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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takaaki Inada, Tsukuba, JP;
Akira Yabe, Tsukuba, JP;
Svein Grandum, Finstadjordet, NO;
Shu-Shen Lu, Tsukuba, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 1/100 ;
Abstract
A thermal transportation method utilizes polyvinyl alcohol which is added to a liquid, and the liquid is cooled to form an ice slurry that is pumped through a pipe to effect the thermal transportation.