High-pressure fluid compression system utilizing cascading effluent energy recovery
US7640745B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 15, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC02F1/041
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A high-pressure system and method utilizing an input fluid. The system includes a reactor treating a material to produce an effluent having an energy content, a plurality of stages compressing the input fluid in a stepwise manner providing a high-pressure reactor input stream to the reactor, and a cascading effluent energy recovery system mechanically communicating with the plurality of stages. The cascading effluent energy recovery system imparts a portion of the energy content of the effluent into each of the plurality of stages powering that stage. The method includes receiving an input fluid, compressing the input fluid over a plurality of stages producing the high-pressure stream, providing the high-pressure stream to the reactor, recovering a portion of the energy content of the effluent at each of the plurality of stages, and using each the portion of the energy in compressing the input fluid at a corresponding respective stage.
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