A gas compressor comprising a rotating drum and a return assembly. The drum includes a compression channel assembly with compression channels between a common zone and a distal area. The compression channels may be formed by a plurality of V-shaped blocks. The return assembly draws liquid from an annular lake formed in the drum to a fluid outlet. A gas inlet in the return assembly mixes incoming gas with the liquid. An optional eductor connected to the gas inlet draws gas into the gas inlet. Fluid entering the common pressure zone is forced into the compression channels that compress the gas. Pressurized gas is separated from liquid in the fluid prior to leaving the compression channel. An inducer may be positioned between the fluid outlet of the return assembly and the opening of the centralized common pressure zone.
F04D 17/10 - Centrifugal pumps for compressing or evacuating
F01D 1/06 - Non-positive-displacement machines or engines, e.g. steam turbines with stationary working-fluid guiding means and bladed or like rotor traversed by the working-fluid substantially radially
F04F 5/06 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow the inducing fluid being liquid displacing elastic fluids of rotary type
F04F 5/42 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow characterised by the input flow of inducing fluid medium being radial or tangential to output flow
F04D 29/28 - Rotors specially adapted for elastic fluids for centrifugal or helico-centrifugal pumps
A gas compressor comprising a drum affixed to a rotating shaft, the drum including a plurality of compression channels between a common pressure zone and an interior surface of the drum distal to an axis of rotation. A static vane return assembly adjacent the compression channels includes vanes extending from an inlet at an outer circumference to the common pressure zone and directing gas into the common pressure zone, either through the vanes or via separate channels or ducts. Fluid inside the rotating drum forms an annular lake that is drawn through the vanes and into the common pressure zone. Fluid is then forced into the compression channels where gas in the fluid is compressed as it travels from the common pressure zone toward the interior surface. The pressurized gas is separated from the liquid prior to leaving the compression channel assembly while the liquid is returned to the lake.
F04F 5/06 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow the inducing fluid being liquid displacing elastic fluids of rotary type
F04D 31/00 - Pumping liquids and elastic fluids at the same time
F04D 17/18 - Centrifugal pumps characterised by use of centrifugal force of liquids entrained in pumps
F04D 17/10 - Centrifugal pumps for compressing or evacuating
F04D 25/04 - Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being fluid-driven
H02K 7/18 - Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g.with turbines
F04D 29/22 - Rotors specially for centrifugal pumps
F04F 5/42 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow characterised by the input flow of inducing fluid medium being radial or tangential to output flow
F04D 29/28 - Rotors specially adapted for elastic fluids for centrifugal or helico-centrifugal pumps
F03B 3/08 - Machines or engines of reaction typeParts or details peculiar thereto with pressure/velocity transformation exclusively in rotors
F01D 5/04 - Blade-carrying members, e.g. rotors for radial-flow machines or engines
A gas compressor comprising a rotating drum and a return assembly. The drum includes a compression channel assembly with compression channels between a common zone and a distal area. The compression channels may be formed by a plurality of V-shaped blocks. The return assembly draws liquid from an annular lake formed in the drum to a fluid outlet. A gas inlet in the return assembly mixes incoming gas with the liquid. An optional eductor connected to the gas inlet draws gas into the gas inlet. Fluid entering the common pressure zone is forced into the compression channels that compress the gas. Pressurized gas is separated from liquid in the fluid prior to leaving the compression channel. An inducer may be positioned between the fluid outlet of the return assembly and the opening of the centralized common pressure zone.
F04F 5/06 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow the inducing fluid being liquid displacing elastic fluids of rotary type
F04D 31/00 - Pumping liquids and elastic fluids at the same time
F04D 17/18 - Centrifugal pumps characterised by use of centrifugal force of liquids entrained in pumps
F04D 17/10 - Centrifugal pumps for compressing or evacuating
F04D 25/04 - Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being fluid-driven
H02K 7/18 - Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g.with turbines
F04D 29/22 - Rotors specially for centrifugal pumps
F04F 5/42 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow characterised by the input flow of inducing fluid medium being radial or tangential to output flow
F04D 29/28 - Rotors specially adapted for elastic fluids for centrifugal or helico-centrifugal pumps
F03B 3/08 - Machines or engines of reaction typeParts or details peculiar thereto with pressure/velocity transformation exclusively in rotors
F01D 5/04 - Blade-carrying members, e.g. rotors for radial-flow machines or engines
A gas compressor comprising a substantially hollow cylindrical drum secured to a fixed shaft and configured to rotate a volume of fluid about a central axis. A plurality of eductors may be affixed to the shaft through support rods and positioned within an interior of the drum to receive a flow of fluid during rotation of the drum. A gas inlet along the fixed shaft comprises a channel through which gas external to the drum may be drawn into the eductors and compressed. Compressed gas accumulates within a central area of the drum and may be harvested through a gas outlet along the fixed shaft. Additional embodiments may comprise pitot tubes to manage a fluid level within the drum, and a cooling system to manage fluid temperature.
F04F 1/18 - Pumps using positively or negatively pressurised fluid medium acting directly on the liquid to be pumped the fluid medium being mixed with, or generated from, the liquid to be pumped
F04F 5/54 - Installations characterised by use of jet pumps, e.g. combinations of two or more jet pumps of different type
A gas compressor comprising a substantially hollow cylindrical drum secured to a fixed shaft and configured to rotate a volume of fluid about a central axis. A plurality of eductors may be affixed to the shaft through support rods and positioned within an interior of the drum to receive a flow of fluid during rotation of the drum. A gas inlet along the fixed shaft comprises a channel through which gas external to the drum may be drawn into the eductors and compressed. Compressed gas accumulates within a central area of the drum and may be harvested through a gas outlet along the fixed shaft. Additional embodiments may comprise pitot tubes to manage a fluid level within the drum, and a cooling system to manage fluid temperature.
F01K 9/02 - Arrangements or modifications of condensate or air pumps
F02C 3/32 - Inducing air flow by fluid jet, e.g. ejector action
F04C 19/00 - Rotary-piston pumps with fluid ring or the like, specially adapted for elastic fluids
F04F 5/02 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow the inducing fluid being liquid
F04F 5/10 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow the inducing fluid being liquid displacing liquids, e.g. containing solids, or liquids and elastic fluids
A gas compressor comprising a drum affixed to a rotating shaft, the drum including a plurality of compression channels between a common pressure zone and an interior surface of the drum distal to an axis of rotation. A static vane return assembly adjacent the compression channels includes vanes extending from an inlet at an outer circumference to the common pressure zone and directing gas into the common pressure zone, either through the vanes or via separate channels or ducts. Fluid inside the rotating drum forms an annular lake that is drawn through the vanes and into the common pressure zone. Fluid is then forced into the compression channels where gas in the fluid is compressed as it travels from the common pressure zone toward the interior surface. The pressurized gas is separated from the liquid prior to leaving the compression channel assembly while the liquid is returned to the lake.
A gas compressor comprising a drum affixed to a rotating shaft, the drum including a plurality of compression channels between a common pressure zone and an interior surface of the drum distal to an axis of rotation. A static vane return assembly adjacent the compression channels includes vanes extending from an inlet at an outer circumference to the common pressure zone and directing gas into the common pressure zone, either through the vanes or via separate channels or ducts. Fluid inside the rotating drum forms an annular lake that is drawn through the vanes and into the common pressure zone. Fluid is then forced into the compression channels where gas in the fluid is compressed as it travels from the common pressure zone toward the interior surface. The pressurized gas is separated from the liquid prior to leaving the compression channel assembly while the liquid is returned to the lake.
F04D 31/00 - Pumping liquids and elastic fluids at the same time
F04F 5/06 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow the inducing fluid being liquid displacing elastic fluids of rotary type
F04D 17/18 - Centrifugal pumps characterised by use of centrifugal force of liquids entrained in pumps
F04D 17/10 - Centrifugal pumps for compressing or evacuating
F04D 25/04 - Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being fluid-driven
F04D 29/22 - Rotors specially for centrifugal pumps
F04F 5/42 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow characterised by the input flow of inducing fluid medium being radial or tangential to output flow
H02K 7/18 - Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g.with turbines
A centrifugal gas compressor with rotating hollow housing and an independently rotating, turbine compresses gas bubbles in capillary tubes and recovers energy from the liquid drain (sometimes a liquid recycler). The housing rotatably retains an internal spool having the turbine. Gas-liquid emulsion fed to the capillaries generates compressed gas-liquid emulsion at a radially distal annular region in an annular lake within the spool. Compressed gas leaves the lake and is ported away. A turbine blade edge in spilt over liquid drives the turbine, converting angular velocity/momentum into shaft torque as recovered energy. Blade captured liquid is recycled to capillary inputs.
F04D 17/18 - Centrifugal pumps characterised by use of centrifugal force of liquids entrained in pumps
F04F 5/06 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow the inducing fluid being liquid displacing elastic fluids of rotary type
F04D 31/00 - Pumping liquids and elastic fluids at the same time
F04D 17/10 - Centrifugal pumps for compressing or evacuating
F04D 25/04 - Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being fluid-driven
H02K 7/18 - Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g.with turbines
F04D 29/22 - Rotors specially for centrifugal pumps
F04F 5/42 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow characterised by the input flow of inducing fluid medium being radial or tangential to output flow
F01D 5/04 - Blade-carrying members, e.g. rotors for radial-flow machines or engines
A centrifugal gas compressor with rotating hollow housing and an independently rotating, turbine compresses gas bubbles in capillary tubes and recovers energy from the liquid drain (sometimes a liquid recycler). The housing rotatably retains an internal spool having the turbine. Gas-liquid emulsion fed to the capillaries generates compressed gas-liquid emulsion at a radially distal annular region in an annular lake within the spool. Compressed gas leaves the lake and is ported away. A turbine blade edge in spilt over liquid drives the turbine, converting angular velocity/momentum into shaft torque as recovered energy. Blade captured liquid is recycled to capillary inputs.
F04D 17/18 - Centrifugal pumps characterised by use of centrifugal force of liquids entrained in pumps
F04F 5/06 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow the inducing fluid being liquid displacing elastic fluids of rotary type
F04D 31/00 - Pumping liquids and elastic fluids at the same time
F04D 17/10 - Centrifugal pumps for compressing or evacuating
F04D 25/04 - Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being fluid-driven
H02K 7/18 - Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g.with turbines
F04F 5/42 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow characterised by the input flow of inducing fluid medium being radial or tangential to output flow
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Method and system of compressing gas with flow restrictions
The gas compression method/system restricts flow of emulsified liquid-gas mixture through many substantially radial capillary tube-passages in a rotating disk by either one-way valves, narrowing the passages, hydraulic impedance and/or reinforcement of coriolis forces in terminal end tail segments of the capillary passages. Compressed gas is released from peripherally collected compressed gas-liquid emulsion (beyond the terminal ends of the tubes) in a arcuate peripheral disc space when the compressed gas bubbles emerge from the peripherally collected emulsion. A compressed gas drain draws off gas from the peripheral space. Liquid drain draws off liquid from the space. In different embodiments, radial outboard flow through the capillaries is effected by various one-way valves which may be a single valve in the passage or multiple valves. Coriolis force in tail segments is enhanced by angular displacement in the direction of rotation. Valves may be used in combination with such tail-end segments.
F04D 17/16 - Centrifugal pumps for displacing without appreciable compression
F04D 31/00 - Pumping liquids and elastic fluids at the same time
F04F 5/06 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow the inducing fluid being liquid displacing elastic fluids of rotary type
The compressor compresses gas in capillaries leading to a radially distant annular container space. Centrifugal force acts on gas bubbles entrained between liquid slugs moving radially outward through the capillaries which may be radial, tangential or continuously curved. Compressed gas is collected in the annular space. A gas-liquid emulsion is fed to the capillaries by an inboard emulsification device. The emulsification may include a vortex generator, an ejector or a venturi injector, all feeding the gas-liquid mixture into the inboard ends of the capillaries. The capillaries are formed in a series of discs, coaxially stacked with outer disc ends open to the annular space. Capillary inlets may be perpendicular, tangential or may define a venturi jet.
The compressor compresses gas in capillaries leading to a radially distant annular container space. Centrifugal force acts on gas bubbles entrained between liquid slugs moving radially outward through the capillaries which may be radial, tangential or continuously curved. Compressed gas is collected in the annular space. A gas-liquid emulsion is fed to the capillaries by an inboard emulsification device. The emulsification may include a vortex generator, an ejector or a venturi injector, all feeding the gas-liquid mixture into the inboard ends of the capillaries. The capillaries are formed in a series of discs, coaxially stacked with outer disc ends open to the annular space. Capillary inlets may be perpendicular, tangential or may define a venturi jet.
A centrifugal gas compressor with rotating hollow housing and an independently rotating turbine compresses gas bubbles in capillary tubes and recovers energy from the liquid drain (sometimes a liquid recycler). The housing rotatably retains an internal spool having the turbine. Gas-liquid emulsion fed to the capillaries generates compressed gas-liquid emulsion at a radially distal annular region in an annular lake within the spool. Compressed gas leaves the lake and is ported away. A turbine blade edge in spilt over liquid drives the turbine, converting angular velocity/momentum into shaft torque as recovered energy. Blade captured liquid is recycled to capillary inputs.
F04D 17/18 - Centrifugal pumps characterised by use of centrifugal force of liquids entrained in pumps
F04D 29/22 - Rotors specially for centrifugal pumps
F04D 29/28 - Rotors specially adapted for elastic fluids for centrifugal or helico-centrifugal pumps
F04D 31/00 - Pumping liquids and elastic fluids at the same time
F04F 5/04 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow the inducing fluid being liquid displacing elastic fluids
