Method for preparing supercritical fluid by deep-sea pressure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12208376-B2
Application number	US-202117550418-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2021
Priority date	Nov 17, 2021
Publication date	Jan 28, 2025
Grant date	Jan 28, 2025

Abstract

A method for preparing a supercritical fluid by deep-sea pressure is provided and belongs to the technical field of supercritical fluid preparation. The method includes the following steps of: placing a low-pressure fluid in a closed flexible container, sending the closed flexible container down to a location of a sea at a depth where a seawater pressure meets a requirement by using a powered or unpowered traction device, leaving the flexible container standing still until a volume of the flexible container does not change, wrapping the closed flexible container with a rigid pressure-bearing container, transferring the closed flexible container to the sea surface by the powered or unpowered traction device, and taking out the fluid in the flexible container as supercritical fluid. Then the supercritical fluid is produced. Therefore, the process of preparing supercritical (high pressure) liquid in the deep-sea is safer and more stable than the preparation way on land.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for preparing supercritical fluid by deep-sea pressure, comprising:
placing a low-pressure fluid in a closed flexible container,
sending the closed flexible container down to a location of a sea at a depth where a seawater pressure meets a requirement by a powered or unpowered traction device, leaving the closed flexible container standing still until a volume of the flexible container is no longer changed,
wrapping around the closed flexible container with a rigid pressure-bearing container,
transporting the closed flexible container after the wrapping to the sea surface by a powered or unpowered traction device, and
taking out the low-pressure fluid in the flexible container after the transporting, wherein the low-pressure fluid at this time is supercritical fluid having a pressure higher than that of the low-pressure fluid.

2. The method for preparing supercritical fluid by deep-sea pressure according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the flexible container comprises a rubber, a latex or a spring steel; and a pressure-bearing capacity of the flexible container is not less than the pressure of the supercritical fluid.

3. The method for preparing supercritical fluid by deep-sea pressure according to claim 1 , wherein a formula for calculating the depth is h=P×10 6 ÷ρ seawater ÷g, where h is the depth with a unit of meter (m), P is a critical pressure with a unit of megapascal (MPa), ρ seawater is a density of the seawater with a unit of kilogram per cubic meter (kg/m3), and g is a gravitational acceleration with a unit of meter per second squared (m/s 2 ).

4. The method for preparing supercritical fluid by deep-sea pressure according to claim 1 , wherein a duration for the standing still is in a range of 0.5-1 hour (h).

5. The method for preparing supercritical fluid by deep-sea pressure according to claim 1 , wherein the rigid pressure-bearing container is an openable and closable structure.

6. The method for preparing supercritical fluid by deep-sea pressure according to claim 1 , wherein heavy objects are bound outside the rigid pressure-bearing container when the unpowered traction device is used for the sending.

Assignees

• Univ Tianjin Commerce
• Univ Tianjin

Inventors

• Chen Guanyi
• Tao Junyu
• Ge Yadong
• Yan Beibei
• Sun Yunan
• Cheng Zhanjun
• Li Jian
• Mu Lan
• Hu Yongjie

Classifications

• Y02P20/54

  using solvents, e.g. supercritical solvents or ionic liquids · CPC title

• C01B32/50

  Carbon dioxide · CPC title

• B01J3/06

  Processes using ultra-high pressure, e.g. for the formation of diamonds; Apparatus therefor, e.g. moulds or dies (B01J3/04 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B01J3/006

  Processes utilising sub-atmospheric pressure; Apparatus therefor · CPC title

• B01J3/002

  Component parts of these vessels not mentioned in B01J3/004, B01J3/006, B01J3/02 - B01J3/08; Measures taken in conjunction with the process to be carried out, e.g. safety measures · CPC title