| CPC F03B 17/025 (2013.01) [F15B 3/00 (2013.01); F05B 2220/709 (2013.01); F05B 2260/30 (2013.01); F05B 2260/422 (2020.08); F05B 2260/60 (2013.01); F15B 2211/216 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. An industrial system for utilizing hydrostatic pressure from a storage tank to generate energy, the system comprising:
a storage tank containing fluid;
a separator piston including a cylinder and a separator piston member movable within the cylinder, the separator piston member defining a first separator compartment configured to be fluidically coupled to a bottom portion of the storage tank, and a second separator compartment fluidically isolated from the first separator compartment, wherein the separator piston is configured to transfer pressure of the first separator compartment to the second separator compartment; and
a pressure intensifier including—
a first compartment configured to receive a gaseous fluid and configured to be fluidically coupled to a pressure source;
a second compartment fluidically isolated from the first compartment and configured to be fluidically coupled to the second separator compartment of the separator piston, wherein the second compartment is configured to be filled with a working fluid;
a base interface between and abutting the first compartment and the second compartment, the base interface being moveable within the pressure intensifier in response to a pressure change of the first compartment and/or the second compartment;
a compression chamber fluidically isolated from the second compartment and configured to contain a compressed fluid; and
a pressure concentrator within the second compartment of the pressure intensifier, the pressure concentrator including—
a housing;
a piston head member including arms;
a plurality of base cylinders each defined at least in part by the housing of the pressure concentrator, wherein each of the base cylinders and the corresponding arm of the piston head member at least in part define a first compartment configured to contain the working fluid, and a second compartment spaced apart from the first compartment by the corresponding arm of the piston head member;
a biasing member exerting a force against the corresponding arm of the piston head member in a direction toward the corresponding first compartment of the base cylinders; and
a drive piston head portion,
wherein, in operation—
the arms of the piston head member acting within the base cylinders are each configured to receive a pressure from the working fluid, and
the drive piston head portion is configured to exert, on the compressed fluid, a pressure approximately equal to the collective exerted pressures of the arms of the piston head member.
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