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Apparatus and process for the treatment, delivery and recycle of process fluids used in dense phase carbon dioxide applications

US6979362B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 24, 2002
Grant dateDec 27, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 24, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25J2290/62
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to providing an apparatus for on-site CO2 process fluids management. A standardized and universal platform is described which provides CO2 process fluids at various capacities, purity levels, pressures, temperatures and phases. Moreover, herein is described an apparatus and process for communicating with factory cleaning and automation tools. Finally, the present invention describes novel apparatus and method for treating gas or liquid phase carbon dioxide using a photo-initiated catalytic reaction, a novel self-cooling and self-regenerating bulk phase recycling system for liquid phase carbon dioxide, and a novel quality control technique using on-line fiber optic spectroscopic analysis.

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