Abstract: A dynamic compressor includes an impeller having impeller vanes disposed around a hub, a shroud, and a diffuser having a shroud surface adjacent to the shroud and a hub surface adjacent to the hub, wherein the diffuser is circumferentially disposed around the impeller. The diffuser includes a plurality of diffuser vanes extending from the hub surface to the shroud surface, each having a vane leading edge and a vane trailing edge. The diffuser includes a centrifugal acceleration stabilizer ring formed in the shroud surface located in a vaneless region defined between an impeller trailing edge and the vane leading edge. The centrifugal acceleration stabilizer ring stabilizes the flow of the fluid by changing the circumferentially-flowing high velocity fluid flow exiting the impeller into a radially-flowing high velocity fluid flow before entering the diffuser, improving the efficiency of the dynamic compressor.

Abstract: A method for energy conversion and storage includes the steps of providing a supply of processed natural gas. The natural gas is compressed and stored in a sub-surface storage reservoir. The compressed natural gas is then delivered from the reservoir to an electrical power generator to thereby generate electrical energy.

Abstract: Module reclaim apparatus comprising a housing open at the bottom and an end and movable over a stack of seed cotton or other fibrous modules. The housing carries a descending series of pronged feeder rollers near one end which release fibers from the adjacent end of the module and throw same onto a transversely traveling conveyor for ultimate delivery, for instance, to the gin equipment. A rotary sweeper returns escaped fibers to the feeder rollers and a novel jacking system provides for adjusting the vertical positioning and levelling of the housing. A door at the forward end of the housing moves against the rear end of the module when the fibrous remnant is too thin to be self-supporting.