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Vacuum degassing

US6248157A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 20, 1999
Grant dateJun 19, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2030/027
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A flow-through vacuum degassing unit for degassing a liquid includes a vacuum chamber adapted to be connected to a source for creating a vacuum in the chamber, an inlet and an outlet connection for admitting and discharging liquid to be degassed, a tube for conducting the liquid through the chamber, wherein the tube is a gas permeable polymeric resin material, and a control circuit for operating the source for creating a vacuum in the chamber responsive to a sensed vacuum level in the chamber.

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