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Compression of media

US8920538B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Linde GmbH · DE

Inventors

Robert Adler · Deutsch-Wagram, AT
Sascha Dorner · Gramatneusiedl, AT
Georg Siebert · Hückeswagen, DE
Martin Stehrlein · Eisenstadt, AT

Key dates

Filing date	May 10, 2012
Grant date	Dec 30, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 13, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S55/17
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and a device for compressing a gas-phase medium, particularly hydrogen or natural gas, in a single-stage or multistage process using at least one piston compressor, wherein the medium may have a water content up to total saturation with water. The medium to be compressed is heated before the compression at least to such point that the water is unable to condense out during the compression process, and the compressed medium undergoes a water separation process.

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