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1. A method for starting a supersonic compressor, said method comprising:
providing a supersonic compressor comprising:
a fluid inlet coupled in fluid communication with a first fluid source and a second fluid source;a fluid outlet;a fluid conduit extending between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet; andat least one supersonic compressor rotor disposed within the fluid conduit of the supersonic compressor and comprising a fluid flow channel comprising a throat portion and a fluid flow channel inlet; channeling a first fluid from the first fluid source to the fluid flow channel inlet during a first operational mode of the supersonic compressor, the first fluid having a first plurality of fluid properties that permit attainment of a supersonic flow in the throat portion of the fluid flow channel during the first operational mode of the supersonic compressor; accelerating the first fluid from initially subsonic flow to supersonic flow in the throat portion of the fluid flow channel during the first operational mode of the supersonic compressor; and channeling a second fluid from the second fluid source to the fluid flow channel inlet at a supersonic fluid velocity during a second operational mode of the supersonic compressor, the second fluid having a second plurality of fluid properties that permit maintenance of supersonic flow of the second fluid in the throat portion of the fluid flow channel during the second operational mode of the supersonic compressor, wherein the first fluid and the second fluid are different singular gases and the first fluid comprises at least one of carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), air, propane (C3H8), and butane (C4H10), the first fluid has a first speed of sound value; and the second fluid comprises at least one of nitrogen (N2), methane (CH4), and natural gas with a predetermined weight percent of methane, the second fluid has a second speed of sound value, the second speed of sound value greater than the first speed of sound value. |
