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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2005
Mark Philip D'evelyn, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Robert Arthur Giddings, Slingerlands, NY (US);
Fred Sharifi, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Subhrajit Dey, Bangalore, IN;
Huicong Hong, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Joseph Alexander Kapp, Wynantskill, NY (US);
Ashok Kumar Khare, Warren, PA (US);
Mark Philip D'Evelyn, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Robert Arthur Giddings, Slingerlands, NY (US);
Fred Sharifi, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Subhrajit Dey, Bangalore, IN;
Huicong Hong, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Joseph Alexander Kapp, Wynantskill, NY (US);
Ashok Kumar Khare, Warren, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for processing materials in supercritical fluids is disclosed. The apparatus includes a capsule configured to contain a supercritical fluid, a high strength enclosure disposed about the capsule and a sensor configured to sense pressure difference between an interior and an exterior of the capsule. The apparatus also includes a pressure control device configured to adjust pressure difference of the capsule in response to the pressure difference sensed by the sensor. The apparatus further includes at least one dividing structure disposed within the capsule that divides the capsule into a seed growing chamber and a nutrient chamber.