公开(公告)号：US06976497B2

公开(公告)日：2005-12-20

申请号：US10671819

申请日：2003-09-26

申请人： Brian J. Gridley

发明人： Brian J. Gridley

IPC分类号： F04F1/08 ,  F04F1/12 ,  F04B1/08 ,  F04B9/129

CPC分类号： F04F1/08 ,  F04F1/12 ,  Y10T137/0396 ,  Y10T137/3115 ,  Y10T137/402

摘要： Liquid raising systems raise liquid from a system inlet to a system outlet without any moving parts below the system outlet. One or more closed cells are disposed at elevations between the system inlet and outlet. A liquid conduit leads from the bottom of each cell to the top of the next downstream cell. Gas pressure-differential between two next-adjacent cells causes liquid to flow through the liquid conduit to the next cell. The pressure-differential need be only enough to move the liquid between adjacent cells. The cells are cyclically filled and emptied by sequentially applying the gas at higher and lower pressures to adjacent cells, thus progressively moving liquid toward the system outlet. A cell can have a variety of shapes and sizes, so long as the cell gas inlet is above the liquid inlet, and the liquid outlet is below both the liquid inlet and the gas inlet.

摘要翻译： 液体升高系统将液体从系统入口升高到系统出口，而系统出口下方没有任何运动部件。 一个或多个闭孔被设置在系统入口和出口之间的高度处。 液体导管从每个电池的底部引导到下一个下游电池的顶部。 两个相邻细胞之间的气体压差导致液体通过液体导管流到下一个细胞。 压差仅需足以在相邻电池之间移动液体。 通过将较高和较低压力的气体顺序地施加到相邻的单元上，循环地填充和排空单元，从而逐渐将液体移向系统出口。 电池可以具有各种形状和尺寸，只要电池气体入口在液体入口上方，并且液体出口低于液体入口和气体入口。