Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Natural gas compression system
- Patent Title (中): 天然气压缩系统
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Application No.: US12292652Application Date: 2008-11-24
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Publication No.: US08794000B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Darryl Dean Baldwin , Gary Nelson Boyer , William Christopher Boley , Joel D. Hiltner
- Applicant: Darryl Dean Baldwin , Gary Nelson Boyer , William Christopher Boley , Joel D. Hiltner
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
- Main IPC: F02B37/04
- IPC: F02B37/04 ; F02B33/34

Abstract:
A natural gas compression system is provided. The system may include a natural gas compressor configured to compress, and thereby pump, natural gas through a pipeline. The system may also include a natural gas burning engine, operatively coupled to the gas compressor, the engine being supplied with air by an induction system. The induction system may include a supercharger driven by the engine and configured to compress intake air and a turbocharger downstream from the supercharger and driven by exhaust gases produced by the engine. The induction system may also include a supercharger compressor bypass configured to selectively recirculate a portion of the compressed output of the supercharger upstream of the supercharger.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090139230A1 Natural gas compression system Public/Granted day:2009-06-04
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