EP2354627B1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Befüllung von Gasflaschen - Google Patents

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Befüllung von Gasflaschen Download PDF

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EP2354627B1
EP2354627B1 EP10190321.9A EP10190321A EP2354627B1 EP 2354627 B1 EP2354627 B1 EP 2354627B1 EP 10190321 A EP10190321 A EP 10190321A EP 2354627 B1 EP2354627 B1 EP 2354627B1
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  • the present invention relates to the field of filling gas cylinders, in particular oxygen and medical air.
  • the filling of the gas bottles 4 is generally carried out by successive filling cycles by means of one (or more) packing ramp (s) 3 each supplying several pressurized gas bottles 4, such as illustrated in Figure 1 .
  • Each ramp 3 is itself fed with pressurized gas from a buffer capacity 1, that is to say a gas storage tank.
  • the buffer capacity 1 is full of gas at an initial maximum pressure, for example a pressure of 240 bar.
  • the buffer capacity 1 is fluidly connected by a gas supply pipe 2 to the conditioning ramp 3, said main pipe 2 being equipped with a control valve 5, commonly called a filling valve or isolation valve, used to control, that is to say allow or interrupt, sending gas buffer 1 to the ramp 3 and therefore the bottles 4 to fill.
  • a control valve 5 commonly called a filling valve or isolation valve, used to control, that is to say allow or interrupt, sending gas buffer 1 to the ramp 3 and therefore the bottles 4 to fill.
  • the gas contained in the buffer capacity 1 is conveyed by the pipe or main gas line 2 to the ramp 3 and is used to pre-fill the gas cylinders 4.
  • the pressure then drops in the buffer capacity 1 until a pressure equilibrium is obtained with the bottles 4, that is to say until an equal equilibration pressure is obtained in the buffer capacity 1 and in the bottles 4, as well as in the main supply line 2.
  • This balancing pressure is lower than the maximum starting pressure, for example a pressure of 110 bar.
  • an external gas source 7 such as a storage tank, a gas supply pipe or a network of pipes
  • cryogenic pump 6 simultaneously sends pressurized gas, possibly heated in an atmospheric heater 16 or the like, to the buffer capacity 1 and the bottles 4 of the ramp 3 so as to fill them concomitantly.
  • the document is also known WO-2009/013415 which describes a method of filling the tank of a bus or the like with hydrogen, in which the hydrogen is, as the case may be, from low pressure hydrogen sources connected to a compressor or from a storage of hydrogen liquid associated with a pumping and vaporization system.
  • the hydrogen gas can be conveyed directly to the bus tank or to buffer storage facilities.
  • the control of gas flows is via valves, sensors, filters ...
  • WO-A-01/77574 teaches a gas tank filling plant, in particular fuel gas for combustion engines, comprising gas sources connected to sites using the gas, via gas pipes equipped with valves.
  • An optional compressor is arranged on a bypass line connected to the gas lines.
  • the problem to be solved is to be able to improve the conditioning efficiency of the gas cylinders by proposing a method and an installation for faster filling of the bottles and the buffer capacity.
  • the solution proposed by the present invention relates to a gas conditioning installation as defined by claim 1.
  • the invention also relates to a use of an installation according to the invention for filling gas conditioning containers, in particular gas bottles, in particular with oxygen or air, or even with another gas such as argon, xenon, nitrogen, NO, CO, CO 2 or N 2 O, or a mixture of several of these gases.
  • gas conditioning containers in particular gas bottles, in particular with oxygen or air, or even with another gas such as argon, xenon, nitrogen, NO, CO, CO 2 or N 2 O, or a mixture of several of these gases.
  • the buffer capacity 1 of the installation is full of gases, such as oxygen or medical grade air, at an initial maximum pressure, typically between 200 and 350 bar, by example of the order of 240 bar.
  • gases such as oxygen or medical grade air
  • control valve 8 arranged on the supply pipe 2, still called main pipe, and which is normally open, closes.
  • This control valve 8 can be controlled remotely by conventional control means, that is to say any valve control device of known type, so that, as soon as the filling valve 5 is opened, the control valve 8 closes.
  • the gas contained in the buffer capacity 1 is then diverted by a bypass pipe 10 which is connected to the main supply pipe 2, upstream and downstream of the control valve 8 so as to put in fluidic communication the pipe portion main supply 2 located upstream of the control valve 8 with that located downstream of the control valve 8, considering the flow direction of the gas from the buffer capacity 1 to the control valve 8.
  • Bypass line 10 comprises a non-return device 9 of gas, for example a non-return valve, which allows the passage of the gas from the buffer capacity 1 to the bottles 4 but prevents any rise of the gas towards the buffer capacity 1.
  • a non-return device 9 of gas for example a non-return valve
  • the gas delivered by the buffer capacity 1 therefore flows through the bypass line 10, through the non-return valve 9, to the ramp 3 and finally to the bottles 4.
  • the gas from the source 7 is in fact compressed by a cryogenic pump 6 and then distributed in the secondary supply line 11.
  • a vaporizer or atmospheric gas heater 16 may be arranged between the source 7 and the pump 6 or preferably between the pump 6 and the filling valve 5.
  • the cryogenic pump 6 which has started at a given pressure, completes the filling of the bottles 4 only because the valve 8 is closed and the non-return valve 9 prevents the filling of the buffer capacity 1 by opposing any pressure build-up to said buffer capacity 1.
  • the manual isolation valve 12 in normal use mode, is always open. Its closing by the operator makes it possible to isolate the buffer capacity 1.
  • a first pressure gauge 13 installed upstream of a safety valve 14 makes it possible to ensure the absence of pressure in the main supply pipe portion 2 , near the buffer capacity 1.
  • the pressure gauge 13 and the safety valve 14 are connected to the pipe 2 via a pipe fluidly connected to said pipe 2, between the capacity 1 and the valve. Isolation 12.
  • a second manometer 15 is arranged on the main supply pipe 2, downstream of the control valve 8.
  • the buffer capacity 1 is filled with gas from the external source 7.
  • the control valve 8 is open, which allows a recovery pressurized gas in the line 2 to the buffer capacity 1. It stops filling the capacity 1 when the pressure therein reaches the desired maximum value, for example 240 bar.
  • the equilibrium pressure reached (for example 110 bar)
  • the pump 6 increases the pressure of the line (viewable on the manometer 15) while the pressure of the pressure gauge 13 located near the buffer capacity 1 remains stable at the pressure previous balance.
  • the line 2 pressure rises to the calculated filling pressure (depending on the temperature).
  • control valve 8 opens, thus enabling the buffer capacity to be refilled, the two gauges 13, 15 then displaying the same pressure until the maximum pressure, for example 240 bar, is reached. which corresponds to the stopping instruction of the cryogenic pump.
  • the method and the installation of the invention make it possible to fill the bottles and buffer capacity more quickly by implementing a sequential rather than simultaneous filling of the bottles and the buffer capacity.

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  1. Anlage zur Konditionierung von Gas, umfassend zumindest:
    - einen Pufferspeicher (1), der ein Druckgas enthält,
    - eine Rampe (3) zum Füllen von Gasbehältern (4),
    - eine Hauptgasversorgungsrohrleitung (2), die den Pufferspeicher (1) mit der mindestens einen Rampe (3) zum Füllen fluidisch verbindet,
    - ein Füllventil (5), das in der Hauptversorgungsrohrleitung (2) angeordnet ist,
    - ein Steuerventil (8), das zwischen dem Pufferspeicher (1) und dem Füllventil (5) in der Versorgungsrohrleitung (2) angeordnet ist,
    - eine Umgehungsrohrleitung (10), die mit der der Hauptrohrleitung (2) stromaufwärtig und stromabwärtig vom Steuerventil (8) fluidisch verbunden ist, unter Berücksichtigung der Strömungsrichtung des Gases vom Pufferspeicher (1) in Richtung der mindestens einen Rampe (3),
    - eine Gasrückschlagvorrichtung (9), die in der Umgehungsrohrleitung (10) angeordnet ist, wobei sie den Durchlass von Gas nur in Richtung der mindestens einen Rampe (3) zulässt, und
    und wobei das Steuerventil (8) von Lenkungsmitteln so gesteuert wird, dass es geöffnet ist, wenn das Füllventil (5) geschlossen ist, oder umgekehrt,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass:
    - die Hauptversorgungsrohrleitung (2) mit einer von einer Gasquelle (7) versorgten Kryopumpe (6) fluidisch verbunden ist und
    - ein handbetätigtes Absperrventil (12) zwischen dem Pufferspeicher (1) und dem Steuerventil (8) in der Hauptrohrleitung (2) angeordnet ist.
  2. Anlage nach dem vorstehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es sich bei der Rückschlagvorrichtung (9) um ein Rückschlagventil handelt.
  3. Anlage nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es sich bei der Gasquelle (7) um eine Quelle für Sauerstoff, Luft, Argon, Xenon, Stickstoff, NO, CO, CO2 oder N2O oder ein Gemisch mehrerer dieser Gase handelt.
  4. Anlage nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein erstes Manometer (13) zwischen dem Pufferspeicher (1) und dem handbetätigten Absperrventil (12) in der Hauptrohrleitung (2) angeordnet ist.
  5. Anlage nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein zweites Manometer (15) zwischen dem Steuerventil (8) und dem Füllventil (5) angeordnet ist.
  6. Anlage nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein Verdampfer oder ein atmosphärischer Gaserhitzer (16) zwischen der Gasquelle (7) und dem Füllventil (5) angeordnet ist.
  7. Anlage nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Verdampfer oder atmosphärische Gaserhitzer (16) zwischen der Kryopumpe (6) und dem Füllventil (5) angeordnet ist.
  8. Anlage nach einem der Ansprüche 6 oder 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Gasquelle (7), die Kryopumpe (6) und der Verdampfer oder atmosphärische Gaserhitzer (16) in einer mit der Hauptversorgungsrohrleitung (2) fluidisch verbundenen Sekundärversorgungsrohrleitung (11) in Reihe angeordnet sind.
  9. Anlage nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Sekundärversorgungsrohrleitung (11) zwischen dem Steuerventil (8) und dem Füllventil (5) mit der Hauptrohrleitung (2) fluidisch verbunden ist.
  10. Anlage nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Umgehungsrohrleitung (10) auf der stromaufwärtigen Seite zwischen dem handbetätigten Absperrventil (12) und dem Steuerventil (8) und auf der stromabwärtigen Seite zwischen dem Steuerventil (8) und der Anschlussstelle zwischen der Hauptversorgungsrohrleitung (2) und der Sekundärversorgungsrohrleitung (11) mit der Hauptversorgungsrohrleitung (2) fluidisch verbunden ist.
  11. Verwendung einer Anlage nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche zum Füllen von Gasflaschen (4) mit Sauerstoff oder medizinischer Luft.
  12. Verfahren zum Füllen eines oder mehrerer Gasbehälter (4), wobei eine Anlage nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10 eingesetzt wird und wobei:
    a) einem oder mehreren Gasbehältern (4) Gas zugeführt wird, das von einem Pufferspeicher (1) stammt, der ein Gas mit einem gegebenen Anfangsdruck enthält, bis zwischen dem Druck im Pufferspeicher (1) und dem Druck in dem oder den Gasbehältern (4) ein Druckausgleich erhalten wird, und anschließend die Gasversorgung mit vom Pufferspeicher (1) stammenden Gas zu dem oder den Gasbehältern (4) gestoppt wird,
    b) der Behälter oder die Behälter mit Druckgas versorgt wird (werden), das von einer zusätzlichen Gasquelle (7) stammt und mittels einer Kryopumpe (6) dem oder den Gasbehältern zugeführt wird,
    c) die Versorgung von Schritt b) beendet wird, wenn der Druck des Gases in dem oder den Gasbehältern einen erwünschten Maximalwert erreicht,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass in Schritt b) das von der Kryopumpe (11) geförderte Druckgas nur dem oder den Gasbehältern (4) zugeführt wird, wobei jegliches Rückströmen von Gas in Richtung des Pufferspeichers (1) unterbrochen ist.
  13. Verfahren nach Anspruch 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass erst nach der Beendigung der Versorgung von Schritt c) damit begonnen wird, den Pufferspeicher (1) mit von der zusätzlichen Gasquelle (7) stammendem Gas zu versorgen.
  14. Verfahren nach Anspruch 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es sich beim Gas um Sauerstoff oder Luft handelt und es sich bei den Behältern (4) um Gasflaschen handelt.
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