Gaseous fluid compression with alternating refrigeration and mechanical compression using a first and second bank of compression coupled with first and second cascading heat pump intercoolers having a higher and a lower temperature section
US10989110B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 17, 2019 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25B2400/061
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A gaseous compression system for compressing a gas from an initial pressure to an exit pressure with a first, blower compression bank and a second, mechanical compression bank. Each compression bank has plural stages of gaseous compression with a gaseous fluid compressor and a heat pump intercooler. The heat pump intercooler comprises a cascading heat pump intercooler with a high temperature section, a medium temperature section, and a low temperature section, each temperature section with an intercooler core. Each stage of the blower compression bank has a high-pressure blower, and each stage of the mechanical compressor bank has a mechanical compressor. A final stage of gaseous compression is without a heat pump intercooler. Gas compressed by the gaseous fluid compression system can be injected into a gas-driven generator to generate electric power from movement of a working fluid induced by injection of the compressed gas.
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