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US 10,537,977 B2Granted
Carbon dioxide compression and delivery system
AssigneeSAES Pure Gas, Inc.
InventorsCharles H Applegarth, Matthew S Browning
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Abstract
The present invention is embodied in a carbon dioxide compression and delivery device that uses a plurality of reversible thermoelectric devices and to a method to operate such carbon dioxide compression and delivery device.
Claims19
A carbon dioxide compression and delivery system comprising a vessel having an inlet, an outlet and a body,
- wherein the inlet is in contact with a carbon dioxide flow channel having an external wall and an inner wall,
- wherein carbon dioxide flows between said inner and external walls, wherein in contact with and external to said carbon dioxide flow channel are present a plurality of reversible thermoelectric devices,
- wherein a width of the carbon dioxide flow channel is between 1.0 mm and 10 mm and a minimum number of reversible thermoelectric devices is three, placed respectively in correspondence of the lower, middle and upper portion of the vessel,
- wherein said carbon dioxide flow channel is formed by a gap between a hollow flow diverter in fluid communication with the inlet and the vessel body inner surface,
- wherein the system further comprising two vessels connected in parallel and alternatively operating, and wherein the system is configured to perform a step of condensing carbon dioxide during which the reversible thermoelectric devices are configured to cool the carbon dioxide flow channel, the inlet is opened, and the outlet is closed.
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