Patent ID: 8353684

Claim:
A method for compressing and storing a gas, comprising: a. providing a boiler, said boiler being segregated by a movable barrier into an upper chamber above said movable barrier and a lower chamber below said movable barrier, said movable barrier remaining within said boiler; b. drawing said gas to be compress into said upper chamber of said boiler; c. providing a liquid in said lower chamber; d. providing a storage tank; e. providing a transfer line between said upper chamber and said storage tank; f. providing an output check valve in said transfer line movable between an open position and a closed position; g. applying sufficient heat to said liquid in said lower chamber to boil said liquid and convert at least a portion of said liquid into a pressurized vapor, thereby moving said movable barrier toward said upper chamber and compressing said gas within said upper chamber; h. opening said output check valve in said transfer line in order to allow said pressurized gas within said upper chamber to move through said transfer line and into said storage tank until such time as the pressure within said upper chamber and said storage tank are substantially equal; and i. closing said output check valve in said transfer line in order to seal said pressurized gas within said storage tank.