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According to Pete Baldwin, President of Ramgen Power Systems, compressors are often overlooked as a key component of carbon sequestration. He discussed the “shock wave” compressors being developed by Ramgen with funding from NETL based on shock compression systems used in supersonic flight inlets. Ramgen’s compressors are not limited by “mach” principles which limit the speed of traditional compressor stages. As a result, a two-stage shock wave compressor can achieve the same compression results as an eight or ten-stage traditional compressor. The compressors can be smaller, less costly and more efficient. Although there are no prototypes currently in operation, they are well along with R&D. |
