Patent ID: 8590297

Claim:
An apparatus for processing a process fluid at a remote location, comprising: a pump located at a first location, the pump configured to provide a pressurized working fluid; an umbilical coupled to the pump such that the umbilical receives the pressurized working fluid from the pump and transports the pressurized working fluid therefrom; a hydraulic turbine disposed at the remote location and coupled to the umbilical such that the hydraulic turbine receives the pressurized working fluid from the umbilical, the hydraulic turbine comprising: a bypass flow port fluidly communicating with the umbilical; a turbine flow passage fluidly communicating with the umbilical; a plurality of turbine blades fluidly communicating with turbine flow passage and configured to rotate a shaft operatively coupled to the one or more shaft energy conversion devices; and a bypass control valve disposed between the umbilical and the turbine flow passage and between the umbilical and the bypass flow port, the bypass control valve configured to selectively direct the fluid to the turbine flow passage and to the bypass flow port; and one or more shaft energy conversion devices operatively coupled to the hydraulic turbine and disposed at the remote location, the one or more shaft energy conversion devices comprising a centrifugal compressor configured to compress the process fluid.