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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yves Charron, Gabriel Faure, FR;
Assignee:
Institut Francais du Petrole, Rueil-Malmaison cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 1/924 ; F04B 3/00 ; F04F 1/924 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 1/924 ; F04B 3/00 ; F04F 1/924 ;
Abstract
A system for compressing one or more fluids (F,, F,) with one of the fluids being essentially gaseous. A single-phase compression unit (,) is fed gaseous fluid (F,) from a delivery line (,). A multiphase compression unit (,) receives both fluids (F,, F,). A delivery line (,) delivers gaseous fluid to the multiphase compression unit and a delivery line (,) feeds the other fluid F,to the multiphase compression unit (,). A discharge line connects to the multiphase compression unit. The single phase compression unit allows operation of the multiphase compression unit within a two-phase efficiency range.