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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas G Halvorson, Lockport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Praxair Technology, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65434 ; 148660 ; 148663 ; 252372 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a process and apparatus for producing a quench gas mixture for increasing the cooling rate of an article. The quench gas mixture is produced by introducing helium gas into the bottom of a vessel containing a cryogenic liquid. Heat is transferred directly from the helium gas to the cryogenic liquid as the helium bubbles rise through the liquid to the surface. The resulting cryogenic vapor mixes with the helium gas in the ullage space at the top of the vessel, and the gas mixture is taken off from the ullage space and supplied to a cooling process.