Air Products has developed a new patent-pending technology that reduces the loss of normally vented oxygen by as much as 30% from a compact, multi-cryogenic tank system that supplies hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment centres.
The new technology is part of a system that has been installed at the Saint Peter’s University Hospital’s Wound Care Centre® and Hyperbaric Services unit in Monroe Township, New Jersey.
Based on a comparison with other systems, the healthcare centre has used 30% less oxygen in one year.
Unlike conventional medical oxygen supply systems, Air Products’ high efficiency supply system first pulls oxygen in the form of a gas, rather than a liquid, to eliminate a rise in the tank’s pressure, thereby reducing the product loss by venting that would otherwise result. Because many oxygen uses are intermittent, such as with hyperbaric chambers and certain other hospital applications, a conventional supply system may experience significant losses of cryogen or oxygen when the end use is temporarily stopped.
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