Carbon dioxide snow apparatus
AssigneeCool Clean Technologies, Inc.
InventorDavid Jackson
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Abstract
A carbon dioxide snow apparatus of the present invention includes a carbon dioxide snow generation system and a propellant generation system connected to a common carbon dioxide gas source. The carbon dioxide snow generation system includes a condenser having a at least two connected segments, wherein a first segment has a lesser diameter than the a second segment to provide a stepped expansion cavity for cooling and condensing liquid carbon dioxide into solid carbon dioxide snow. Several snow generation systems, each separately controllable with separate condensers, may be integrated with the propellant generation system and common carbon dioxide source to provide for a multiplicity of carbon dioxide snow applicators for integration into both manual and automated machining processes.
Claims1
A carbon dioxide snow generation system comprising a condenser having a first capillary segment connected to a liquid carbon dioxide feed line and a second capillary segment attached to the first capillary segment, the second capillary segment having a greater diameter than the first capillary segment, wherein liquid carbon dioxide enters the first capillary segment from the liquid carbon dioxide feed line and progresses toward the second segment, whereupon entering the second segment, at least a portion of the liquid carbon dioxide condenses into solid carbon dioxide particles.
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