Patent ID: 6398518
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: F02C,F04D,Y02T

Abstract:
A multi-stage axial gas compressor, comprising:an outer housing having an inside surface and an outside surface, an inlet and an outlet, and supporting on the inside surface a plurality of rows of stator blades arranged around the inside surface of the outer housing; a rotor rotatably positioned inside the outer housing having an outside, a first end near the inlet of the outer housing and a second end near the outlet of the outer housing and a plurality of rows of rotor blades arranged around the outside of the rotor, each row of rotor blades taken with a succeeding row of stator blades forming a single compressor stage; and, a plurality of injection nozzles positioned to inject a selected quantity of a finely-divided mist of a selected liquid into the multi-stage axial compressor at a plurality of locations between pairs of stator blades.