US20090071190A1 - Closed cycle mixed refrigerant systems - Google Patents

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US20090071190A1
US20090071190A1 US12/050,196 US5019608A US2009071190A1 US 20090071190 A1 US20090071190 A1 US 20090071190A1 US 5019608 A US5019608 A US 5019608A US 2009071190 A1 US2009071190 A1 US 2009071190A1
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Richard Potthoff
Ramachandran Krishnamurthy
Rustam H. Sethna
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PCT/US2008/057416 WO2008118703A1 (en) 2007-03-26 2008-03-19 Closed cycle mixed refrigerant systems
PE2008000539A PE20081868A1 (es) 2007-03-26 2008-03-26 Sistemas de refrigerante mixto en circuito cerrado
CL200800871A CL2008000871A1 (es) 2007-03-26 2008-03-26 Procedimiento para proveer refrigeracion a proceso de licuefaccion de gas natural que comprende dirigir circuito enfriador que contiene composicion refrigerante a traves de un intercambiador de calor, controlando contianuamente la composicion refrige

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