Refrigeration – Low pressure cold trap process and apparatus
Patent
1979-10-29
1981-06-09
Capossela, Ronald C.
Refrigeration
Low pressure cold trap process and apparatus
48190, 48DIG6, 166267, F17C 702
Patent
active
042716764
ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus are disclosed for the recovery and removal of natural gas from a mine by liquefying and collecting the gas within the mine, and then transporting the liquified gas to the surface in a mobile tank. Natural gas is withdrawn from bore holes in a coal mine and liquefied using liquid nitrogen. A unique apparatus permits both the liquid nitrogen and the liquefied natural gas to be contained within a same insulated tank, enhancing the portable characteristics. Liquid nitrogen and its vapor are used to cool the natural gas so as to separate water and CO.sub.2. Means are disclosed for controlling the cooling by the cryogenic liquid by regulating the venting flow rate of its vapor in response to the pressure of the liquefied natural gas. The disclosed system eliminates the need for extensive piping and on-site pumping associated with conventional degasification processes.
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Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
Capossela Ronald C.
Glantz Douglas G.
Innis E. Eugene
Simmons James C.
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