EP 4291838 A1 20231220 - DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LIQUEFYING A FLUID SUCH AS HYDROGEN AND/OR HELIUM
Title (en)
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LIQUEFYING A FLUID SUCH AS HYDROGEN AND/OR HELIUM
Title (de)
VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERFLÜSSIGUNG EINES FLUIDS WIE WASSERSTOFF UND/ODER HELIUM
Title (fr)
DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ DE LIQUÉFACTION D'UN FLUIDE TEL QUE L'HYDROGÈNE ET/OU DE L'HÉLIUM
Publication
Application
Priority
- FR 2101243 A 20210210
- EP 2022050974 W 20220118
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2022171391A1] Disclosed is a device for liquefying a fluid, comprising a fluid circuit (3) to be cooled, the device (1) comprising a heat exchanger assembly (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) in heat exchange with the fluid circuit (3) to be cooled, at least one first cooling system (20) in heat exchange with at least a portion of the heat exchanger assembly (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13), the first cooling system (20) being a refrigerator having a cycle for refrigerating a cycle gas mainly comprising helium, said refrigerator (20) comprising in series in a cycle circuit (14): a mechanism (15) for compressing the cycle gas, at least one member (16, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12) for cooling the cycle gas, a mechanism (17) for expanding the cycle gas, and at least one member (13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5) for reheating the expanded cycle gas, wherein the compression mechanism includes at least four compression stages (15) in series composed of a centrifugal compressor assembly (15), the compression stages (15) being mounted on shafts (19, 190) that are rotationally driven by a motor assembly (18), the expansion mechanism comprising at least three expansion stages in series composed of a set of centripetal turbines (17), the at least one member (16, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12) for cooling the cycle gas being configured to cool the cycle gas at the outlet of at least one of the turbines (17), and wherein at least one of the turbines (17) is coupled to the same shaft (19) as at least one compression stage (15) so as to feed the mechanical work produced during the expansion to the compression stage (15).
IPC 8 full level
CPC (source: EP KR US)
F01D 15/005 (2013.01 - EP US); F04D 17/12 (2013.01 - EP); F04D 25/04 (2013.01 - EP); F04D 25/06 (2013.01 - EP); F25J 1/0007 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 1/001 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 1/005 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 1/0052 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 1/0062 (2013.01 - EP); F25J 1/0065 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 1/0072 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 1/0205 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 1/0214 (2013.01 - EP); F25J 1/0215 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 1/0271 (2013.01 - EP); F25J 1/0279 (2013.01 - EP); F25J 1/0284 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 1/0288 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 1/0289 (2013.01 - US); F25J 1/0292 (2013.01 - US); F05D 2260/20 (2013.01 - EP US); F25J 2230/06 (2013.01 - EP KR); F25J 2230/08 (2013.01 - US); F25J 2230/20 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 2230/22 (2013.01 - US); F25J 2230/42 (2013.01 - US); F25J 2240/04 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 2270/16 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 2290/34 (2013.01 - EP KR)
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
Designated validation state (EPC)
KH MA MD TN
DOCDB simple family (publication)
FR 3119667 A1 20220812; FR 3119667 B1 20230324; AU 2022219166 A1 20230921; AU 2022219411 A1 20230907; AU 2022220636 A1 20230727; CA 3205738 A1 20220818; CA 3205740 A1 20220818; CA 3205741 A1 20220818; CN 116745569 A 20230912; CN 116761973 A 20230915; CN 116783439 A 20230919; EP 4291837 A1 20231220; EP 4291838 A1 20231220; EP 4291839 A1 20231220; JP 2024505815 A 20240208; JP 2024505822 A 20240208; JP 2024508598 A 20240228; KR 20230144565 A 20231016; KR 20230144567 A 20231016; KR 20230144568 A 20231016; US 2024125547 A1 20240418; US 2024142170 A1 20240502; US 2024151464 A1 20240509; WO 2022171390 A1 20220818; WO 2022171391 A1 20220818; WO 2022171392 A1 20220818
DOCDB simple family (application)
FR 2101243 A 20210210; AU 2022219166 A 20220118; AU 2022219411 A 20220118; AU 2022220636 A 20220118; CA 3205738 A 20220118; CA 3205740 A 20220118; CA 3205741 A 20220118; CN 202280009324 A 20220118; CN 202280009325 A 20220118; CN 202280010493 A 20220118; EP 2022050973 W 20220118; EP 2022050974 W 20220118; EP 2022050975 W 20220118; EP 22700817 A 20220118; EP 22700818 A 20220118; EP 22700819 A 20220118; JP 2023541739 A 20220118; JP 2023541757 A 20220118; JP 2023543080 A 20220118; KR 20237030204 A 20220118; KR 20237030206 A 20220118; KR 20237030207 A 20220118; US 202218276799 A 20220118; US 202218276853 A 20220118; US 202218276856 A 20220118