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Magnetic power piston fluid compressorA compressor with no moving parts in the traditional sense having a housing having an inlet end allowing a low pressure fluid to enter and an outlet end allowing a high pressure fluid to exit is described. Within the compressor housing is at least one compression stage to increase the pressure of the fluid within the housing. The compression stage has a quantity of magnetic powder within the housing, is supported by a screen that allows passage of the fluid, and a coil for selectively providing a magnetic field across the magnetic powder such that when the magnetic field is not present the individual particles of the powder are separated allowing the fluid to flow through the powder and when the magnetic field is present the individual particles of the powder pack together causing the powder mass to expand preventing the fluid from flowing through the powder and causing a pressure pulse to compress the fluid.
Document ID
19940019358
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Gasser, Max G.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 4, 1994
Subject Category
Mechanical Engineering
Report/Patent Number
Patent Number: NASA-CASE-GSC-13565-1
Patent Number: US-PATENT-5,275,537
Patent Application Number: US-PATENT-APPL-SN-024971
Accession Number
94N23831
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
NASA-CASE-GSC-13565-1|US-PATENT-5,275,537
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-024971
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