US 11,674,528 B2
Gas compressor with eductor assembly
Danil Hans Shillinger, Nevada City, CA (US); Christopher David Finley, Reno, NV (US); and Christophe Duchateau, Reno, NV (US)
Assigned to CARNOT COMPRESSION INC., Reno, NV (US)
Filed by Carnot Compression Inc., Reno, NV (US)
Filed on Sep. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/13,460.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/896,849, filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0071687 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. F04F 1/18 (2006.01); F04F 5/54 (2006.01); F04F 13/00 (2009.01); B01D 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC F04F 1/18 (2013.01) [B01D 19/0042 (2013.01); F04F 5/54 (2013.01); F04F 13/00 (2013.01); F05D 2210/132 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gas compressor, comprising:
a substantially hollow cylindrical drum having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and configured to rotate about a central axis;
a substantially hollow shaft secured to the first and second ends of the drum;
an eductor assembly affixed to the shaft, the eductor assembly comprising a plurality of eductors each secured to the shaft by an eductor support rod;
a first fluid inlet along the shaft, the first fluid inlet creating a channel for a first fluid between an area external to the drum, along the fixed shaft and through each of the eductor support rods to the eductors; and
at least one gas outlet creating a channel for a gas along an interior of the shaft between a central interior portion of the drum and a gas harvesting system;
wherein rotation of the drum causes a second fluid within the drum to form an annular lake having a second fluid level, wherein the second fluid from the annular lake is fed into each of the eductors to create a second fluid flow through each of the eductors, wherein the second fluid flow creates a suction drawing the first fluid into each of the eductors through the channel formed by the first fluid inlet, wherein the first fluid is mixed with the second fluid and a gas in the first fluid is partially compressed, wherein the partially compressed gas becomes fully compressed gas as an amount of the partially compressed gas increases within the central interior portion, wherein upon exiting the eductors, the partially compressed gas separates from the mixture of first fluid and the second fluid and accumulates within the central interior portion of the drum, wherein the central interior portion is formed between the annular lake and the substantially hollow shaft when the drum is rotating, and wherein the fully compressed gas is harvested through the gas outlet.