Claims
- 1. A process for generating electricity, comprising the steps of:(a) feeding a mixture of gas and liquid at a pressure of from about 0.25 to about 50 pounds per square inch gauge to a compressor, (b) compressing said mixture of gas and liquid to a pressure of at least about 65 pounds per square inch gauge, thereby producing a mixture comprised of compressed gas and liquid, (c) feeding said mixture comprised of said compressed gas and liquid to an accumulator/separator in which liquid material and solid material is removed from said mixture of compressed gas and liquid, thereby producing a first purified mixture of gas and liquid, (d) feeding said first purified mixture of gas and liquid to a coalescent filter in which liquid material is removed from said first purified mixture of gas and liquid, thereby producing a second purified gas, (e) feeding said second purified gas to a pressure regulator and reducing the pressure of said second purified gas, thereby producing a reduced pressure second purified gas, and (f) feeding said reduced pressure second purified gas to a microturbine.
- 2. The process as recited in claim 1, wherein said compressor is a guided rotor compressor.
- 3. The process as recited in claim 1, wherein said compressor is a scroll compressor.
- 4. The process as recited in claim 1, wherein said compressor is an oil lubricated compressor.
- 5. The process as recited in claim 1, wherein said compressor is an oil flooded compressor.
- 6. The process as recited in claim 1, wherein said accumulator/separator is comprised of a baffle for disrupting the flow of said mixture of compressed gas and liquid.
- 7. The process as recited in claim 6, wherein said baffle is in the shape of a truncated cone.
- 8. The process as recited in claim 6, wherein said accumulator/separator is comprised of means for introducing said mixture of compressed gas and liquid into said accumulator/separator in a tangential manner.
- 9. The process as recited in claim 6, wherein said accumulator/separator is comprised of perforated plate which disrupts the flow of said compressed gas and liquid through said accumulator/separator.
- 10. The process as recited in claim 9, wherein said accumulator/separator is comprised of a vent stack.
- 11. The process as recited in claim 10, wherein filtering material is disposed within said vent stack.
- 12. The process as recited in claim 11, wherein said filtering material is steel mesh.
- 13. The process as recited in claim 11, wherein said filtering material is steel wool.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of applicants' patent application U.S. Ser. No. 09/536,332, filed on Mar. 24, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,266,952, which was a continuation-in-part of copending patent application U.S. Ser. No. 09/416,291, filed on Oct. 14, 1999, which was a continuation-in-part of patent application U.S. Ser. No. 09/396,034, filed on Sep. 15, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,301,898, which in turn was a continuation-in-part of patent application U.S. Ser. No. 09/181,307, filed on Oct. 28, 1998, now abandoned.
This application is also a continuation-in-part of applicant's patent application U.S. Ser. No. 09/441,312, filed on Nov. 16, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,213,744 .
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