US2753691A - Method of cooling and storing propane and the like - Google Patents

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US2753691A
US2753691A US246734A US24673451A US2753691A US 2753691 A US2753691 A US 2753691A US 246734 A US246734 A US 246734A US 24673451 A US24673451 A US 24673451A US 2753691 A US2753691 A US 2753691A
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July 10, 1956 l' L. WISSMILLER 2,753,69l
METHOD OF COOLNG AND STORING PROPANE AND THE LKE F11ed Sept 15 1951 2 Sheetssheet 1 July 10, 1956 l. L. WISSMILLER ME...THOD OF' COOLING AND STORNG PROPANE AND THE LIKE F' 1ed sept. 15 1951 2 SheetS-Sheet 2

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1. THE METHOD OF STORING LARGE BATCHES OF THE ORDER OF BARGE LOADS OF LIQUID PROPANE WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF; RECEIVING LARGE BATCHES OF LIQUID PROPANE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AT PRESSURES OF THE ORDER OF 250 P.S.I.G. AND AT TEMPERATURES ABOUT 40* F. AND CONDUCTING SAID LIQUID TO A NORMALLY CLOSED STORAGE TANK OF SUFFICIENT CAPACITY TO RECEIVE SUCH BATCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME; PERMITTING SOME OF THE LIQUID TO VAPORIZE IN SAID TANK AND THEREBY COOL THE CONTENTS OF THE TANK; COOLING AND CONDENSING SAID VAPORS BY THE USE OF A HEAT EXCHANGER; RETURNING THE CONDENSED VAPORS TO THE LIQUID CONTENTS OF THE TANK AND THUS FURTHER COOLING THE LIQUID PROPANE IN THE TANK AND REDUCING THE PRESSURE WITHIN THE TANK TO APPROXIMATELY 75 P.S.I.G.; AND MAINTAINING THE PRESSURE IN THE TANK AT APPROXIMATELY 75 P.S.I.G.
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US2909904A (en) * 1956-12-26 1959-10-27 Carbonic Dev Corp Treatment of natural gas in distribution systems
US2978876A (en) * 1958-01-16 1961-04-11 Conch Int Methane Ltd Reliquefaction system for liquefied gases
US3033003A (en) * 1959-02-27 1962-05-08 Philips Corp Apparatus for condensing shipboard cargos of vaporizable liquid
US3302416A (en) * 1965-04-16 1967-02-07 Conch Int Methane Ltd Means for maintaining the substitutability of lng
US3453836A (en) * 1967-07-24 1969-07-08 Mcmullen John J Liquefied petroleum gas tanker
DE2416423A1 (en) * 1973-04-09 1974-10-24 Philips Nv COOLING DEVICE
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US2148109A (en) * 1935-05-16 1939-02-21 Union Carbide & Carbon Corp Method and apparatus for handling gas material
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US2379215A (en) * 1943-05-08 1945-06-26 Brinkmann Edgar Apparatus and method for handling volatile liquids
US2496185A (en) * 1946-11-07 1950-01-31 Cardox Corp Method and apparatus for charging vessels with solid carbon dioxide
US2594244A (en) * 1949-11-15 1952-04-22 Reaction Motors Inc Container for liquefied gases
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US2010060A (en) * 1933-05-15 1935-08-06 Copeman Lab Co Method of and apparatus for cooling beer
US2059942A (en) * 1934-01-31 1936-11-03 Gen Motors Corp Refrigerating apparatus
US2148109A (en) * 1935-05-16 1939-02-21 Union Carbide & Carbon Corp Method and apparatus for handling gas material
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US2379215A (en) * 1943-05-08 1945-06-26 Brinkmann Edgar Apparatus and method for handling volatile liquids
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US2909904A (en) * 1956-12-26 1959-10-27 Carbonic Dev Corp Treatment of natural gas in distribution systems
US2978876A (en) * 1958-01-16 1961-04-11 Conch Int Methane Ltd Reliquefaction system for liquefied gases
US3033003A (en) * 1959-02-27 1962-05-08 Philips Corp Apparatus for condensing shipboard cargos of vaporizable liquid
US3302416A (en) * 1965-04-16 1967-02-07 Conch Int Methane Ltd Means for maintaining the substitutability of lng
US3453836A (en) * 1967-07-24 1969-07-08 Mcmullen John J Liquefied petroleum gas tanker
DE2416423A1 (en) * 1973-04-09 1974-10-24 Philips Nv COOLING DEVICE
FR3119376A1 (en) * 2021-01-29 2022-08-05 Safran SET FOR TURBOMACHINE

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