Internal combustion engine for natural gas compressor operation [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 622.33 *Carbonaceous materials
• Thông tin xuất bản: Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2016
• Mô tả vật lý: Medium: ED : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 266666
• Chủ đề: 1. 03 natural gas; 2. 33 advanced propulsion systems

Tóm tắt

This application concerns systems and methods for compressing natural gas with an internal combustion engine. In a representative embodiment, a method is featured which includes placing a first cylinder of an internal combustion engine in a compressor mode, and compressing a gas within the first cylinder, using the cylinder as a reciprocating compressor. In some embodiments a compression check valve system is used to regulate pressure and flow within cylinders of the engine during a compression process.