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The invention comprises a system and method for providing compressed gas by extracting compressed gas directly from the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The gas may be further compressed using an improved compressor, which in turn may be ultimately powered by the engine from whic

The invention comprises a system and method for providing compressed gas by extracting compressed gas directly from the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The gas may be further compressed using an improved compressor, which in turn may be ultimately powered by the engine from which the gas is extracted. The compressor is preferably an axial drive, hydraulic compressor, with the engine being used to drive a pump which in turn provides the direct hydraulic driving force for the compressor.

대표청구항 ▼

A gas recovery system comprising: an internal combustion engine having at least one combustion chamber and a drive piston movable therein; extraction outlet means adapted for extracting compressed exhaust gas from said combustion chamber independently of the movements of said drive piston and subseq

A gas recovery system comprising: an internal combustion engine having at least one combustion chamber and a drive piston movable therein; extraction outlet means adapted for extracting compressed exhaust gas from said combustion chamber independently of the movements of said drive piston and subsequent to firing in said combustion chamber; collection vessel communicatively connected to said combustion chamber by said extraction outlet means; and means for preventing extraction of said gas from said combustion chamber through said extraction outlet means during recharging and compression therein and further preventing extraction of the entirety of such exhaust gas through said extraction outlet means comprising means for maintaining said collection vessel under pressure, and check valve means in said extraction outlet means operative by pressure in said combustion chamber exceeding the pressure in said collection vessel to open and permit flow from said combustion chamber to said collection vessel and and by pressure in said collection vessel exceeding the pressure in said combustion chamber to close and prevent flow from said collection vessel to said combustion chamber.