Cooling of pump heads in carbon dioxide chromatography systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11982474
APP PUB NO 20200224938A1
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16837260

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The present disclosure relates to methodologies, systems and apparatus for cooling pump heads and providing balanced cooling and heat transfer between multiple pump heads. Multi-pump systems that are used to pump fluids that vary greatly in density with minor changes in temperature, such as the mobile phase of a C02-based chromatography system, require highly stable temperature conditions. In order to achieve a substantially equal average heat transfer between multiple pump heads and a coolant fluid, coolant fluid may be flowed through coolant passageways within the pump heads in a recursive and/or parallel coolant flow patterns. Such recursive and/or parallel coolant fluid flow patterns provide increased stability in temperature, compressibility, and density of the fluids passing through a multi-pump system.

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WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION34 MAPLE STREET MILFORD MA 01757

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Almeida, Neal B Cumberland, US 9 18
Barrett, Nathan Milford, US 4 5
Jackson, Michael R Woonsocket, US 72 843
Joudrey, Kurt D Chelmsford, US 15 55
Lu, Wen Westborough, US 26 1835
O'donnell, Kara Watertown, US 4 8
Seith, Christopher Franklin, US 11 12
Shreve, Joshua A Acton, US 76 166
Sok, Maruth Providence, US 4 5
Usowicz, James E Webster, US 26 164

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