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Myra L Blaylock

Leonard Elliott Klebanoff

Carsten Hein Westergaard

David Charles Maniaci

Brent C Houchens

David Vaughn Marian

A venting system includes a vent valve in an opening of a storage tank, a carrier gas source for supplying a carrier gas, and a Vent Mast that has a Vent Mast outlet. The Vent Mast has a vent tube and a carrier gas tube. The vent tube extends from a proximal end connected to an outlet of the vent valve to a distal end in the Vent Mast outlet. The carrier gas tube extends from a proximal end connected to the carrier gas source to a distal end in the Vent Mast outlet. Vent gas flows through a vent gas lumen formed by the vent tube and carrier gas flows through a carrier gas lumen formed by the carrier gas tube. The carrier gas dilutes the vent gas and moves the vent gas higher (and thus away) from people and ignition sources.

Flow assist vent mast

An apparatus for energy extraction from fluid flow including an assembly including a plenum. The assembly further includes an aperture extending from an exterior surface to the plenum to allow flow therethrough. The apparatus further includes a channel including an inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with the plenum. The apparatus yet further includes an energy extraction device. The assembly is configured to create a pressure differential between the plenum and the inlet of the channel. The pressure differential causes fluid flow from the inlet of the channel to the plenum. The energy extraction device is configured to extract energy from the fluid flow. The apparatus additionally includes a control system configured to modify the pressure differential to control the fluid flow between the inlet of the channel and the plenum based on a characteristic of an exterior environment.

Methods, systems, and devices to optimize a fluid harvester

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Livermore, CA, United States of America

Myra L Blaylock