Refrigeration – Processes – Treating an article
Patent
1991-11-25
1993-02-16
Capossela, Ronald C.
Refrigeration
Processes
Treating an article
62266, 62374, 62380, F25D 1306
Patent
active
051860082
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a cryogenic freezer and method using a freezing chamber within which articles are cooled under the direct application of a cryogen, causing the cryogen to vaporize into a cryogenic vapor. The freezing chamber has inlet and outlet plenums through which articles to be frozen are passed into and from the freezing chamber, respectively. The liquid cryogen is introduced from a make-up tank into the freezing chamber and into direct contact with the articles to be frozen. Conduits connect the inlet and outlet plenums to a blower that draws air from outside the freezing chamber and the cryogenic vapor from inside the freezing chamber to prevent air from entering the freezing chamber. The cryogenic vapor is drawn from an outlet in the freezing chamber to a recovery unit to be compressed, purified and liquefied. The resulting liquid cryogen is then fed back to the make-up tank. In order to prevent air from being processed by the recovery unit along with the cryogenic vapor, the cryogenic vapor is drawn from the freezing chamber at a level thereof that is as low as possible and such that the mass flow rate of the cryogenic vapor drawn from the freezing chamber is equal to that of the liquid cryogen upon its entry into the freezing chamber.
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Appolonia Jack
Kapoor Akhilesh
Wheeler Clair
Capossela Ronald C.
Cassett Larry R.
Rosenblum David M.
The BOC Group Inc.
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