Patents Assigned to Tren.Fuels, Inc.
  • Method and apparatus for compressing gases with a liquid system
    Patent number: 5387089
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for compressing gas. Two accumulators are alternately filled with gas from a gas-supplying conduit, and the gas is forced out of one end of the accumulators into a gas-receiving conduit by liquid forced into the other end of the accumulators. A reversible pump moves liquid from one accumulator to the other accumulator. The reversible pump is connected so that pump cavitation is prevented. The invention includes a switching system to switch liquid flow from one accumulator to the other accumulator. Liquid that leaks from the system may be resupplied using a liquid supply system that comprises a pressure container with a compressible element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: Tren Fuels, Inc.
    Inventors: John Stogner, Steve Westmoreland, Dan Kicker
  • Method and apparatus for compressing gases with a liquid system
    Patent number: 5169295
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for compressing gas. Two accumulators are alternately filled with gas from a gas-supplying conduit, and the gas is forced out of one end of the accumulators into a gas-receiving conduit by liquid forced into the other end of the accumulators. A reversible pump moves liquid from one accumulator to the other accumulator. The reversible pump is connected so that pump cavitation is prevented. The invention includes a switching system to switch liquid flow from one accumulator to the other accumulator. Liquid that leaks from the system may be resupplied using a liquid supply system that comprises a pressure container with a compressible element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: Tren.Fuels, Inc.
    Inventors: John Stogner, Steve Westmoreland, Dan J. Kicker