Title (en)

METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR REFRIGERATING AND/OR MOVING FLUIDS USING LIQUEFIED CRYOGENIC GASES

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND AUSRÜSTUNG ZUM KÜHLEN UND/ODER BEWEGEN VON FLÜSSIGKEITEN MITHILFE VERFLÜSSIGTER KRYOGENER GASE

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ ET ÉQUIPEMENT DE RÉFRIGÉRATION ET/OU DE DÉPLACEMENT DE FLUIDES À L'AIDE DE GAZ CRYOGÉNIQUES LIQUÉFIÉS

Publication

EP 2404103 A1 20120111 (EN)

Application

EP 10708165 A 20100225

Priority

• EP 2010052443 W 20100225
• IT MI20090308 A 20090303

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2010100080A1] A method and equipment for refrigerating and/or moving a fluid, for example a multiphase fluid or a fluid containing fluid or solid agglomerations, this fluid being present in its own storage reservoir and being introduced into a loading chamber (2) and being subsequently subjected to the action of a different working fluid. Provision is made for the creation of a pressure drop in the loading chamber (2) to draw the multiphase fluid into it from the reservoir and subsequently to transfer it into a chamber (1) where it is refrigerated by means of cryogenic fluids, while in this chamber (1) the working fluid is used to generate a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure in the chamber (1), thereby enabling the multiphase fluid to be transferred subsequently towards a further use, said fluid thus being moved from the reservoir and towards the further use without subjecting this fluid to the action of moving mechanical members.

IPC 8 full level

F17C 9/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A23L 2/04 (2013.01); A23L 3/375 (2013.01); F25D 3/102 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2010100080A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2010100080 A1 20100910; EP 2404103 A1 20120111; IT 1393250 B1 20120412; IT MI20090308 A1 20100904

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2010052443 W 20100225; EP 10708165 A 20100225; IT MI20090308 A 20090303