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Patent No.:

US 10328384 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2017

Hydrocyclone for cryogenic gas-vapor separation

Applicants:

Larry Baxter, Orem, UT (US);

Christopher Hoeger, Provo, UT (US);

Aaron Sayre, Spanish Fork, UT (US);

Skyler Chamberlain, Provo, UT (US);

Kyler Stitt, Lindon, UT (US);

Eric Mansfield, Spanish Fork, UT (US);

Stephanie Burt, Provo, UT (US);

Andrew Baxter, Spanish Fork, UT (US);

Jacom Chamberlain, Provo, UT (US);

Nathan Davis, Bountiful, UT (US);

Inventors:

Larry Baxter, Orem, UT (US);

Christopher Hoeger, Provo, UT (US);

Aaron Sayre, Spanish Fork, UT (US);

Skyler Chamberlain, Provo, UT (US);

Kyler Stitt, Lindon, UT (US);

Eric Mansfield, Spanish Fork, UT (US);

Stephanie Burt, Provo, UT (US);

Andrew Baxter, Spanish Fork, UT (US);

Jacom Chamberlain, Provo, UT (US);

Nathan Davis, Bountiful, UT (US);

Assignee:

Sustainable Energy Solutions, LLC, Orem, UT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Robert A Hopkins

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 3/04 (2006.01); B04C 5/00 (2006.01); B01D 53/18 (2006.01); B01D 53/00 (2006.01); B01D 7/00 (2006.01); B04C 5/04 (2006.01); B04C 5/13 (2006.01); B04C 9/00 (2006.01); B04C 5/08 (2006.01); B04C 5/14 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); B01D 7/02 (2006.01); F25J 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/18 (2013.01); B01D 5/0021 (2013.01); B01D 7/00 (2013.01); B01D 7/02 (2013.01); B01D 53/002 (2013.01); B01F 3/04 (2013.01); B04C 5/00 (2013.01); B04C 5/04 (2013.01); B04C 5/08 (2013.01); B04C 5/13 (2013.01); B04C 5/14 (2013.01); B04C 9/00 (2013.01); F25J 3/061 (2013.01); F25J 3/067 (2013.01); F25J 3/0625 (2013.01); F25J 3/0635 (2013.01); F25J 3/0655 (2013.01); F25J 3/0695 (2013.01); B04C 2009/008 (2013.01); F25J 2205/10 (2013.01); F25J 2205/20 (2013.01); F25J 2205/90 (2013.01); F25J 2210/70 (2013.01); F25J 2270/904 (2013.01); F25J 2290/44 (2013.01); Y02C 10/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hydrocyclone for separating a vapor from a carrier gas is disclosed. The hydrocyclone comprises one or more nozzles. A cryogenic liquid is injected to a tangential feed inlet at a velocity that induces a tangential flow and a cyclone vortex in the hydrocyclone. The carrier gas is injected into the cryogenic liquid, causing the vapor to dissolve, condense, desublimate, or a combination thereof, forming a vapor-depleted carrier gas and a vapor-enriched cryogenic liquid. The vapor-depleted carrier gas is drawn through a vortex finder and the vapor-enriched cryogenic liquid is drawn through an apex nozzle outlet. In this manner, the vapor is removed from the carrier gas.

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