An apparatus and method are provided that comprise the use of a water-filled vessel having two vertical sections and two horizontal sections that connect the respective upper and lower ends of the vertical sections. A sprocket is mounted for rotation with a horizontal output shaft in one of the horizontal sections, and an idler pulley is mounted for rotation in the other horizontal section. An endless drive chain carrying a plurality of gas receptacles, or buckets encircles the sprocket and the idler pulley within the vessel. A gas inlet is positioned at the bottom of the vessel such that a portion of the gas entering the vessel enters the open ends of the downwardly facing buckets and forces part of the water out of the buckets. The hydrostatic pressure of the water exerts an upward buoyant force on the gas in the bucket moving the bucket upwardly. The hydrostatic pressure of the water decreases as the bucket moves upward causing a corresponding reduction in the pressure of the gas until, at the surface, the gas will have decreased in pressure by the hydrostatic pressure of the water at the inlet of the gas into the vessel.
A transport vessel hull is provided for withstanding great pressure differential between the environments inside and outside the hull, and includes an enclosed hexahedral housing having a substantially diamond-shaped cross section with a long diagonal oriented horizontally and a short diagonal oriented vertically. A support structure is contained within the housing for bearing the loads resulting from the pressure differential across the hull, and includes a plurality of vertical frame members connected at the upper and lower ends thereof to the housing on either respective side of the short diagonal to form a plurality of high strength-to-weight ratio trusses.
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Kenneth Welch Principal
Z Bugwerks LLC Business Services at Non-Commercial Site
4212 Pasture Clear Ct, Zachary, LA 70791
Kenneth W. Welch
Global Oceanic Designs, Ltd., A California Limited Partnership
2500 Tanglewilde St, Houston, TX 77063 42033 6 St W, Lancaster, CA 93534
Kenneth Welch
Blackjack Water Supply Corporation
Kenneth G. Welch
OPERATION LEARNING COMMUNITY PROGRAM, INC
Kenneth R. Welch
KENNETH R. WELCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LLC
Kenneth Welch Incorporator
WHITE HALL AUTO SALES, INCORPORATED
Kenneth W. Welch President
THE RESORT CENTER, INC
722 Windbreak Trl, Houston, TX 77079
Kenneth W. Welch VP
ODYSSEY PETROLEUM COMPANY
1331 Lamar St STE 1445, Houston, TX 77010 1221 Lamar SUITE 1600 , Houston, TX 77010 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801 Corporation Trust Ctr, Wilmington, DE 19801
Kenneth Welch, who studies vertebrate physiology at the University of Toronto Scarborough, said that the finding reminded him of another recent study showing how hummingbird tongues may function as fluid traps to capture nectar in the curled ends of the tongue.