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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:

Kevin William Mahoney, Amherst, NY (US);

Assignee:

Praxair Technology, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 3/00 ;
Abstract

A system for chilling and/or liquefying a fluid wherein a multicomponent refrigerant in a circuit is compressed, condensed, expanded and warmed to cool one or more portions of the fluid which are then turboexpanded to generate refrigeration and which are then used to provide refrigeration to a remaining portion of the fluid so as to chill and/or liquefy that remaining portion.


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