Patents by Inventor Ralph Johanson

Ralph Johanson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230003345
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for transferring liquid argon from a bulk storage tank to a transport tank in which liquid argon is pumped through a tube arrangement within a heat exchanger and the tube arrangement is contacted by liquid nitrogen so that heat transfers from the liquid argon to the liquid nitrogen, thereby reducing the temperature, density and pressure of the liquid nitrogen prior to exiting the heat exchanger and flowing into the transport tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Ralph Johanson
  • Publication number: 20200025336
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for transferring liquid argon from a bulk storage tank to a transport tank in which liquid argon is pumped through a tube arrangement within a heat exchanger and the tube arrangement is contacted by liquid nitrogen so that heat transfers from the liquid argon to the liquid nitrogen, thereby reducing the temperature, density and pressure of the liquid argon prior to exiting the heat exchanger and flowing into the transport tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: Ralph Johanson
  • Publication number: 20190293238
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for transferring liquid argon from a bulk storage tank to a transport tank in which liquid argon is pumped through a tube arrangement within a heat exchanger and the tube arrangement is contacted by liquid nitrogen at a temperature less than the temperature of the liquid argon so that heat transfers from the liquid argon to the liquid nitrogen, thereby reducing the temperature, density and pressure of the liquid nitrogen prior to exiting the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Ralph Johanson
  • Publication number: 20120144846
    Abstract: A system and method for accumulating pressurized liquefied gas or cryogenic fluids in which a source supply of liquefied gas or cryogenic fluid is fed to a pump which pressurizes the fluid and feeds it to a liquid accumulator. The pump also feeds a first vaporizer which vaporizes the fluid and feeds it into the headspace of the liquid accumulator thereby building pressure in the liquid accumulator. The pressurized liquid is then fed to a second vaporizer where the pressurized liquid is vaporized before use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventor: Ralph Johanson