EP4004459A4 - Vortex tube cooling system and method of using same - Google Patents

Vortex tube cooling system and method of using same Download PDF

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EP4004459A4
EP4004459A4 EP20844316.8A EP20844316A EP4004459A4 EP 4004459 A4 EP4004459 A4 EP 4004459A4 EP 20844316 A EP20844316 A EP 20844316A EP 4004459 A4 EP4004459 A4 EP 4004459A4
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cooling system
vortex tube
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Amanjot Singh
Leslie Frank Rapchak
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Nex Flow Air Products Corp
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B9/00—Compression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point
    • F25B9/02—Compression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point using Joule-Thompson effect; using vortex effect
    • F25B9/04—Compression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point using Joule-Thompson effect; using vortex effect using vortex effect
EP20844316.8A 2019-07-22 2020-07-21 Vortex tube cooling system and method of using same Pending EP4004459A4 (en)

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US201962876936P 2019-07-22 2019-07-22
US202062987070P 2020-03-09 2020-03-09
PCT/CA2020/051006 WO2021012045A1 (en) 2019-07-22 2020-07-21 Vortex tube cooling system and method of using same

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EP4004459A1 EP4004459A1 (en) 2022-06-01
EP4004459A4 true EP4004459A4 (en) 2023-08-02

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USD966364S1 (en) 2020-09-04 2022-10-11 Nex Flow Air Products Corp. Vortex tube

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US2920457A (en) * 1958-03-03 1960-01-12 Garrett Corp Refrigeration system with vortex means
US3521643A (en) * 1968-02-26 1970-07-28 Ernest Toth Cigarette-simulating inhaler
US3654768A (en) * 1970-06-16 1972-04-11 Vortec Corp Vortex tube cooling system
US20080209914A1 (en) * 2007-01-30 2008-09-04 Hispano - Suiza Device for cooling electrical equipment in a turbomachine
CN102967076A (en) * 2012-12-25 2013-03-13 张春堂 Vortex tube refrigerator
TWI576551B (en) * 2015-07-03 2017-04-01 宏碁股份有限公司 Vortex tube device

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US4333754A (en) * 1979-06-27 1982-06-08 Vortec Corporation Anti-icing noise-suppressing vortex tube assembly
CN2049328U (en) * 1989-01-20 1989-12-13 福州变压器厂 Vortex tube refrigerator
US7565808B2 (en) * 2005-01-13 2009-07-28 Greencentaire, Llc Refrigerator
US8616010B2 (en) 2008-10-21 2013-12-31 Nexflow Air Products Corp. Vortex tube enclosure cooler with water barrier
JP5878436B2 (en) * 2012-07-29 2016-03-08 博 久保田 Equipment that can obtain hot air, cold air, electricity, concentrated oxygen and concentrated nitrogen simultaneously

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US2920457A (en) * 1958-03-03 1960-01-12 Garrett Corp Refrigeration system with vortex means
US3521643A (en) * 1968-02-26 1970-07-28 Ernest Toth Cigarette-simulating inhaler
US3654768A (en) * 1970-06-16 1972-04-11 Vortec Corp Vortex tube cooling system
US20080209914A1 (en) * 2007-01-30 2008-09-04 Hispano - Suiza Device for cooling electrical equipment in a turbomachine
CN102967076A (en) * 2012-12-25 2013-03-13 张春堂 Vortex tube refrigerator
TWI576551B (en) * 2015-07-03 2017-04-01 宏碁股份有限公司 Vortex tube device

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