Patent ID: 9574713
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: F17D,F28C,F28D,F28F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A vaporization chamber, comprising: at least one conduit having an inlet at a first end, an outlet at a second end, and a flow path therebetween; a source of a slurry comprising solid carbon dioxide coupled to the inlet of the at least one conduit; a shell surrounding a portion of the at least one conduit and defining a chamber surrounding at least a portion of the at least one conduit; and a plurality of discrete apertures positioned at longitudinal intervals in and extending through a solid wall of the at least one conduit, the plurality of discrete apertures positioned solely along a side of the at least one conduit toward which the solid carbon dioxide tends to move when the slurry is flowed through the at least one conduit, at least some discrete apertures of the plurality of discrete apertures sized and oriented at an acute angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the at least one conduit and in a direction upstream relative to an average direction of flow through the flow path to direct a jet of fluid into the at least one conduit from the chamber to combine the fluid with the slurry comprising solid carbon dioxide.