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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2008
Darryl Dean Baldwin, Lafayette, IN (US);
Gary Nelson Boyer, Lafayette, IN (US);
William Christopher Boley, Lafayette, IN (US);
Joel D. Hiltner, Bellingham, WA (US);
Darryl Dean Baldwin, Lafayette, IN (US);
Gary Nelson Boyer, Lafayette, IN (US);
William Christopher Boley, Lafayette, IN (US);
Joel D. Hiltner, Bellingham, WA (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A natural gas compression system is provided. The system may include a natural gas compressor configured to compress, and thereby pump, natural gas through a pipeline. The system may also include a natural gas burning engine, operatively coupled to the gas compressor, the engine being supplied with air by an induction system. The induction system may include a supercharger driven by the engine and configured to compress intake air and a turbocharger downstream from the supercharger and driven by exhaust gases produced by the engine. The induction system may also include a supercharger compressor bypass configured to selectively recirculate a portion of the compressed output of the supercharger upstream of the supercharger.