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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2011
Hidetsugu Ishimaru, Kobe, JP;
Toshihiro Komiya, Kamagaya, JP;
Seiji Yamashita, Kobe, JP;
Yoshinobu Mori, Kobe, JP;
Daisuke Kariya, Kobe, JP;
Hidetsugu Ishimaru, Kobe, JP;
Toshihiro Komiya, Kamagaya, JP;
Seiji Yamashita, Kobe, JP;
Yoshinobu Mori, Kobe, JP;
Daisuke Kariya, Kobe, JP;
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A liquefier system includes: a feed line configured to feed a raw material gas from a raw material supply source such that a pressure of the raw material gas in a predetermined portion of the feed line is kept higher than or equal to a predetermined pressure; a cooling medium circulation line configured to cause a cooling medium to circulate; a static pressure gas bearing configured to be supplied with the gas that has a pressure higher than or equal to the predetermined pressure and to rotatably support a rotating shaft of an expansion turbine; and a bearing supply line configured to connect the predetermined portion of the feed line and a gas inlet of the static pressure gas bearing, such that the gas is supplied to the static pressure gas bearing.