IPC 7 English version
F25J-F25J00500

SECTION F – MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING


F 25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION OR SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES


F 25 JLIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION, OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT (cryogenic pumps F04B 37/08; gas storage vessels, gas-holders F17; filling vessels with, or discharging from vessels, compressed, liquefied, or solidified gases F17C; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B)



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00Processes or apparatus for liquefying or solidifying gases or gaseous mixtures

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02.requiring the use of refrigeration, e.g. of helium or hydrogen


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00Processes or apparatus for separating the constituents of gaseous mixtures involving the use of liquefaction or solidification

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02.by rectification, i.e. by continuous interchange of heat and material between a vapour stream and a liquid stream (F25J 3/08 takes precedence)

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04..for air

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06.by partial condensation (F25J 3/08 takes precedence; by rectification F25J 3/02)

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08.Separating gaseous impurities from gases or gaseous mixtures (cold traps B01D 8/00)


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00Arrangements of cold-exchangers or cold-accumulators in separation or liquefaction plants (heat-exchangers F28C, F28D, F28F)