Patent ID: 8282362

Claim:
A method of compressing gas comprising: opening an input port connected to a combustion chamber having a fixed interior volume, allowing fluid flow from a fuel tank into an interior of the combustion chamber; introducing a combustible gas into the interior of the combustion chamber at a pressure above an atmospheric pressure outside the combustion chamber; closing the input port, preventing fluid flow out of the interior of the combustion chamber through the input port; providing an ignition source at the interior of the combustion chamber, igniting the combustible gas; opening an exhaust port connected to the combustion chamber, allowing fluid flow out of the interior of the combustion chamber through the exhaust port; closing the exhaust port, preventing fluid flow into the interior of the combustion chamber through the exhaust port; monitoring chemical characteristics of the fluid within the combustion chamber through feedback ports in communication with the combustion chamber; and storing at least a portion of the fluid coming out of the exhaust port in a storage tank configured to store high pressure fluid wherein the storage tank only communicates with the fuel tank through the combustion chamber.