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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clarence G Houser, Houston, TX (US);
Jame Yao, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Donald L Andress, Bartlesville, OK (US);
William R Low, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Assignee:
Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62612 ; 62619 ;
Abstract
A process and apparatus for improving the efficiency of an open-cycle cascaded refrigeration process. Process efficiency is improved by the manner in which the compressed recycle stream is combined with the main process stream in the open refrigeration cycle.