摘要 |
<p>The invention disclosed herein generally relates to a system and a method for supplying a carbon dioxide fluid feed to a plurality of applications (32, 34, 36). The method of the invention comprises the steps of directing a fluid feed, that includes a carbon dioxide component, from a carbon dioxide purifying means (11) to a plurality of applications including at least two distinct applications, whereby contaminants are combined with the fluid at said applications, thereby forming an effluent that includes at least a portion of the carbon dioxide component and at least a portion of said contaminants; directing said effluent from at least one of the applications to said carbon dioxide purifying means; and purifying the carbon dioxide of the effluent at the carbon dioxide purifying means, thereby producing the carbon dioxide component of the fluid feed. The system of the invention is an apparatus (22) for conducting the method of the invention.</p> |