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US 12,209,710 B2Granted
Cryogenic fluid dispensing system with heat management
AssigneeChart Inc.
InventorsMartin Spinka, Jan Kubica
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Abstract
A cryogenic fluid dispensing system having a tank that holds cryogenic liquid and manages heat within the system is disclosed. The cryogenic liquid dispensing system optionally includes a basin and/or a heat exchanger within the tank for managing heat within the system.
Claims15
A cryogenic fluid dispensing system comprising;
- a tank defining a volume configured to hold cryogenic liquid;
- a pump;
- a conditioning heat exchanger configured to warm cryogenic liquid;
- a dispensing line in liquid communication with the pump and the conditioning heat exchanger, the dispensing line passing through a top portion of the tank;
- a basin positioned within the top portion of the tank and configured to hold cryogenic liquid at a height raised above a bottom portion of the tank, and being in fluid communication with the tank;
- a tank heat exchanger located on the dispensing line and in the basin and configured to receive liquid from the pump and be submerged within cryogenic liquid held in the basin;
- a product line configured to selectively receive warmed cryogenic liquid from an outlet of the conditioning heat exchanger and to direct liquid to a use device;
- a recycle line configured to selectively direct fluid from the outlet of the conditioning heat exchanger to the basin and to selectively direct fluid from the product line to the basin;
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- a recycle valve in fluid communication with the recycle line.
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