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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2017
Larry Baxter, Orem, UT (US);
Eric Mansfield, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Kyler Stitt, Lindon, UT (US);
David Frankman, Provo, UT (US);
Skyler Chamberlain, Provo, UT (US);
Nathan Davis, Bountiful, UT (US);
Stephanie Burt, Provo, UT (US);
Steven Malone, Manti, UT (US);
Larry Baxter, Orem, UT (US);
Eric Mansfield, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Kyler Stitt, Lindon, UT (US);
David Frankman, Provo, UT (US);
Skyler Chamberlain, Provo, UT (US);
Nathan Davis, Bountiful, UT (US);
Stephanie Burt, Provo, UT (US);
Steven Malone, Manti, UT (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method for thickening a cryogenic slurry is disclosed. The method comprises providing a cryogenic slurry flow path, a cryogenic liquid discharge path, and a filter medium between the cryogenic slurry flow path and the cryogenic liquid discharge path. The cryogenic slurry comprises a solid and a cryogenic liquid. The cryogenic slurry is fed into the cryogenic slurry flow path, generally tangential to the filter medium. This causes a portion of the cryogenic liquid to cross the filter medium into the cryogenic liquid discharge path as a cryogenic liquid discharge and the cryogenic slurry to thicken to produce a thickened slurry. The filter medium comprises a cryogenically-stable material such that adsorption of gases is inhibited, deposition of solids is prevented, and temperature-change induced expansion and contraction of the filter medium is optimized.