EP2863103A3 - Device and method for supercooling carbon dioxide - Google Patents

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EP2863103A3
EP2863103A3 EP20140003030 EP14003030A EP2863103A3 EP 2863103 A3 EP2863103 A3 EP 2863103A3 EP 20140003030 EP20140003030 EP 20140003030 EP 14003030 A EP14003030 A EP 14003030A EP 2863103 A3 EP2863103 A3 EP 2863103A3
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Abstract

Erfindungsgemäß wird das zu unterkühlende flüssige Kohlendioxid innerhalb eines Behälters (2) in einem Wärmetauscher (4) mit einem Kältebad (18) in thermischen Kontakt gebracht. Das Kältebad (18) umfasst eine Kältemischung aus festem Kohlendioxid (20) und einem Trägermedium. Beim Wärmetausch mit dem zu unterkühlenden flüssigen Kohlendioxid sublimiert ein Teil des im Kältebad (18) befindlichen Kohlendioxids und wird anschließend als Kohlendioxidgas abgeführt. Das aus dem Kältebad (18) sublimierte feste Kohlendioxid wird ersetzt, indem ein Teilstrom oder eine vorgegebene Menge des zu unterkühlenden flüssigen Kohlendioxids entnommen und an einer im Behälter angeordneten Entspannungsdüse (12) entspannt und der sich bei der Entspannung entstehende Kohlendioxidschnee dem Kältebad (18) beigemischt wird. Auf diese Weise kann das Kältebad (18) über einen nahezu beliebig langen Zeitraum auf einer gleichbleibende Temperatur gehalten und zur Unterkühlung des flüssigen Kohlendioxids eingesetzt werden.

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According to the invention, the liquid carbon dioxide to be supercooled is brought into thermal contact with a cooling bath (18) within a container (2) in a heat exchanger (4). The cooling bath (18) comprises a cold mixture of solid carbon dioxide (20) and a carrier medium. When exchanging heat with the liquid carbon dioxide to be subcooled, a part of the carbon dioxide present in the cooling bath (18) sublimes and is subsequently removed as carbon dioxide gas. The carbon dioxide sublimated from the cooling bath (18) is replaced by removing a partial stream or a predetermined amount of the liquid carbon dioxide to be supercooled and depressurized on a flash nozzle (12) arranged in the tank and the carbon dioxide snow produced during the expansion is added to the cooling bath (18). is added. In this way, the cooling bath (18) can be kept at a constant temperature over an almost arbitrarily long period of time and used to subcool the liquid carbon dioxide.
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