MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631060974 A) filed by National Institute Of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal, on May 13, for 'a reciprocating gas compressor with linear pressure-volume compression mechanism.'
Inventor(s) include Souhardya Modak; and Dr. Sujit Karmakar.
The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a modified reciprocating gas compressor (100) comprising a cylinder (101) housing a first floating piston (P1) (102), a second floating piston (P3) (103), and a third piston (P2) (104) operatively coupled to a piston rod (108). The piston rod (108) is connected to a crank (107) via a connecting rod (106) to convert rotary motion into reciprocating motion, wherein the piston rod (108) is designed with a slenderness ratio less than 40 to prevent buckling. The floating pistons (P1) (102) and (P3) (103) include insulation layers (705) to reduce heat transfer, while the piston (P2) (104) is directly fastened to the piston rod (108) using a nut (801). The compressor further includes a shock absorber assembly (901) with a nickel cast iron base (903) and a PBI layer (904) to absorb the impact force of the floating pistons as it hits the shock absorber. The modified reciprocating compressor precisely controls the outlet temperature of the compressor and also consumes less power compared to conventional compressors improving thermal efficiency of the power plant."
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