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Title: Compact liquid nitrogen pump

Abstract

The invention provides a cryogenic liquid pump system, having a first end with at least an insulating lid and motor; a second end, wherein the second end is a pump, said pump comprising an impeller; and a gas release plate upstream of the impeller; and a shaft disposed between the first end and the second end, wherein the motor imparts mechanical energy to the pump through the shaft. Also provided is a method for preventing cavitation of a cryogenic liquid in a cryogenic pump, the method having the steps of constantly maintaining pressure on the liquid in the pump and evacuating gas bubbles that form within the pump.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1494076
Patent Number(s):
10125771
Application Number:
14/476,443
Assignee:
UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, IL)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F04 - POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS F04D - NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F17 - STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS F17C - VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-06H11357
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Sep 03
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Caldwell, Shane A., and Li, Gang. Compact liquid nitrogen pump. United States: N. p., 2018. Web.
Caldwell, Shane A., & Li, Gang. Compact liquid nitrogen pump. United States.
Caldwell, Shane A., and Li, Gang. Tue . "Compact liquid nitrogen pump". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1494076.
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abstractNote = {The invention provides a cryogenic liquid pump system, having a first end with at least an insulating lid and motor; a second end, wherein the second end is a pump, said pump comprising an impeller; and a gas release plate upstream of the impeller; and a shaft disposed between the first end and the second end, wherein the motor imparts mechanical energy to the pump through the shaft. Also provided is a method for preventing cavitation of a cryogenic liquid in a cryogenic pump, the method having the steps of constantly maintaining pressure on the liquid in the pump and evacuating gas bubbles that form within the pump.},
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year = {Tue Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 2018},
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