Atlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap

Aalderink, Geurt

Heirman, Peter Jozef

Peter Jozef Heirman

Anton Jan Goethals

Erik Paul Fabry

Stijn Jozef Rita Johanna Janssens

Kris Van Campfort

Henrik Öhman

Rasmus Rubycz

Geurt Aalderink

Olivier Marie-Andre B Beyaert

Olivier Marie-André Beyaert

Device for expanding a fluid, wherein the device () is provided with an expander element () for expanding the fluid, a generator () and a transmission () between the two, characterized in that the generator () is a liquid-cooled generator and the expander element () is heated using liquid, wherein the device () is further provided with a common liquid circuit () for the generator () and the expander element (), wherein the liquid circuit () comprises a liquid pump () which can pump up liquid from a liquid reservoir (), wherein the liquid circuit () also comprises a liquid line () which runs from the liquid reservoir () and which incorporates the liquid pump (), the generator () and the expander element ().

Device for expanding a fluid

Device for expanding a fluid, which device () comprises an inlet () for a high pressure fluid, an outlet () for a low pressure fluid, and a control valve () between the aforementioned inlet () and outlet () for expanding the fluid to a predefined pressure level, characterized in that the device () is further provided with one or more expanders () for expanding the fluid, of which one or more expanders () are connected in parallel with the control valve (), whereby the device () is provided with a controller () configured to control the expanders () based on a flow rate (Qklep) of the fluid through the control valve ().

Method and device for expanding a fluid

Method for extracting a gas from a gas mixture by:

Method and device for stripping a gas from a gas mixture using a venturi ejector

A device for separating gases comprises the following components: a source for the gases and flow adjustment means; a membrane unit for the production of a permeate gas and a retentate gas, one of which is the product gas; purity determining means for the product gas; a first control unit for the device; a retentate control system and a product gas pressure measurement, whereby the source has a second control unit for the flow adjustment means as a function of a target value of the gases and the first control unit is connected to the second control unit and to the retentate control system, whereby the first control unit can determine the target value and can control the retentate control system.

Device and method for separating gases

Method for controlling a compressed air unit which is provided with at least one controllable drain valve (or), where the above-mentioned drain valve (or) are controlled at least on the basis of a system parameter which is not a system parameter on the feed side of the drain valve (or).

Method for controlling a compressed air unit and compressed air unit for applying such a method

Device for simultaneously cooling and removing liquid from compressed gas of a compressor element () or of several compressor elements () which are connected either or not in parallel or in series, which device includes a pressure vessel () which is provided with a liquid drain () at the bottom, an inlet () for compressed gas at a distance above the latter and an outlet () for compressed gas at the top, latter and an outlet () for compressed gas at the top, characterized in that a distribution device () is provided in the pressure vessel (), between the inlet () and the outlet () for the compressed gas, for spreading a cool fluid in direct contact with the compressed gas, and in that a heat exchanger () is provided in the pressure vessel () for heating the compressed gas which has been cooled by the cool fluid.

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Meise, Belgium

Peter Jozef Heirman