Centrifuge and cascade for the separation of gases
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1. A centrifuge means operating to separate gases of differing chemical composition and molecular weight by a centrifugal force field, there being vanes associated with said centrifuge means to receive and pass said gases, with turbine effect.
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A gas centrifuge operating to separate gases of differing chemical composition and molecular weight by a centrifugal force field. Such a centrifuge is operable to separate methane and carbon dioxide, and to produce torque, and a cascade of such centrifuges is operable to concentrate produced streams of carbon dioxide and methane, and to produce torque. A compact centrifugal gas processing system incorporating the gas centrifuge with other centrifugal components, is also provided.
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- 1. A centrifuge means operating to separate gases of differing chemical composition and molecular weight by a centrifugal force field, there being vanes associated with said centrifuge means to receive and pass said gases, with turbine effect.
- 3. A gas processing system including a centrifuge means operating to separate carbon dioxide from methane by a centrifugal force field, and vanes associated with said centrifuge means to receive and pass the carbon dioxide and methane mixture with turbine effect.
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5. A gas centrifuge comprising, in combination:
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a) a hollow shaft to pass and introduce a gas mixture into a rotating cylinder, b) said cylinder having axial vanes to cause the gas mixture to rotate with the same angular speed of the cylinder, c) a radial passage connected to the periphery of the cylinder to receive and pressurize a produced and concentrated heavier gas stream, d) a nozzle connected to the passage to convert the pressure of the heavier gas stream to velocity adding a torque to the cylinder, and e) an opening in the hollow shaft to receive and remove a produced and concentrated lighter gas stream from the cylinder. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A gas centrifuge comprising, in combination:
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a) a first nozzle accelerating a gas mixture and introducing it into a rotating cylinder, adding torque to the cylinder, b) said cylinder having associated vanes to receive torque from the flowing gas and causing the gas to rotate with the same angular speed as the cylinder, c) a radial passage connected to the periphery of the cylinder operating to pressurize a produced and concentrated heavier gas stream, d) a second nozzle connected to the passage and operating to convert the pressure of the heavier gas stream to velocity, adding torque to the cylinder, e) an open scoop oriented perpendicular to the direction of rotation operating to remove a produced and concentrated lighter gas from the cylinder, and f) a passage contoured and operating to recover the velocity head of the concentrated lighter gas as pressure. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A gas centrifuge comprising, in combination:
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a) a first nozzle accelerating a gas mixture and introducing it into a rotating cylinder, adding torque to the cylinder, b) said cylinder having associated vanes to receive torque from the flowing gas and causing the gas to rotate with the same angular speed as the cylinder, c) a first radial passage connected to the periphery of the cylinder operating to pressurize a produced and concentrated heavier gas stream, d) a second nozzle connected to the first passage and operating to convert the pressure of the heavier has stream to velocity, adding torque to the cylinder, e) a second radial passage connected to the periphery of the cylinder operating to pressurize a produced and concentrated lighter gas stream, f) a third nozzle connected to the second passage and operating to convert the pressure of the lighter gas stream to velocity adding torque to the cylinder. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method that includes
a) providing a mixture of gases having carbon dioxide and/or other heavy gases and methane components, and also providing a rotary centrifuge, b) operating the rotary centrifuge to separate said components into separate streams, c) using the separated stream of carbon dioxide and methane to produce torque acting to aid rotation of the centrifuge.
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32. The method that includes
a) providing a rotary centrifuge to receive a mixture of gases having carbon dioxide and/or other heavy gases and methane components, b) operating the rotary centrifuge to separate said components into separate streams, c) using the separated streams of carbon dioxide and methane to produce torque acting to aid rotation of the centrifuge, d) and including providing vanes in the centrifuge to receive and pass a gaseous mixture.
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33. A centrifugal gas processing system comprising:
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a) a first centrifugal means to separate free liquids from gas, light liquids from heavy liquids, and solids from liquids, b) a second centrifugal means to extract liquids from said gas by lowering the pressure and temperature and separating the formed liquids from the gas, c) a third centrifugal means to process said gas thereby to separate heavy gases from light gases, d) there being vanes associated with it least one of said second and/or third centrifugal means to receive and pass a mixture of gases or a gas/liquid mixture with turbine effect. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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35. A centrifugal gas processing system comprising:
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a) a first centrifugal means to separate free liquids from gas, light liquids from heavy liquids, and solids from liquids, b) a second centrifugal means to extract liquids from said a) gas by lowering the pressure and temperature and separating the formed liquids from the gas, c) there being vanes connected with said second centrifugal means to receive a flowing stream of liquid, with turbine effect.
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36. A centrifugal gas processing system comprising in combination:
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a) a first centrifugal means to extract liquids from gas by lowering the pressure and temperature and separating the formed liquids from the gas, b) a second centrifugal means to process said gas thereby to separate heavy gases from light gases, c) and means to inject a treatment liquid into said system first centrifugal means for purposes of gas processing.
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37. A centrifugal gas processing system, comprising:
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a) a first centrifugal means to separate free liquids from gas, light liquids from heavy liquids, and solids from liquids, b) a second centrifugal means to extract liquids from said gas by lowering the pressure and temperature and separating the formed liquids from the gas, c a third centrifugal means to process said gas thereby to separate heavy gases from light gases, d and means to inject a treatment liquid into said first centrifugal means for purposes of gas processing.
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38. A centrifugal gas processing system comprising in combination:
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a) a first centrifugal means to extract liquids from gas by lowering the pressure and temperature and separating the formed liquids from the gas, b) a second centrifugal means to process said gas thereby to separate heavy gases from light gases, c) and including means to inject a treatment liquid into said first centrifugal means for purposes of gas treatment, d) and vanes in the system to receive and be rotated by fluid flowing in the system, with turbine effect.
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39. A gas processing system comprising
a) a centrifugal means to extract liquids from gas by lowering the pressure and temperature and separating the formed liquids from the gas, b) means to inject a treatment liquid into said centrifugal means for purposes of gas treatment, c) there being vanes in said centrifugal means to receive and pass a flowing gas/liquid mixture with turbine effect.
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40. A system including a gas liquid separator and a gas centrifuge means, to receive a fluid stream and operating to separate carbon dioxide from another gas, there being vanes associated with said centrifuge means to receive the fluid stream, with turbine effect, and there being means to inject a treatment fluid to flow into the gas liquid separator for purposes of fluid treatment.
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