Integral double-circuit vacuum tube
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of vacuum tube transportation technique and specifically relates to an integral double-circuit vacuum tube.
Background
The pipeline of the LNG filling station process generally adopts a vacuum tube, has good cold insulation effect, can reduce the gasification BOG of the LNG in the operation process, and is an important process pipeline in the whole LNG filling process. However, most manufacturers in the market adopt two independent tubes for liquid feeding and returning at present. The disadvantages and shortcomings of two tubes are mainly manifested in the following aspects:
1) the two pipes generate larger heat all the time than a single pipe, so that the generation of BOG is increased, the pressure of the tank body is increased quickly, and excessive LNG (liquefied natural gas) is discharged;
2) whether on skids or in field lines where narrow spaces are present, the double pipe arrangement often sacrifices some of the process requirements to meet installation requirements, which can be seen on most of the commissioning stations. This can cause air blockage or liquid seal, which can adversely affect the liquid transportation;
3) in installation, two pipes need to be installed by using installation materials, and the installation time and cost are higher than those of a single pipe, and the longer the pipe is, the more waste is, in terms of the length of the whole pipe.
4) The independent transportation cost of the two pipes is increased, the occupied transportation space is increased according to different transportation distances, and the generated cost is also greatly increased.
5) In terms of maintenance, the cost of vacuum pumping for maintenance is also 2 times, and the use cost and the maintenance cost are obviously increased.
In view of the above problems, there is a need for an integrated two-way vacuum tube structure with simple installation, operation and maintenance and excellent comprehensive performance.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model discloses aim at: to above-mentioned problem, provide an integral double-circuit vacuum tube, solved among the prior art in NG gas station technology gas, liquid pipeline independently set up and increase installation and transportation space, the problem that the maintenance cost increases to and the heat that two independent pipelines produced is big all the time, increased BOG's production, lead to the jar body to step up fast, send LNG to discharge too much problem.
The scheme is realized as follows:
an integral two-way vacuum tube: comprises a heat preservation outer pipe, an air return pipe, a liquid inlet pipe, a confluence pipeline and a sealing cover; the outer tube housing is established on the muffler, the muffler housing is established on the feed liquor pipe, the pipeline that converges sets up the tip at the heat preservation outer tube, the pipeline that converges is independent each other at the tip of heat preservation outer tube and feed liquor pipe, and communicates with the muffler is sealed.
Preferably, a heat insulation layer is arranged between the heat insulation outer pipe and the air return pipe, and the liquid inlet pipe is eccentrically arranged in the air return pipe.
Preferably, one end of the liquid inlet pipe is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the air return pipe, so that the central axis of the liquid inlet pipe and the central axis of the air return pipe are not collinear, the sealing covers are arranged at two ends of the heat preservation outer pipe, and the sealing covers protruding out of the two ends of the liquid inlet pipe are arranged.
Preferably, the confluence pipeline comprises an outer joint, a connector and a baffling cavity; the connector and the outer connector are respectively arranged at the upper end and the lower end of the baffling cavity, the baffling cavity is an arc-shaped bent pipeline, the outer connector is arranged at one end of the baffling cavity, and the outer connector is of an arc-shaped structure;
preferably, the connector comprises an inner ring surface, an outer ring surface and a connector, the connector is connected with the end of the air return pipe, the inner ring surface is arranged in a concave shape, and the concave radius of the inner ring surface is matched with the arc-shaped structure of the outer end wall surface of the liquid inlet pipe.
Preferably, the outer ring surface is arranged in a concave manner, the outer ring surface is matched with the arc-shaped structure of the inner wall of the return air pipe, and the inner ring surface and the outer ring surface are in arc transition.
Preferably, the confluence pipeline is of a streamline structure and is integrally formed.
The scheme provides a method for installing a double-way vacuum tube, which comprises the following steps:
1. the size of the outer pipe needs to be confirmed, and then the corresponding pipe clamp is selected according to the size, and the pipe support is made;
2. according to the size of the selected integral double-way vacuum tube, other corresponding pipe fittings such as flanges or valves are selected, confluence pipelines at the inlet and the outlet of the front end and the rear end of the vacuum tube and liquid inlet pipes at the inlet and the outlet are welded, and then other equipment or pipelines are connected in front or at the rear of the vacuum tube for receiving and using;
3. when the installation, the pipeline installation pipe mouth special case adopts and arranges from top to bottom, generally all adopts and arranges from left to right, and during the installation promptly, pipeline and feed liquor pipe horizontal installation converge, and on same straight line.
To sum up, owing to adopted above-mentioned technical scheme, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:
1. when the liquid phase pipe has low-temperature liquid flowing, the temperature rise of the gas phase pipe can be better balanced, the generation and the discharge of BOG are reduced, and the cost is directly saved for customers.
2. The eccentric type wall-closing structure effectively solves the difficult problem of the pipe-penetrating fixing process.
3. The special design of the confluence pipe fitting is more beneficial to the flow of gas and liquid and reduces the liquid seal phenomenon of a gas phase pipe.
4. Compared with a double pipe, the double-pipe joint has the advantages of low installation efficiency, fewer supports and pipe clamps and lower cost.
5. Maintenance is also saved by half relative to double-tube vacuum pumping cost.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the junction pipe of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the overall side view structure of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of B-B in fig. 3 according to the present invention.
The labels in the figure are: 1. a heat-insulating outer pipe; 2. an air return pipe; 3. a liquid inlet pipe; 4. a converging duct; 5. a sealing cover; 6. a heat-insulating layer; 7. an outer joint; 8. a connector; 9. a baffling cavity; 10. an inner ring surface; 11. an outer annular surface; 12. and (7) connecting ports.
Detailed Description
All of the features disclosed in this specification, or all of the steps in any method or process so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except combinations of features and/or steps that are mutually exclusive.
Any feature disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract) may be replaced by alternative features serving equivalent or similar purposes, unless expressly stated otherwise. That is, unless expressly stated otherwise, each feature is only an example of a generic series of equivalent or similar features.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the designated device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first," "second," etc. may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, an integral two-way vacuum tube comprises an outer heat-insulating tube 1, an air return tube 2, a liquid inlet tube 3, a confluence pipeline 4 and a sealing cover 5; the outer pipe is sleeved on the air return pipe 2, the air return pipe 2 is sleeved on the liquid inlet pipe 3, a heat insulation layer 6 is arranged between the heat insulation outer pipe 1 and the air return pipe 2, the liquid inlet pipe 3 is eccentrically arranged in the air return pipe 2, namely, one end of the liquid inlet pipe 3 is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the air return pipe 2, so that the central axis of the liquid inlet pipe 3 is not collinear with the central axis of the air return pipe 2, the sealing covers 5 are arranged at the two ends of the heat insulation outer pipe 1, the sealing covers 5 at the two protruding ends of the liquid inlet pipe 3 are arranged, the confluence pipeline 4 is arranged at the two end positions of the heat insulation outer pipe 1, and the confluence;
based on the structure, the liquid inlet pipe 3 penetrates through the sealing cover 5 from left to right, the liquid inlet pipe 3 is eccentrically arranged in the air return pipe 2, the end part of the air return pipe 2 and the liquid inlet pipe 3 are not in the same plane, the pipeline space is communicated with the confluence pipeline 4, the air return pipe 2 and the liquid inlet pipe 3 are only oppositely formed into 2 discrete end heads at the end part of the heat preservation outer pipe 1, liquid is transmitted through the liquid inlet pipe 3, gas penetrates out through the air return pipe 2 and is connected with the next component through the confluence pipeline 4;
make muffler 2 in 1 length within range of heat preservation outer tube, feed liquor pipe 3 is in muffler 2 way all the time, when having low-temperature liquid to flow in feed liquor pipe 3, because whole settings of feed liquor pipe 3 are in muffler 2, carry out the heat transfer to muffler 2, the temperature that can be better balance in muffler 2 rises, can effectual reduction BOG's production to and discharge, directly save the cost for the customer.
And because the liquid inlet pipe 3 is arranged in the air return pipe 2, the installation area and the maintenance difficulty of the pipeline are greatly reduced.
In the prior art, low-temperature liquid conveyed by a pipeline needs to enter one vacuum tube and return two vacuum tubes, and the problem can be solved by using one vacuum tube creatively; the problem that two pipelines occupy large space is effectively solved, the supporting materials and the construction amount of one pipeline are saved, and the efficiency of pipeline installation on an operation site is greatly improved. Meanwhile, the gas inlet and the gas return are provided with one pipeline, so that the problems that the BOG gas is increased, the pressure of the tank body is increased, the emission is increased and the loss is more caused by the low-temperature liquid vaporization and the temperature rise of the tank body due to the heat brought by the double pipelines can be effectively solved; the integral double-path vacuum tube is subjected to multi-site practical data feedback, and the temperature of a gas phase tube can be effectively balanced when liquid phase tube liquid flows, so that part of gas is liquefied, and the pressure of a tank body is rapidly reduced.
The confluence pipeline 4 comprises an outer joint 7, a connector 8 and a baffling cavity 9; the connector 8 and the outer connector 7 are respectively arranged at the upper end and the lower end of the baffling cavity 9, the baffling cavity 9 is an arc-shaped bent pipeline, the outer connector 7 is arranged at one end of the baffling cavity 9, the outer connector 7 is of an arc-shaped structure, and is connected with an external pipeline or valve through the regular outer connector 7 to control the confluence pipeline 4 and an air flow passage where the confluence pipeline is located;
the connector 8 includes inner ring surface 10, outer ring surface 11 and connector 12, connector 12 is connected with muffler 2's tip, the interior concave shape setting of inner ring surface 10, the indent radius of inner ring surface 10 and the outer end wall arc structure phase-match of feed liquor pipe 3 make pipeline 4 that converges can laminate more with feed liquor pipe 3, make the gas in the pipeline 4 that converges can go on passing through to a great extent.
The outer ring surface 11 is arranged in a concave shape, the outer ring surface 11 is matched with the arc-shaped structure of the inner wall of the muffler 2, and the inner ring surface 10 and the outer ring surface 11 are in arc transition to form a connecting port 12, so that the connecting port 12 forms a special-shaped opening; the arc-shaped structures of the outer annular surface 11 and the inner wall of the muffler 2 are matched, so that the outer annular surface 11 and the wall of the muffler 2 are attached more tightly, the installation difficulty is simplified, and the gas throughput can be increased.
The confluence pipeline 4 adopts a streamline structure on the whole and is integrally formed, so that the gas and liquid flow is facilitated.
The installation method of the vacuum tube comprises the following steps: 1. the size of the outer pipe needs to be confirmed, and then the corresponding pipe clamp is selected according to the size, and the pipe support is well made.
2. According to the size of the selected integral double-way vacuum tube, other corresponding pipe fittings such as flanges or valves are selected, a confluence pipeline 4 at an inlet and an outlet at the front end and the rear end of the vacuum tube and a liquid inlet pipe 3 at the inlet and the outlet are welded, and then other equipment or pipelines are connected in front of or behind the vacuum tube for receiving and using.
3. When the installation, outside the pipeline installation mouth of pipe special case adopted to arrange from top to bottom, generally all adopted and arranged from left to right, during the installation promptly, conflux pipeline 4 and 3 horizontal installations of feed liquor pipe, and on same straight line.
If the confluence pipeline 4 and the liquid inlet pipe 3 are arranged up and down during installation, on one hand, the liquid seal phenomenon of forming a gas phase pipe can be arranged at the confluence pipeline 4, and on the other hand, when the liquid circulation in the liquid inlet pipe 3 is insufficient, the contact area of the gas return pipe 2 can be reduced by liquid, so that the heat exchange efficiency is not high.
During horizontal installation, can compromise above-mentioned 2 aspects problems simultaneously, both can effectually stop the liquid seal phenomenon of gaseous phase pipe, can increase the area of contact of liquid in the feed liquor pipe 3 and muffler 2 again, guarantee heat transfer efficiency, the temperature that can be better in the muffler 2 rises, production that can effectual reduction BOG to and discharge, directly save the cost for the customer.
When the pipeline is maintained, only the vacuum degree needs to be detected, or the vacuum is periodically pumped according to the requirements of the specification, so that the heat preservation effect of the pipeline is ensured.
The above description is only exemplary of the present invention and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention, as any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.