METHOD OF PRODUCING COMPRESSED AIR VIA ENERGY EXCHANGE WITH COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS

Abstract: a compression exchange apparatus that includes a first compression chamber and a first inlet to allow the compression exchange apparatus to receive compressed natural gas. the compression exchange apparatus also includes a second inlet to allow the compression exchange apparatus to receive air at a first pressure and a first outlet of the compression exchange apparatus for providing decompressed natural gas generated by decompressing the compressed natural gas in the compression exchange apparatus a path to escape the compression exchange apparatus. the compression exchange apparatus can also include a second outlet of the compression exchange apparatus for providing compressed air at a higher second pressure to exit the compression exchange apparatus and a first diaphragm in the first compression chamber to transfer the energy of the compressed natural gas into compressing the air at the first pressure to generate the compressed air at the higher second pressure. a method that includes the steps of capturing energy contained in a compressed gas via a compression exchange apparatus and generating compressed air from the energy captured from the compressed gas.

Inventor(s): Dallas Chism Watson

CPC Classification: F04B45/043 (POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type ; non-positive-displacement pumps ; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped ))

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