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Underground Argon<br />

Underground Argon<br />

from CO2 plant in<br />

Cortez Colorado VPSA system (Cortez)<br />

0.5 kg/day production<br />

110 kg produced so far<br />

CO2<br />

[%]<br />

N2<br />

[%]<br />

He<br />

CO2 Plant Output 96 2.4 0.4 0.06<br />

VPSA output ~ 0 40 55 5<br />

Cryogenic<br />

Distillation output<br />

arXiv:1204.6024 [astro-ph.IM]<br />

[%]<br />

Ar<br />

[%]<br />

~ 0 < 0.05 ~ 0 > 99.95<br />

Cryogenic Distillation system<br />

0.9 kg/day production<br />

70 - 81% efficiency<br />

~ 19 kg produced so far<br />

arXiv:1204.6061 [astro-ph.IM]<br />

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