Method and apparatus for producing liquid mixtures of oxygen and nitrogen
CA 2218859 C · Owner: Lee, Ron C. · Inventors: Lee, Ron C.
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A method and apparatus of mixing liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen to form a liquid mixture in which such streams are passed through a parallel flow heat exchanger in order to form a subcooled liquid oxygen stream and a partly vaporized liquid nitrogen stream both having the same temperature. The partly vaporized liquid nitrogen stream is phase separated in a phase separator to form liquid and vaporized nitrogen phases. The liquid phase stream composed of the liquid nitrogen is mixed with the subcooled liquid oxygen stream preferably in a mixing tee, in order to form the desired mixture.
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- Filed October 21, 1997 and granted September 12, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 21, 2017.
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