High pressure pump system for supplying a cryogenic fluid from a storage tank
US6898940B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 31, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S417/901
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A medium and high pressure pump systems supplies a cryogenic fluid from a storage tank. The system comprises a pump that is operable to pump cryogenic liquid or a mixture of cryogenic liquid and vapor. The pump preferably comprises an inducer with at least two chambers and means for recycling excess fluid within the inducer instead of returning excess fluid to the storage tank. The reciprocating pump is preferably double acting such that fluid is discharged from the pump during both extension and retraction strokes.
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