compression cylinder to the suction
of the pump; and piping means to transfer the compressor liquid from the outlet of the pressure intensifier to any of the
one or more liquid transfer ports of the compression cylinder.
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