序号 专利名 申请号 申请日 公开(公告)号 公开(公告)日 发明人
61 Anti-spike pressure management of pressure-regulated fluid storage and delivery vessels US14430105 2013-09-20 US09897257B2 2018-02-20 Joseph R. Despres; Joseph D. Sweeney; Edward E. Jones; Matthew B. Donatucci; Chiranjeevi Pydi; Edward A. Sturm; Barry Lewis Chambers; Gregory Scott Baumgart
A fluid supply package comprising a pressure-regulated fluid storage and dispensing vessel, a valve head adapted for dispensing of fluid from the vessel, and an anti-pressure spike assembly adapted to combat pressure spiking in flow of fluid at inception of fluid dispensing.
62 VAPOR RECOVERY DEVICE US15614393 2017-06-05 US20170362075A1 2017-12-21 Kazuyuki KARINO; Al YUTA
To provide a vapor recovery device capable of making the most of the capacity of the adsorption/desorption towers and efficiently adsorbing and desorbing fuel oil vapor. A vapor recovery device 1 having: a pump 5 disposed on a pipe 4 branched from a vent pipe 3, one end of which being connected to an underground tank 2, to suck a fuel oil vapor V in the underground tank; a condenser 6 connected, on the branch pipe, to a downstream side of the pump to condense the fuel oil vapor; and a plurality of adsorption/desorption towers 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b connected, on the branch pipe, to a downstream side of the condenser in series to adsorb/desorb fuel oil vapor fed from the condenser. One of the adsorption/desorption towers can be arranged above another one of remaining adsorption/desorption towers, and the pump may be fixed in a housing 30 through a bottom face and a side face of the pump and elastic bodies 32, 33.
63 FUEL DISTRIBUTION STATION US15427353 2017-02-08 US20170225938A1 2017-08-10 JOSE A. CAJIGA; ARTURO CAJIGA VILLAR; VICENTE CAJIGA VILLAR; ALEXANDRA CAJIGA
An environmentally friendly fuel distribution station includes an upper canopy, said upper canopy including a fuel tank and an outer shell enclosing said fuel tank, and a fuel distribution interface suspended from said upper canopy, said fuel distribution interface selectively distributing fuel from said fuel tank during a fueling operation.
64 Safety valve US14633222 2015-02-27 US09562619B2 2017-02-07 Makoto Kojima; Sogo Goto; Takao Fukunaga
A safety valve includes: a valve element; a valve seat that has a gas release hole from which a gas is released and a protrusion that protrudes towards the valve element; and a meltable body that is made of a material capable of being melt at an abnormal high temperature. At a temperature other than the abnormal high temperature, the meltable body limits displacement of the valve element to thereby prevent inflow of the gas towards the gas release hole. At the abnormal high temperature, the meltable body is melt, thereby the valve element is displaced and the gas is released from the gas release hole.
65 System and method for transferring natural gas for utilization as a fuel US13840732 2013-03-15 US09546759B2 2017-01-17 Gary W. Van Tassel
Natural gas is produced when LNG that is contained in an insulated LNG cargo tank(s) of a non-self-propelled LNG carrier (i.e., a barge) evaporates as a result of heat leakage through the walls of the insulated cargo tank(s). The natural gas is transferred from the barge to a tugboat or a towboat that is equipped with natural gas burning engines through a flexible gas transfer assembly so that the tugboat is powered by the natural gas fuel. The pressure in the cargo tank(s) on the barge is, therefore, effectively managed to prevent or substantially reduce the buildup of pressure within the LNG cargo tank(s). The LNG can then be contained within the LNG cargo tank(s) for an appropriate period of time and can be delivered at an appropriate and acceptable equilibrium pressure and temperature.
66 COMPRESSED GAS STORAGE UNIT AND FILL METHODS US14812961 2015-07-29 US20160033085A1 2016-02-04 Neel SIROSH; Edwin P. BERLIN, JR.; Eric JOHNSON; Karthick CHANDRASEKER; Rodrigo SUSPERREGUY; Christopher PAIS; Danielle FONG
Embodiments are directed to compressed gas storage units exhibiting one or more safety features. Particular embodiments employ a pressure relief mechanism to rapidly yet safely vent the contents of the tank in the event of a fire. The mechanism may comprise an internally piloted relief valve in communication with temperature-sensitive element(s) present along the tank dimensions. Under high temperature conditions indicative of a fire, the element communicates a signal to open the internally piloted relief valve. In some embodiments the element is configured to communicate a heat signal (e.g., by thermal conduction). In certain embodiments the element is configured to communicate a pressure change signal (e.g., pneumatic, hydraulic). In other embodiments the element may communicate different signal types, such as electric (e.g., thermoelectric) or mechanical (e.g., shear or tension forces). Also disclosed is a module incorporating a plurality of tanks to offer enhanced storage capacity.
67 MOBILE DEVICE FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID CONTAINERS US14801029 2015-07-16 US20160018059A1 2016-01-21 Bruno Stockhem; Sven Lieten; André Verbruggen
A mobile device for discharging a liquid-filled container is disclosed. The device has a closable compartment provided with a closable opening, and an unloading installation in the inner space of the device, coupleable with the container. The unloading installation is able to extract liquid from the container via top unloading and to move it outside of the device, and includes an absorption means for removing liquid vapors which is connectable with the container for the extraction of top liquid vapors. A method for discharging liquid containers, such as unloading benzyl chloride liquid with the mobile device, is described.
68 Passive isolation assembly and gas transport system US13649733 2012-10-11 US09212785B2 2015-12-15 Craig R. Chaney
Disclosed are techniques to reduce the effects of Paschen events from occurring within a gas transport system. A passive isolation assembly may be used to bridge a gas being transported from a low potential environment to a high potential environment. The passive isolation assembly may include a non-conductive axially bored transport insulator. An irregularly shaped non-conductive isolation tracking insulator may be in direct contact with and surrounding the transport insulator. The passive isolation assembly may also include an electrically conductive front end sealing cap at earth ground potential that has an opening that is adapted to couple with a source gas transport line and an electrically conductive rear end sealing cap at a high voltage potential that has an opening adapted to couple with a destination gas transport line.
69 ANTI-SPIKE PRESSURE MANAGEMENT OF PRESSURE-REGULATED FLUID STORAGE AND DELIVERY VESSELS US14430105 2013-09-20 US20150247605A1 2015-09-03 Joseph R. Despres; Joseph D. Sweeney; Edward E. Jones; Matthew B. Donatucci; Chiranjeevi Pydi; Edward A. Sturm; Barry Lewis Chambers; Gregory Scott Baumgart
A fluid supply package comprising a pressure-regulated fluid storage and dispensing vessel, a valve head adapted for dispensing of fluid from the vessel, and an anti-pressure spike assembly adapted to combat pressure spiking in flow of fluid at inception of fluid dispensing.
70 STATION AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING A FLAMMABLE FLUID FUEL US14601470 2015-01-21 US20150204485A1 2015-07-23 Lucien VARRASSI
A station for supplying a flammable fluid fuel, the station (1) comprising a first cryogenic tank (2) for storing flammable fuel in the form of a cryogenic liquid, a second cryogenic tank (3) for storing a non-flammable gas and notably an inert gas stored in the form of a cryogenic liquid, a cooling circuit (4, 14) in a heat-exchange relationship with the first tank (2), the cooling circuit (4, 14) comprising an upstream end connected to the second cryogenic tank (3) for drawing cryogenic fluid from the second cryogenic tank (3) in order to give up frigories from the fluid of the second cryogenic tank (3) to the first tank (2), the station comprising a circuit (4, 14, 7) for withdrawing fluid from the second tank (3), characterized in that the station comprises at least a detector (5) of fuel leaks from the first tank (2) and at least a controlled member (6, 11) for opening a portion of the withdrawing circuit (4, 14, 7), the at least one opening member (6) being controlled automatically in response to a detection of a leak by the at least one detector (5) in order to release fluid derived from the second cryogenic tank (3) so as to inert a volume within the station.
71 OVER-PRESSURE LIMITING ARRANGEMENT FOR A CRYOGEN VESSEL US14382071 2013-01-29 US20150027559A1 2015-01-29 Patrick William Retz; Neil Charles Tigwell
An over-pressure limiting arrangement for a cryogen vessel includes an access neck providing access into the cryogen vessel, a tubular structure extending through the access neck, a turret outer assembly joined leak-tight to the cryogen vessel and defining an interior volume that is separated from the atmosphere by a protective valve or burst disc, enclosing an upper extremity of the access neck and the tubular structure. An egress path defines a route for cryogen gas to escape from the turret outer assembly, and a pressure-responsive quench valve seals the egress path and opens when a differential pressure between the interior of the turret outer assembly and the interior of the egress path exceeds a predetermined value. An auxiliary burst disc, or a valve, is attached to the tubular structure within the turret outer assembly, with an inner surface thereof exposed to the interior of the tubular structure and an outer surface thereof exposed to the interior of the turret outer assembly.
72 Gas Transport Across a High Voltage Potential US13649733 2012-10-11 US20140102563A1 2014-04-17 Craig R. Chaney
Disclosed are techniques to reduce the effects of Paschen events from occurring within a gas transport system. A passive isolation assembly may be used to bridge a gas being transported from a low potential environment to a high potential environment. The passive isolation assembly may include a non-conductive axially bored transport insulator. An irregularly shaped non-conductive isolation tracking insulator may be in direct contact with and surrounding the transport insulator. The passive isolation assembly may also include an electrically conductive front end sealing cap at earth ground potential that has an opening that is adapted to couple with a source gas transport line and an electrically conductive rear end sealing cap at a high voltage potential that has an opening adapted to couple with a destination gas transport line.
73 SAFETY DEVICE AGAINST EXCESS TEMPERATURE US13261433 2011-02-26 US20130082054A1 2013-04-04 Martin Groben
A safety apparatus for containers loaded by gas pressure, in particular the gas side (13) of hydropneumatic devices such as hydraulic accumulators (1), is characterized in that the safety apparatus has a connection device (19) that can be attached to the pressure chamber of the container in order to form a passage (25) between the gas side (13) of the container and the outside, and that a means (27) is present, which normally blocks the passage (25) and which under the influence of temperature can be transferred into a state that allows a flow path through the passage (25) to be cleared.
74 SAFETY DEVICE FOR PRESSURIZED GAS US13320776 2010-05-07 US20120073680A1 2012-03-29 Simon Jallais; Vladimir Hasanov; Joseph Pierquin; Philippe Pisot; Sylvain Gerard; Hervé Challiol; Alexandre Morainville
The invention relates to a safety device constituting a valve for releasing pressurized gas in the event of a dangerous situation, including a body defining a gas flow channel extending in a longitudinal direction between a first upstream end to be brought into contact with a pressurized gas source (G) and a second downstream end to be brought into contact with the outer atmosphere, wherein the device includes a plug located in the channel for preventing the flow of gas between the upstream end and the downstream end in a normal situation, the plug being shaped so as to release the passage for the gas in the event of a dangerous situation in which it is subjected to a pressure and/or a temperature exceeding a predetermined threshold, characterized in that, from the upstream direction toward downstream direction, the channel includes two upstream and downstream adjacent flow portions, respectively, having different respective transverse dimensions (d, D), the ratio D/d between the transverse dimension D of the downstream portion and the transverse dimension d of the upstream portion being between 1.4 and 11, and in that the junction between the two adjacent portions forms a discontinuity in the transverse dimension of the channel, and in that the ratio L/D between the length L of the downstream portion and the transverse dimension D of said downstream portion is between 15 and 100.
75 Shape Memory Alloy Trigger for Pressure Relief Valve US13254346 2010-03-03 US20120011843A1 2012-01-19 John D. Makinson; John A. Eihusen
This disclosure describes an apparatus having a valve and an elongated shape memory alloy element. The valve has a lever in a first position, whereby the valve is closed. The elongated shape memory alloy element has a first end connected to the lever. The shape memory alloy element has been strained to have a first length, wherein exposure of at least a portion of the shape memory alloy element to a temperature at or exceeding its austenite transformation temperature causes the shape memory alloy element to shorten to a second length, the second length being less than the first length, thereby causing the first end of the shape memory alloy element to pull the lever to a second position, whereby the valve is opened.
76 FIRE SAFETY APPARATUS OF HIGH-PRESSURE GAS FUEL TANK FOR VEHICLE US12839224 2010-07-19 US20110127263A1 2011-06-02 Hoonhui Lee; Hyungki Kim; Sanghyun Kim; Kiho Hwang
The present invention relates to a fire safety apparatus for a high-pressure fuel tank of a vehicle, which can prevent a high-pressure fuel tank from exploding due to a fire and preferably preclude secondary damage due to high-pressure fuel tank, by forcibly discharging the high-pressure gas in high-pressure fuel tank, using a pressure operator, before high-pressure fuel tank is damaged and exploded by flame in a vehicle on fire.
77 Safety warning and shutdown device and method for hydrogen storage containers US11614936 2006-12-21 US07868775B2 2011-01-11 Neel Sirosh; Robert Miller; Tony Staples
The present disclosure provides an alternative, cost-effective safety feature for on-board hydrogen storage containers incorporating a fill cycle sensor with a driver warning and shutdown system. The system monitors the number of times a hydrogen container is filled, and then takes action at a predetermined termination point. A controller monitors each time the hydrogen container is filled above 90% of the rated pressure or mass. Once the predetermined termination point of fill cycles is reached, the disclosed device/method will either disable the valve or refueling mechanism such that fuel supply to the vehicle is shutoff and the container cannot be filled again, essentially assuring the end of the life of the container.
78 Overpressure safety apparatus of gas fuel container US10544859 2004-01-30 US07793686B2 2010-09-14 Young-Seok Lee
An overpressure safety apparatus having a fuel container body and a mounting cap includes a main housing coupled to the mounting cap, the main housing having an elbow-shaped gas introducing passage, a valve stem disposed in the main housing through the mounting cap. The valve stem is provided with an orifice, an opening/closing seal inserted between a top of the main housing and the mounting cap to selectively open/close the orifice of the valve stem. A sub-housing is connected to a bottom of the main housing, and has a branch line communicating with the gas introducing passage and a receiving cavity with a bottom communicating with the branch line and a top communicating with an exhausting hole formed on the mounting cap. A safety valve is disposed in the receiving cavity to selectively open the branch line in response to variations of internal pressure of the container.
79 Method and apparatus for fluid removal from a container US11551604 2006-10-20 US07603938B2 2009-10-20 David A. Metcalfe
A method and apparatus for removing fluid from a container using a conventional shaped charge such as those used in well perforation; the charge being spaced from the container wall, and producing an explosive jet, the explosive jet directed by a diffuser disk to provide a vent or drain.
80 Locking Device for a Quick-Action Connection Coupling US11632329 2005-07-14 US20080223486A1 2008-09-18 Erwin Weh; Wolfgang Weh
The aim of the invention is to create a simple and reliable locking device for a quick-action connection coupling for transferring gaseous and/or liquid fluids, especially for refuelling vehicles. Said device comprises a hand lever (50) for actuating a valve and a lock which is positioned on the end side thereof and engages with a hand grip (45) in the refuelling position. To this end, an unlocking lever (46) which can be pivoted on the hand grip (45) is mounted adjacent to the end region of the hand lever (50). The unlocking lever (46) comprises at least one, preferably two laterally protruding journals (47), arranged inside the hand grip (45), especially for simple handling.
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