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Cold trap for purifying liquid sodium containing impurities

US4737281A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 12, 1986
Grant dateApr 12, 1988
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Expiry dateAug 12, 2006

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P10/20
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Cold trap for purifying liquid sodium containing impurities of the type comprising, in a sealed enclosure cooled by a cooling fluid flowing in contact with its outer surface, in the upper part an economizer for lowering the temperature of the hot sodium and ensuring its introduction into the trap, and in the lower part the actual trap containing a filter plug, kept at its cold point temperature, wherein the enclosure is annular, the filter plug being located in the space between two concentric cylindrical ferrules.

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