Cooling method and apparatus
CA 2095494 C · Owner: Lee, Ron C. · Inventors: Lee, Ron C.
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A method and apparatus for cooling a heat load in which a pressure vessel is provided to contain a cryogen as a saturated liquid and saturated vapor separated by liquid-vapor interface. The pressure vessel has an inlet adapted to receive a subcooled liquid cryogen and thereby convert it to a saturated liquid through contact with the saturated vapor. A heated overflow tube projects into the pressure vessel and is level, at one end, with the liquid-vapor interface so that any increase in the saturated liquid overflows into overflow tube and is vaporized to form the saturated vapor. The heat transfer and the reintroduction of the vaporized liquid can be effected through forced circulation …
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- Filed May 4, 1993 and granted August 11, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 4, 2013.
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