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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1995
Ebara Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A turboexpander pump unit has a vertical or horizontal shaft, a pump connected to an end of the shaft for pressurizing a liquid fluid to a pressure higher than a predetermined delivery pressure, a heat exchanger for heating and converting the liquid fluid pressurized by the pump into a high-pressure gas, and an expander turbine connected to an opposite end of the shaft and actuatable by a thermal energy reduction produced when the high-pressure gas from the heat exchanger is lowered to the predetermined delivery pressure, for delivering the liquid fluid continuously under a predetermined pressure to an external installation. The pump having at least two outlet ports for discharging the liquid fluid at respective different pressures. One of the two outlet ports is connected to the heat exchanger, and the other to a liquid delivery line.