EP1137589B1 - Station de distribution de carburant - Google Patents

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EP1137589B1
EP1137589B1 EP99960023A EP99960023A EP1137589B1 EP 1137589 B1 EP1137589 B1 EP 1137589B1 EP 99960023 A EP99960023 A EP 99960023A EP 99960023 A EP99960023 A EP 99960023A EP 1137589 B1 EP1137589 B1 EP 1137589B1
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fuel
filling station
storage tank
fluid
impermeable container
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Johan Van Den Tol
Paulus Johannes Petrus De Lange
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Projectmanagement P de Lange BV
Waco Liesbosch Beton BV
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D7/00—Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers, e.g. for retail sale purposes
    • B67D7/06—Details or accessories
    • B67D7/78—Arrangements of storage tanks, reservoirs or pipe-lines

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  • the invention relates to a fuel station for petrol and the like, comprising a storage tank for fuel, a liquid-impermeable container located underground in which the storage tank is placed, pipes connected to the storage tank for the conveyance of fuel to and from the storage tank, of which at least one pipe is connected to a filling station comprising at least one pump unit.
  • US-A-4,978,249 discloses a system for the safe storage of fuel, wherein the fuel tanks are standing in an underground compartment which is impermeable to fluid and made of reinforced concrete.
  • the fuel tanks are coupled with pipes for the inlet and outlet of fuel, which pipes are lead through fluid-impermeable housings and exit in the fluid-impermeable compartment.
  • This system ensures that fuel spillage can be recovered in the underground fluid-impermeable container in which the fuel tanks are placed.
  • the filling station is located at a distance removed from the storage tanks. Usually such a filling station, comprises a plurality of pump units as shown, for example, in US-A-5.454.205.
  • a known problem is that the fuel spilt during filling up disappears into the ground.
  • US-A-5,454,205 solves this problem by situating the filling station on a leak-proof floor, over which the traffic driving in and out of the filling station moves.
  • the drawback of a fuel station according to the state of the art that is built to combat as much as possible environmental contamination resulting from leakage is, that it requires expensive provisions, as can be seen from the combined disclosures US-A-4,978,249 and US-A-5,454,205.
  • a fuel station according to the preamble of claim 1 is known.
  • the fuel station according to this citation includes a fluid-tight vault with a floor, side walls and a roof, which vault is placed under the filling station.
  • the vault according to US-A-5,833,390 provides a containment system for the fuel storage and dispensing system, in which all fuel lines and storage tanks are enclosed and which secures a 100 % containment of the underground fuel system preventing possible contamination of the environment due to its leakage.
  • the object of the invention to simplify the construction of a filling station of the kind mentioned in the preamble in order to save costs, however, without making concessions to environmental measures aimed at preventing ground contamination resulting from leakage caused by refuelling that occurs above ground-level.
  • the filling station having the fluid-impermeable container placed under the filling station is characterized in that the container is provided with means for recovering the fuel that has leaked during above-ground refuelling.
  • US-A-5,454,205 The expensive leak-proof floor proposed in US-A-5,454,205 then becomes entirely unnecessary, as one can then take full advantage of the leak-proof properties of the fluid-impermeable container in which the storage tank is placed.
  • US-A-5,664,696 discloses an installation involving fuel tanks located in the ground, and which fuel tanks are placed in a fluid-impermeable container.
  • the fluid-impermeable container is intended for the recovery of fluid that has leaked from the tanks.
  • the publication does not mention the placing of a filling station above the tanks, such that the fluid-impermeable container can simultaneously be used for the recovery of fuel that has leaked during refuelling.
  • the publication mentions the use of moisture-proof lids over the container, in order to avoid fluid, such as leakage fluid from a filling station, from seeping into the receptacle.
  • a further advantageous circumstance of the invention is that if an aboveground construction, such as a cantilever roof and/or an area for a cash point to settle the fuel bill is provided, the same is preferably built such that the foundation of the structure rests on the fluid-impermeable container.
  • the extent of foundation required under the filling station can thus be limited to a portion required anyway as foundation for the fluid-impermeable container in which the storage tank is placed.
  • WO 94/20341 discloses the use of a foundation for the storage tank to be shared with other parts of the filling station.
  • the use of a fluid-impermeable container under the filling station, which simultaneously serves as the foundation is not known from this publication.
  • Fig. 1 and 2 shows the filling station according to the invention in a cross section and longitudinal section.
  • the filling station 1 is intended for refuelling with petrol, diesel oil, LPG and the like, and comprises an underground storage tank 2 for the respective fuel.
  • the storage tank 2 is located in an underground fluid-impermeable container 3.
  • Pipes are connected (not shown) to the storage tank 2 in a manner with which the person skilled in the art is quite familiar, which pipes serve for the conveyance of fuel from and to the storage tank 2.
  • At least one pipe namely the pipe serving for the conveyance of fuel from the storage tank 2 is coupled with the filling station 4 above ground, which comprises at least one pump unit 5.
  • the fluid-impermeable container 3 is positioned under the filling station 4, the recovery container 3 being provided with means for receiving fuel leaked during refuelling.
  • the service floor 6 may, for instance, be provided with openings through which the fuel can run into the fluid-impermeable container 3. This may be executed in a manner known to the person skilled in the art, and is not shown in the Figures.
  • the filling station 1 may further be provided with an aboveground construction in the form of a cantilever roof 7 or a building where the fuel bill can be paid.
  • the figures merely show one construction in the form of a cantilever roof 7.
  • such a construction may be directly founded upon the fluid-impermeable container 3.
  • the fluid-impermeable container 3 may even be founded upon piles 8.

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Claims (2)

  1. Station de distribution de carburant et autres matières du même genre, comprenant un réservoir de stockage pour le carburant, un conteneur étanche situé en sous-sol et dans lequel est placé ledit réservoir de stockage, des tuyaux reliés audit réservoir de stockage pour le transport dudit carburant à destination et en provenance dudit réservoir de stockage, dont un tuyau au moins est relié à une station de distribution comprenant au moins un groupe moto-pompe, dans lequel le conteneur étanche (3) est placé sous ladite station de distribution (4), caractérisée en ce que ladite station de distribution est munie de moyens de récupération du carburant s'étant échappé pendant le ravitaillement en carburant en surface.
  2. Station de distribution selon la revendication 1, munie d'une construction en surface, telle qu'un toit en encorbellement et/ou une zone de caisse destinée au règlement des factures de carburant, caractérisée en ce que la construction repose sur le conteneur étanche.
EP99960023A 1998-12-08 1999-12-06 Station de distribution de carburant Expired - Lifetime EP1137589B1 (fr)

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NL1010755 1998-12-08
NL1010755A NL1010755C2 (nl) 1998-12-08 1998-12-08 Tankstation.
PCT/NL1999/000747 WO2000034178A1 (fr) 1998-12-08 1999-12-06 Station de distribution de carburant

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EP1137589B1 true EP1137589B1 (fr) 2003-02-12

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DE (1) DE69905395T2 (fr)
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ES2360689B1 (es) * 2008-09-15 2012-04-20 Luis Brasa Fernandez Estación de servicio sostenible.
ES2447316B1 (es) * 2013-12-02 2014-12-16 Grupo Soteinpe S.L. Sistema de construcción modular de una instalación de almacenamiento y dispensación de combustible

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US4978249A (en) 1989-03-14 1990-12-18 Killman Troy H Safe, fluid-storage system
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US5526964A (en) * 1994-07-12 1996-06-18 Moore; Bobby P. Fuel dispensing system
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US5833390A (en) * 1996-12-17 1998-11-10 Lovett; Jerry Fluid storage and delivery system

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WO2000034178A1 (fr) 2000-06-15
NL1010755C2 (nl) 2000-06-13
AU1697000A (en) 2000-06-26
DE69905395T2 (de) 2004-02-05
DE69905395D1 (de) 2003-03-20

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