Patent ID: 8851863
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: F04D

Abstract:
1. A gas booster for increasing a pressure of a volatile gas stream flowing therethrough, the booster comprising: a foundation; a base supported by the foundation and configured for supporting a tank assembly in a cantilevered fashion, the tank assembly comprising a hollow casing having a proximal end and a distal end and configured to enclose an explosion-proof motor and more than one support member, wherein the more than one support member extends from the base to a baffle plate, the baffle plate having a proximal surface, a distal surface and an outer radial surface; a rotatable scroll housing having an open end and a closed end, wherein each of the proximal end and the distal end of the hollow casing comprising a releasable connection to releasably connect the hollow casing to the base and scroll housing respectively; and a baffle gasket positioned between an inner circumferential surface of the distal end of the hollow casing and the outer radial surface of the baffle plate, and between the distal surface of the baffle plate and the scroll housing, wherein the explosion-proof motor is positioned between the base and the baffle plate within the tank assembly and supported by at least one of the more than one support member, and the explosion proof motor comprises a shaft and a fan wheel extending from the shaft, the fan wheel positioned within the scroll housing and configured to increase the pressure of the volatile gas stream flowing therethrough, wherein the gas booster is capable of increasing the pressure of the volatile gas stream and when in use the volatile gas stream flows within and through the hollow casing from the base through the scroll housing, wherein the hollow casing, baffle gasket, baffle plate and scroll housing seal the tank assembly when the hollow casing is connected to the base and the scroll housing is connected to the hollow casing and when the volatile gas stream is flowing within the tank assembly, and wherein the motor is convectively cooled by the volatile gas stream flowing through the hollow casing.