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US 10,429,140 B2Granted
Method and device for supplying an inert gas in a beverage filling plant
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorUlrich Buchhauser
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Abstract
A method and device for supplying an inert gas in a beverage filling plant are provided. The method includes feeding surplus process heat from the beverage filling plant to a heat exchanger, feeding an inert gas from an inert gas source to the heat exchanger, heating the inert gas in the heat exchanger, and supplying the heated inert gas for use in the beverage filling plant.
Claims20
A method for supplying an inert gas in a beverage filling plant, comprising:
- feeding an inert gas at a first pressure from an inert gas source to a pressure reducer;
- reducing the first pressure of the inert gas to a second pressure in the pressure reducer;
- providing the inert gas at the second pressure from the pressure reducer to a heat exchanger;
- feeding process heat from the beverage filling plant to the heat exchanger;
- after feeding the process heat to the heat exchanger, heating the inert gas at the second pressure from the pressure reducer in the heat exchanger;
- and
- supplying the heated inert gas at the second pressure, while the heated inert gas at the second pressure is heated, directly to the beverage filling plant.
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A method for supplying an inert gas in a beverage filling plant, comprising:
- feeding an inert gas from a vaporizer to a pressure reducer;
- providing the inert gas from the pressure reducer to a heat exchanger;
- feeding process heat from the beverage filling plant to the heat exchanger;
- after feeding the process heat to the heat exchanger, heating the inert gas from the pressure reducer in the heat exchanger;
- and
- supplying the heated inert gas, while the heated inert gas is heated, directly to the beverage filling plant.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.