Inlet air cooling system

Details Inlet air cooling system Inlet air cooling system

1993-10-28

1994-10-11

Bertsch, Richard A.

Power plants

Fluid motor means driven by waste heat or by exhaust energy...

With supercharging means for engine

123563, F02B 2904

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053535979

ABSTRACT:
An inlet air cooling system for natural gas compression. The system provides both inlet air refrigeration for the internal combustion engine and additional natural gas compression. Also provided is a leakage control system for any natural gas or hydrocarbon leakage from the combined cycle system. The leakage is collected and introduced into a low pressure portion of the engine air intake system where it is burned along with the normal engine fuel. An alternate embodiment uses the compressed natural gas to drive an expansion turbine which provides additional power to the inlet air turbocharger.

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"Development of Combustion Air Refrigeration System Enabling Reliable Operation at 220 psi bmep for a Large Four-Cycle Spark-Ignited Gas Engine", ASME Pap. No. 66-DGEP-7, Apr. 1965.

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