Liquid motor and pump with a stroke regulating gas motor

Patent · Tue Apr 21 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6823179

Gerlach, C R; Heath, R T

A fluid pumping system is described for use with a natural gas dehydrating system or the like having an absorber apparatus for removing water from wet natural gas to produce dry natural gas by use of a desiccant agent such as glycol, a glycol reboiler means for producing a source of dry glycol from wet glycol received from the absorber apparatus by heat obtained from burning of the natural gas, the system comprising: a fluid pump means operatively connected between dry glycol source and the absorber means for pumping dry glycol from the dry glycol source to the absorber means; a fluid operable primary motor means operatively connected to the pump means for actuating the pump means and having fluid inlet passage means for receiving wet glycol from the absorber and fluid outlet passage means for delivering wet glycol to the glycol reboiler means whereby energy derived from the wet glycol provides the primary motivating force for the motor means and the pump means; and a speed control means being operable by the dry natural gas and operatively associated with the pump means and the motor means for automatically regulating the speed thereof.

• Assignee: NOV; NOV-87-058311; EDB-87-092965
• Patent Number(s): US 4659344
• OSTI ID: 6823179
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
030300* -- Natural Gas-- Drilling
Production
& Processing
ADSORPTION
ALCOHOLS
BOILERS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DEHYDRATION
DEHYDRATORS
DESICCANTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GLYCOLS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INTAKE STRUCTURES
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
MOTORS
NATURAL GAS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PNEUMATIC MOTORS
PUMPS
REMOVAL
SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
SORPTION
SPEED REGULATORS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WATER REMOVAL