Abstract: Apparatus and methods for cooling a mixture of hot gas and liquid received from a compressor and simultaneously separating the gas from the liquid, the apparatus comprising a receiving inlet, a header unit, a collector, and a plurality of conduits comprising turbulators which creates turbulence and heat-exchange surfaces to simultaneously separate the liquid from the gas and cooling both the liquid and the gas, and the method comprising receiving the mixture from the compressor through a receiving inlet; directing the mixture into a plurality of conduits; and in each of the plurality of conduits, simultaneously separating the liquid from the gas and cooling both the gas and the liquid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 15, 2015
Date of Patent:
May 4, 2021
Assignee:
VMAC Global Technology Inc.
Inventors:
Tod John Gilbert, Kyle Robert Barclay McWilliam
Abstract: An apparatus comprising an engine, a power take-off to be driven by the engine, one or more load services to be driven by the engine, a PTO modulator coupled to the power-takeoff output port and operable to selectively engage the power take-off to the engine to provide output rotational power, one or more load-service modulators coupled to the one or more load services and operable to selectively engage the one or more load services to the engine to provide service outputs, and a load controller configured to selectively operate the PTO modulator and the one or more load-service modulators to change the output from the power take-off or the one or more load services based on a condition of the engine and a load priority assigned to the power take-off or the one or more load services.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 17, 2014
Date of Patent:
May 24, 2016
Assignee:
VMAC Global Technology Inc.
Inventors:
Tod Gilbert, Peter Ivan Dahle, Maciej Pater