Abstract:
A compressor which is adapted to operate in a dry condition without any lubricant. The compressor has a cylinder which defines a compression chamber in its interior and which is provided with a gas intake and a gas outlet. A piston which is made substantially entirely of plastic reciprocates in the cylinder and defines a gap with the inner surface thereof, the gas inlet being in the form of nozzle-shaped openings extending through the cylinder wall and inclined with respect to the cylinder axis. In addition to the latter openings there are balancing bores which extend through the cylinder wall to provide a stable reciprocation of the piston, and the axes of these bores not only are inclined with respect to the cylinder axis but they are also inclined with respect to the axes of the inlet openings in a manner according to which air entering through the latter will retard any tendency of air or other gas to leak out through the balancing bores. Preferably there are a pair of pistons which are directly opposed to each other so that one reciprocates along its suction stroke while the other reciprocates along its compression stroke. According to the method the pistons are reciprocated at a speed of at least 1500 strokes per minute, so that in this way compressed air or other gas can be supplied to chemical, food, or other industries in large quantities for such purposes as the pneumatic operation of bulk material conveyors and the like.
Abstract:
Finely divided solids are fed into a gas pressurized system from a gas pressurized hopper, the gas remaining in the hopper after the solids are exhausted is forced into the pressurized system by pumping liquid into the hopper to displace the gas, the liquid is withdrawn, the hopper is replenished with finely divided solids and repressurized by gas from the pressurized system. Means are provided for accomplishing these steps. There is no loss of pressurizing gas and no energy loss due to expansion and repressurizing of gas for the feed hopper.
Abstract:
PULVERIZED COAL, IN THE SUBSTANTIAL ABSENCE OF PASTING OR SLURRYING MEDIU, IS DISPERSED INTO A RECYCLE STREAM OF PREHEATED, HIGH-PRESSURE HYDROGEN AND THE RESULTANT REACTION STREAM IS PRESSED THROUGH A HYDROGENATION ZONE CONTAINING A BED OF HYDROGENATION CATALYST AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO SWEEP UNREACTED COAL, COAL ASH AND HYDROCARBON REACTION PRODUCTS FROM THE CATALYST BED. LIQUID AND GASEOUS HYDROCARBON PRODUCTS, AFTER SULFUR REMOVAL, ARE RECOVERED FROM THE PRODUCT STREAM. A HIGH HYDROGEN RECYCLE RATIO THROUGH THE CATALYST BED IS EMPLOYED TO PREVENT CATALYST INACTIVATION BY PRODUCT HYDROCARBONS. A NOVEL METHOD OF FEEDING THE PULVERIZED COAL INTO THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM A HYDROGEN PRESSURIZED HOPPER WITHOUT PERMITTING THE COMPRESSED HYDROGEBN TO EXPAND TO LOWER PRESSURE, THEREBY REDUCING THE ENERGY REQUIREMENTS OF THE SYSTEM, IS DISCLOSED.