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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2004
Lucien Y. Bronicki, Yavne, IL;
Joseph Sinai, Or-Yehuda, IL;
Lucien Y. Bronicki, Yavne, IL;
Joseph Sinai, Or-Yehuda, IL;
Ormat Technologies Inc., Sparks, NV (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to auxiliary apparatus for augmenting the pressure head of a gas flowing in a pipeline that may be provided by at least one gas turbine running a first pressure augmenting means, said auxiliary apparatus comprising: a vapor turbine operatively connected to a second pressure augmenting means; first connection means for providing fluid communication between said pipeline and said second pressure augmenting means; second connection means for providing fluid communication between said first pressure augmenting means and said second pressure augmenting means; and heating means for vaporizing a working fluid of said vapor turbine. In one embodiment, a bypass means for said pipeline having a bypass conduit and shut-off valve system are provided for connecting said first pressure augmenting means to the downstream portion of said pipeline via a bypass conduit. In a further embodiment, the vaporizer of the working fluid utilizes the heat of an intermediate fluid. Furthermore, in accordance with the present invention, a method is provided for augmenting the pressure head of a gas flowing in a pipeline for transporting natural gas in a natural gas pipeline transmission system.