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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2001
Alexandre De Almeida Botelho, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Ali Fouad El-Agha, Allentown, PA (US);
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
Method for delivering a vapor component product to an end user from a storage system which contains the component in coexisting liquid and vapor phases. The method comprises withdrawing from the storage system a component stream comprising vapor at a first total pressure and a first temperature, passing the component stream through a transfer line to a reservoir having an inlet and an outlet, and condensing vapor in the reservoir to provide a liquid component at a second total pressure and a second temperature at the outlet of the reservoir. The liquid component is withdrawn from the outlet of the reservoir and vaporized to yield the vapor component, which is provided to the end user. The invention includes apparatus to effect the steps of this method.