EP2224132B1 - Dispositif de pompage - Google Patents

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EP2224132B1
EP2224132B1 EP10152003.9A EP10152003A EP2224132B1 EP 2224132 B1 EP2224132 B1 EP 2224132B1 EP 10152003 A EP10152003 A EP 10152003A EP 2224132 B1 EP2224132 B1 EP 2224132B1
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Johann Carl Rudolf Van Der Hart
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B9/00—Piston machines or pumps characterised by the driving or driven means to or from their working members
    • F04B9/08—Piston machines or pumps characterised by the driving or driven means to or from their working members the means being fluid
    • F04B9/10—Piston machines or pumps characterised by the driving or driven means to or from their working members the means being fluid the fluid being liquid
    • F04B9/109—Piston machines or pumps characterised by the driving or driven means to or from their working members the means being fluid the fluid being liquid having plural pumping chambers
    • F04B9/111—Piston machines or pumps characterised by the driving or driven means to or from their working members the means being fluid the fluid being liquid having plural pumping chambers with two mechanically connected pumping members
    • F04B9/113—Piston machines or pumps characterised by the driving or driven means to or from their working members the means being fluid the fluid being liquid having plural pumping chambers with two mechanically connected pumping members reciprocating movement of the pumping members being obtained by a double-acting liquid motor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B49/00—Control, e.g. of pump delivery, or pump pressure of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B47/00
    • F04B49/08—Regulating by delivery pressure
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B53/00—Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B23/00 or F04B39/00 - F04B47/00
    • F04B53/16—Casings; Cylinders; Cylinder liners or heads; Fluid connections
    • F04B53/162—Adaptations of cylinders

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  • the invention relates to a pumping device. Especially for pumping fluids which have been purified often membrane pumps are applied.
  • the advantage of a membrane pump is that there is a gas tight separation from the surrounding; because of this no contamination by foreign (gas) molecules will occur.
  • positive displacement pumps may be applied.
  • Known in the art are amongst others the DLE series pumps from the company Maximator, or pumps from Haskel.
  • the plunger in these plunger pumps or booster pumps due to the reciprocating movement of the plunger in these plunger pumps or booster pumps, alternatingly underpressure and overpressure will occur. There is a real possibility that this underpressure will draw in unwanted molecules via the plunger sealings and past the cylinder sealings. It is even very well possible to draw in air, which in combination with highly ignitable media may lead to a potential risk of explosion.
  • a liquid and/or gas booster pump which works according to the plunger principle generates heat at the compression cycle. When pumping larger molecules, so much heat is even generated that overheating can lead to very unwanted situations.
  • a lubrication film which may be present in order to protect sealing rings may burn, resulting in the break-down of amongst others the plunger sealing, cylinder sealing, damage to the plunger and the cylinder wall, check valves, and the like. Furthermore, the combustion products will gas out in the medium which is to be pumped and lead to contamination. With heavy loads on the booster pump, this risk will increase even further.
  • booster pumps are equipped with cooling ribs or the cycle-air of the booster is led into a double wall around the high pressure cylinder wall which causes it to cool down. Under standard circumstances this can be sufficient and the operational temperatures of those systems are set to remain within a bandwidth of 30 to 90 degrees Celsius.
  • an active control of the compression chamber temperature and also of the medium to be pumped is important. One might think of a medium which becomes instable at a higher temperature, which can reach an ignition temperature or which can go outside set boundaries.
  • the invention seeks to provide an improved pumping device.
  • the invention further or additionally aims to provide a pumping device which is suitable for pumping purified fluids like gases.
  • the invention to this end provides a pumping device according to claim 1.
  • the basic principle of the plunger booster pump is a composition of two rod coupled plungers, in which a large compressed air driven plunger drives the coupled smaller cylinder.
  • the amplification of the compression force is used to pump medium at the other side of the booster.
  • this chamber is in a pressure controlled manner coupled to the fluid that is to be pumped.
  • plunger booster pump The basic principle of the pumping device, here also called plunger booster pump, comprises, as already explained, an assembly of two rod coupled plungers, in which a larger, compressed air driven (“low pressure”) plunger drives a smaller, coupled (“high pressure”) plunger.
  • the amplified compression force that is in this manner generated during operation is used to pump a fluid of the pumping device.
  • a breathing segment is provided between both systems.
  • a second leaking in could be possible because of failure of sealings at the compression side of the high pressure cylinder tube, and due to this false air can be sucked in.
  • a controller may also be included which monitors whether the set pressure values in the breathing segments of the double cylinder wall of the high pressure cylinder do not become too high or too low. This can indicate a starting sealing problem and can be reported before an unwanted situation occurs.
  • This modification will therefore not only provide a preservation of the purity of the medium to be pumped, it also prevents potentially dangerous mixtures (which will furthermore be compressed), it allows to monitor and report the mechanical status of the plunger booster pump.
  • An active temperature control will allow a broader application of these pumping systems.
  • a cooling spiral around the high pressure cylinder This cooling spiral will be able to actively cool the compression chamber and the plunger.
  • the end part of the high pressure cylinder comprises a plate with several additional channels which are provided by us and through which (with the help of some special coupling pieces, we can lead a second cooling conduit; also the high pressure exit path can be cooled because of this.
  • the first mentioned inner spiral cooling is to be applied tightly around the inner tube, in order to improve transmission of heat.
  • a temperature sensor (and possible redundant second sensor) has been inserted. This will control a cooling valve in order to maintain the desired operating temperature, by means of a programmable temperature controller.
  • cooling machine for the completion of the cooling system there is a (locally provided) cooling machine; in an example which is not part of the claimed subject-matter it thus provides a stand alone cooling application or cooling device and does not need to be connected to an external cooling.
  • An example further relates to a temperature control device for a pumping device as described above, but which is outside of the scope of the present claims.
  • this device provides a conversion kit for an existing pump of the described type.
  • This kit comprises a cooling spiral, a casing for the high pressure cylinder, a temperature sensor and a control- or monitoring unit as described above. By means of the casing it is easy to notice leakage in the pump.
  • Figure 1 shows a schedule of a pumping device with a cooling provision.
  • a first low pressure plunger pump is provided with a first plunger in a first cylinder which is here mechanically coupled to a second plunger with a smaller surface area and which is moveable in the second cylinder.
  • the casing of the second cylinder is provided with a casing. This casing is provided with an inlet for the fluid which need to be pumped, usually a gas, under pressure.
  • the end part of the high pressure cylinder comprises a plate in which a number of additional channels, as is shown in Figures 5 and 10 , are provided by us through which we (using special coupling parts, see Figure 14 ) can lead a second cooling conduit, as is shown in Figure 8 and 7 .
  • the high pressure outlet can be cooled by this as well.
  • the aforementioned inner cooling spiral is in an embodiment provided tightly around the inner tube or inner housing, see Figures 13 and 11 , in order to optimize heat transmission.
  • a temperature sensor (and possibly a redundant second sensor for securing purposes) have been provided, see Figure 3 and 9 .
  • This will, through a programmable temperature controller, control a cooling valve in order to maintain the desired operational temperature.
  • a small (locally provided) cooling device is provided; this thus relates to a stand alone cooling device and needs no connection to an external cooling, see Figure 4 .
  • the mentioned gas ballast can facilitate gas qualities up to 6.0 (99,9999%) purity.
  • the end plate can be provided with a circumferential groove that is provided with a sealing ring, for instance made of PTFE.
  • the rim of the outer tube can be provided with a groove which connects to the sealing ring.
  • one of the parts of the plate or outer tube can be provided with a sharp edge which, when the parts are screwed or drawn, e.g. using the pull rods (see for instance Fig. 9 ), tight to each other, cut into the other part and thus provide a sealing.

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Claims (5)

  1. Dispositif de pompage comprenant un premier piston plongeur basse pression (LP) présentant une première surface de piston plongeur et qui peut être monté et descendu dans un premier cylindre, et un deuxième piston plongeur haute pression (HP) couplé fonctionnellement et présentant une deuxième surface plus petite de piston plongeur et qui est mobile dans un deuxième cylindre, le deuxième cylindre comportant une entrée de fluide (2) et une sortie de fluide (3) pour un fluide à pomper, ledit premier piston plongeur étant apte à entraîner, en fonctionnement, le deuxième piston plongeur en provoquant en fonctionnement une amplification d'une force de compression pour le pompage du fluide, dans lequel un segment respiratoire est en outre prévu entre les deux pistons plongeurs,
    caractérisé en ce qu'un espace du segment respiratoire est en liaison fluidique couplé à l'entrée (2) du fluide à pomper, par l'intermédiaire d'un régulateur (5) adapté pour maintenir, en fonctionnement, une légère surpression sur le segment respiratoire.
  2. Dispositif de pompage selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre un vase d'expansion (4) qui est un vase tampon, dans lequel le segment respiratoire, afin d'absorber les fluctuations de pression en fonctionnement, est en connexion fluidique avec ledit vase d'expansion (4), le vase d'expansion étant en outre en liaison fluidique avec le régulateur.
  3. Dispositif de pompage selon la revendication 2, dans lequel le deuxième cylindre est pourvu d'un deuxième tube formant enveloppe, dont une extrémité est fermée, fournissant ainsi une chambre qui est en connexion fluidique avec le vase tampon.
  4. Dispositif de pompage selon la revendication 3, comprenant en outre un contrôleur pour surveiller si une valeur de pression définie dans le segment respiratoire et/ou un espace enveloppé du segment respiratoire reste dans les valeurs limites.
  5. Dispositif de pompage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 - 3, comprenant en outre un contrôleur pour surveiller si une valeur de pression définie dans le segment respiratoire reste dans les valeurs limites.
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