Purging natural gas compressors
Abstract
When a natural gas compressor completes its compression cycle, residual pressurized natural gas remains in the cylinders, valves, and conduits of the compressor. Gas leaks into the environment increasing greenhouse gas emissions and introducing safety concerns. The systems and methods herein provide ways for substantially reducing or eliminating leakage of natural gas to the atmosphere while the system sits idle between compression cycles.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Onboard Dynamics, Inc., Bend, OR (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1823807
- Patent Number(s):
- 10968867
- Application Number:
- 16/493,644
- Assignee:
- Onboard Dynamics, Inc. (Bend, OR)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02B - INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02D - CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AR0000490
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 03/28/2018
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Echter, Nicholas Paul, and Weyer-Geigel, Kristina. Purging natural gas compressors. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web.
Echter, Nicholas Paul, & Weyer-Geigel, Kristina. Purging natural gas compressors. United States.
Echter, Nicholas Paul, and Weyer-Geigel, Kristina. Tue .
"Purging natural gas compressors". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1823807.
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title = {Purging natural gas compressors},
author = {Echter, Nicholas Paul and Weyer-Geigel, Kristina},
abstractNote = {When a natural gas compressor completes its compression cycle, residual pressurized natural gas remains in the cylinders, valves, and conduits of the compressor. Gas leaks into the environment increasing greenhouse gas emissions and introducing safety concerns. The systems and methods herein provide ways for substantially reducing or eliminating leakage of natural gas to the atmosphere while the system sits idle between compression cycles.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2021},
month = {4}
}
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