1. A rotary liquidgas separator assembly for separating a low pressure liquidgas mixture into liquid and gas components, said assembly comprising:
a housing defining a separator chamber;
a liquidgas inlet;
a shaft supported for rotation about a longitudinal axis within said separator chamber and having a hollow section in communication with a gas outlet;
a drive to rotate said shaft;
a plurality of disks attached to rotate with said shaft, said disks in frictional contact with said liquid such that rotation of said disks creates centrifugal force driving said liquid toward inner walls of said separator chamber;
a level control valve that closes in response to a predetermined pressure differential between liquid in said feed line and liquid within said separator chamber;
an outlet valve that opens in response to an increase in pressure above a predetermined level; and
a liquid feed passage communicating liquid from said separator chamber to a pump, said pump increases liquid pressure above said predetermined level to open said outlet valve.
2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said pump includes a piston actuated within a pump chamber, said piston pumps liquid from said feed passage out to said outlet valve and said level control valve.
3. The assembly of claim 2, wherein a swash plate driven by said shaft actuates said piston within said pump chamber.
4. The assembly of claim 2, wherein said piston is a ball oscillated within said pump chamber.
5. The assembly of claim 2, wherein an eccentric pin driven by said shaft actuates said piston within said pump chamber.
6. The assembly of claim 2, wherein said level control valve includes a return flow passage communicating liquid from said pump back into said separator chamber.
7. The assembly of claim 6, including a supply line communicating fluid pressure within said separator chamber to said level control valve such that said level control valve closes said return passage and pressure within said pump chamber increases above said predetermined level to open said outlet valve.
8. The assembly of claim 2, including an inlet check valve for preventing liquid flow from said pump chamber back through said liquid feed passage.
9. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said shaft is supported on a hydrodynamic bearing assembly within said housing such that said shaft rotates on a cushion of liquid, said housing includes liquid passages to supply liquid to said hydrodynamic bearings and to exhaust liquid from said hydrodynamic bearings.
10. The assembly of claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of disks includes a cylinder attached about a circumference.
11. The assembly of claim 10, wherein said cylinder is substantially perpendicular to said disks.
12. The assembly of claim 10, further including a gap disposed between said cylinders attached to separate disks.
13. The assembly of claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of disks includes a plurality of openings disposed near said shaft such that said liquidgas mixture flows between disks.
14. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said drive is an electric motor.
15. A rotary liquidgas separator assembly for separating a liquidgas mixture into separate phases, said assembly comprising:
a housing defining a separator chamber;
a liquidgas inlet;
a shaft supported for rotation within said separator chamber and having a hollow section in communication with a gas outlet;
a plurality of attached to rotate with said shaft, said disks in frictional contact with said liquid such that rotation of said disks creates centrifugal force driving said liquid toward inner walls off said separator chamber;
a liquid outlet disposed within said housing and including a valve that opens in response to a predetermined pressure differential between liquid in said outlet and liquid in said separator chamber; and
a drive for rotating said shaft at a first speed generating a first pressure of said liquid within said separator chamber, and a second speed for generating said predetermined pressure differential.
16. The assembly of claim 15, including a pressure differential sensor for sensing a difference in liquid pressure and gas pressure.
17. The assembly of claim 16, wherein said pressure differential sensor is disposed within a pressure sensing port within said housing, said port in communication with a first pressure sensing passage in communication with an outer diameter of said separator chamber, and a second pressure sensing passage in communication with a point near said shaft.
18. The assembly of claim 15, wherein said drive rotates at said first speed until said pressure differential sensor indicates a pressure difference above a desired pressure indicative of a specific liquid level and then rotates said shaft at a second speed to generate said predetermined pressure differential for opening said outlet valve.
19. The assembly of claim 15, wherein said liquid outlet includes an opening tangential to said inner walls of said separator chamber.
20. The assembly of claim 15, wherein said shaft is supported on a hydrodynamic bearing assembly within said housing such that said shaft rotates on a cushion of liquid, said housing includes liquid passages to supply liquid to said hydrodynamic bearings and to exhaust liquid from said hydrodynamic bearings.
21. The assembly of claim 15, wherein at least one of said plurality of disks includes a cylinder attached about a circumference of said disk.
22. The assembly of claim 15, wherein each of said plurality of disks includes a plurality of openings disposed near said shaft and near an outer diameter of said disks for allowing flow of said liquidgas mixture between said disks.
23. The assembly of claim 15, wherein at least one of said pluralities of disks includes a series of radial vanes disposed about an outer diameter of said disks.
24. The assembly of claim 15, wherein said drive is an electric motor.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A display method, comprising:
receiving first data from a first content provider through an external server;
displaying the received first data on a screen;
in response to a command for requesting second data being input while the first data is being received, transmitting a request to the first content provider to discontinue receiving the first data;
receiving the second data from a second content provider, different than the first content provider, through the external server in response to the command for requesting the second data;
displaying the second data on the screen; and
transmitting a request to the first content provider to receive the first data continuously from a part which has been discontinued, and displaying the received first data on the screen.
2. The display method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
storing the data received from the external server in the internal memory.
3. The display method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
if a command for requesting third data is input before all of the second data are received, discontinuing to receive un-received data among the second data, receiving the third data from a third content provider through the external server, and displaying the received third data, and
continuing to receive the discontinued data among the first and second data from the first content provider or the second content provider through the external server if the displaying of the third data is completed.
4. The display method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising continuing to receive the discontinued data among the first data and then continuing to receive the discontinued data among the second data.
5. The display method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising substituting temporary data for the discontinued data among the first data, and displaying the temporary data.
6. The display method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first data comprises data, which is displayed on the screen when a command for displaying a list of data is input, and the second data comprises data that is displayed on the screen when a command for scrolling the list of data is input.
7. The display method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the scroll command comprises a manipulation of a user scrubbing the screen, the screen is scrolled according to the degree of scrubbing, and the second data comprises data corresponding to a scrolled portion.
8. The display method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second data are received in a limited number, comprising as many data that is displayed on the screen.
9. The display method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second data comprise data containing an image that is produced by another user using the external server.
10. The display method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising receiving images contained in the first data and images contained in the second data from the external server, processing the received image according to a predetermined standard, storing the processed image in an internal memory, and displaying the image on the screen.
11. The display method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
if the displaying of the second data is completed, continuing to receive the discontinued first data from the first content provider through the external server.
12. A user terminal which receives and displays data stored in a server, the user terminal comprising:
a network interface unit which requests the server to transmit data, and receives the requested data; and
a controlling unit, which receives first data from a first content provider through the server and displays the data in the order of the data being received, discontinues to receive un-received data among the first data in response to a command for displaying second data being input while the first data is being received, transmits a request to the first content provider to discontinue receiving the first data, receives the second data from a second content provider, different than the first content provider, through the server, displays the second data on a screen, transmits a request to the first content provider to receive the first data continuously from a part which has been discontinued, and displays the received first data on the screen.
13. The user terminal as claimed in claim 12,
wherein the controlling unit receives data that is not stored in the memory from the server, among the first and second data, and displays the received data.
14. The user terminal as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first and second data comprise data containing an image that is produced by another user using the external server.
15. The user terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein the controlling unit causes images contained in the first data and images contained in the second data to be received from the external server, the received images to be processed according to a predetermined standard, the processed images to be stored in the internal memory, and the images to be displayed on the screen.
16. The user terminal as claimed in claim 12, wherein if a command for displaying third data is input before all of the second data are received, the controlling unit discontinues to receive un-received data among the second data, receives the third data from a third content provider through the server and displays the received third data on the screen; and if the displaying of the third data is completed the controlling unit continues to receive the discontinued data among the first and second data from the first content provider or the second content provider through the server.
17. The user terminal as claimed in claim 16, wherein the controlling unit substitutes temporary data for the discontinued data among the first data, and displays the temporary data.
18. The user terminal as claimed in claim 12, wherein the controlling unit continues to receive the discontinued data among the first data and then continues to receive the discontinued data among the second data.
19. The user terminal as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first data comprises data that is displayed on the screen when a command for displaying a list of data is input, and the second data comprises data that is displayed on the screen when a command for scrolling the list of data is input.
20. The user terminal as claimed in claim 19, wherein the scroll command comprises a manipulation of a user scrubbing the screen, the screen is scrolled according to the degree of scrubbing, and the second data comprises data corresponding to a scrolled portion.
21. The user terminal as claimed in claim 12, wherein the controlling unit controls the first and second data to be received in a limited number, comprising as many data that is displayed on the screen.
22. The user terminal as claimed in claim 12,
wherein the controlling unit continues to receive the discontinued data from the server if the displaying of the second data is completed.
23. A data transmission system which transmits data stored in a server to a user terminal, the data transmission system comprising:
the server which stores a plurality of data, and transmits requested data to the user terminal; and
the user terminal which receives first data from a first content provider through the server and displays the data in the order of the data being received, discontinues to receive un-received data among the first data in response to a command for displaying second data being input while the first data is being received, transmits a request to the first content provider to discontinue receiving the first data, receives the second data through the server, from a second content provider that is different than the first content provider, displays the second data on a screen, transmits a request to the first content provider to receive the first data continuously from a part which has been discontinued, and displays the received first data on the screen.