EP 3705230 A1 20200909 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ICE PELLETS
Title (en)
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ICE PELLETS
Title (de)
VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR ERZEUGUNG VON EISPELLETS
Title (fr)
APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE GÉNÉRATION DE GRANULES DE GLACE
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 201902893 A 20190304
Abstract (en)
An apparatus and method for generating ice pellets, in particular for controlling the properties of the generated ice pellets. The apparatus comprises a pellet generation region; at least one nozzle configured to supply a plurality of water droplets to the pellet generation region; a liquefied gas supply configured to deliver a liquefied gas to the pellet generation region to thereby freeze the water droplets to generate a plurality of ice pellets; at least one temperature measuring device configured to obtain data indicative of the temperature of the ice pellets at generation; and a control system configured to adjust the flow rate of water and/or liquefied gas to thereby control the temperature of the ice pellets at generation.
IPC 8 full level
B24C 1/00 (2006.01); B24C 1/08 (2006.01); B24C 7/00 (2006.01); F25C 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B24C 1/003 (2013.01 - EP US); B24C 7/0046 (2013.01 - US); B24C 7/0053 (2013.01 - EP); B24C 9/00 (2013.01 - US); F25B 19/005 (2013.01 - US); F25C 1/00 (2013.01 - EP); F25D 3/10 (2013.01 - EP); B24C 1/08 (2013.01 - EP); B24C 1/086 (2013.01 - EP); B24C 7/0069 (2013.01 - EP); F25C 2600/04 (2013.01 - EP)
Citation (search report)
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Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL 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 RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 3705230 A1 20200909; GB 201902893 D0 20190417; SG 10202001742Y A 20201029; US 2020282514 A1 20200910
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 20159291 A 20200225; GB 201902893 A 20190304; SG 10202001742Y A 20200227; US 202016805921 A 20200302