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Method for thickening a cryogenic slurry using a cross-flow filter

US10533796B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Larry Baxter · Orem, US
Eric Mansfield · Spanish Fork, US
Kyler Stitt · Lindon, US
David Frankman · Provo, US
Skyler Chamberlain · Provo, US
Nathan Davis · Bountiful, US
Stephanie Burt · Provo, US
Steven A. Malone · Manti, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 9, 2017
Grant date	Jan 14, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 21, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01D39/2075
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for thickening a cryogenic slurry is disclosed. The method comprises providing a cryogenic slurry flow path, a cryogenic liquid discharge path, and a filter medium between the cryogenic slurry flow path and the cryogenic liquid discharge path. The cryogenic slurry comprises a solid and a cryogenic liquid. The cryogenic slurry is fed into the cryogenic slurry flow path, generally tangential to the filter medium. This causes a portion of the cryogenic liquid to cross the filter medium into the cryogenic liquid discharge path as a cryogenic liquid discharge and the cryogenic slurry to thicken to produce a thickened slurry. The filter medium comprises a cryogenically-stable material such that adsorption of gases is inhibited, deposition of solids is prevented, and temperature-change induced expansion and contraction of the filter medium is optimized.

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