EP3612735A1 - Dispositif de compensation de la pression adapté aux applications sous-marines - Google Patents

Dispositif de compensation de la pression adapté aux applications sous-marines

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EP3612735A1
EP3612735A1 EP18713887.0A EP18713887A EP3612735A1 EP 3612735 A1 EP3612735 A1 EP 3612735A1 EP 18713887 A EP18713887 A EP 18713887A EP 3612735 A1 EP3612735 A1 EP 3612735A1
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accumulator
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Juergen Schneider
Alexandre ORTH
Gottfried Hendrix
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  • the present invention relates to a pressure compensation device for a hydraulic system designed for underwater applications.
  • hydraulic pressure compensators can be used, which can raise the pressure level of a hydraulic system used in the underwater area to the prevailing in the water ambient pressure.
  • These membranes can be used, which are acted upon on one side with seawater environment and on the other side with a reservoir of the hydraulic system in communication.
  • a disadvantage of this arrangement is that if the membrane which forms an interface is damaged, seawater can penetrate into the hydraulic system. It should also be borne in mind that the diaphragm may be loaded with a compression spring whose spring force may be reduced and thus the maintenance-free operating time may be limited.
  • a pressure compensation device which is set up for underwater applications. It serves to seal an interior space of a housing, which itself forms an (inner) fluid area, with respect to the surrounding seawater area, wherein with the pressure compensation device a pressure level of the fluid area can be raised to at least the ambient pressure prevailing in the seawater area.
  • the hydraulic system adapted for underwater applications may thus comprise an interior of a housing (eg, a hydraulic and / or electrical component, such as an electric motor, a pump, a tank, or the like) which forms a fluid area opposite to the housing surrounding seawater area is sealed.
  • the at least one hydraulic pressure compensation device which can raise the pressure level of the fluid (hydraulic fluid, transformer oil, lubricant, etc.) in the fluid region at least to the prevailing in the (surrounding) seawater region ambient pressure.
  • the pressure compensation device is constructed in such a two-stage, that at least one memory with a flexible wall portion and at least one piston accumulator are arranged with a displaceable piston in series.
  • the proposed here device in a submerged filled with a fluid system has the particular advantage that an underwater pressure compensation with a dual (redundant) barrier against ingress of Lake water is realized.
  • the two barriers are arranged in series and connected.
  • first of all the at least one reservoir can be acted upon by the flexible wall area with the seawater, whereby the flexible wall can be moved in response to the seawater pressure.
  • the movement of the flexible wall can then be transferred (separated from the direct influence of the seawater) to a movement of the piston in the downstream piston accumulator.
  • a transmission medium can be used, in particular a liquid.
  • the (resulting de) movement of the piston can (directly) lead to a pressure adjustment in the fluid region, for which the piston is preferably in direct contact with the fluid region. Consequently, this arrangement would require two separate component failures (in the accumulator and piston accumulator) to occur before seawater can penetrate into the interior of the system.
  • the device is thus characterized by a high reliability, so that the system z. B. is designed for 20 years and more operating time and a minimum, preferably requires no maintenance.
  • the internal fluid eg, a hydraulic medium, transformer oil, or lubricant
  • the two barriers mean that the seawater has to pass two sealing points (diaphragm and piston seal) before it can penetrate the system (redundancy to prevent system errors). Reliability also contributes to the fact that no pressure spring directly impacts or loads the flexible wall (eg in the manner of a membrane), which considerably increases the lifetime of the system.
  • the reservoir (which is operatively connected to the seawater) with a flexible wall portion may be a membrane reservoir or a bubble reservoir.
  • a membrane may be provided which is substantially plate-shaped, whose circumference is (fixed) connected to a storage wall, and which is movable radially inwardly in response to a pressure prevailing there.
  • a bladder accumulator may be constructed with a flexible wall that encloses a predeterminable bladder storage volume and that can move axially and radially in response to a pressure prevailing there.
  • the flexible wall and / or the membrane are in particular fluid-tight and resistant to contact with seawater under high pressure.
  • the piston of the piston accumulator is loaded by at least one compression spring.
  • the compression spring can be used to set a predefinable bias, z. B. to set a relation to the pressure generated by the seawater pressure on the fluid region increased pressure level.
  • the piston is designed in particular with a rigid piston plate, which acts on the compression spring. Damage or overloading of this rigid piston due to the compression spring load can thus be permanently avoided.
  • the fluid in the fluid region is biased at 0.5 to 10 bar from the pressure of the surrounding seawater region.
  • a correspondingly designed compression spring may be provided in the piston accumulator, with which the bias voltage lying above the seawater pressure level can be adjusted.
  • the piston of the piston accumulator associated with a displacement sensor.
  • the displacement sensor is in particular configured to detect the current stroke or the current position of the piston with respect to a reference position or the piston accumulator.
  • a displacement sensor in this sense is in particular a sensor by means of which a position of the piston can be directly or indirectly determined or measured.
  • the sensor may include an end position switch, a pressure switch. This allows monitoring of possible leakage by observing the position of the piston, e.g. B. if a movement of the piston is determined under unchanged pressure conditions.
  • the piston of the piston accumulator may comprise a plurality of (in the effective direction of the pressure) downstream sealing means.
  • the piston can seal an opening of a second interior of the piston accumulator relative to the fluid region.
  • the piston may additionally have at least one (in contact with seawater) swellable seal with respect to a cylinder tube (piston-cylinder housing).
  • a gap is formed, which is filled with a transmission medium (fluid and / or gas).
  • a transmission medium fluid and / or gas.
  • an (exit-side) second interior of a membrane or bladder accumulator and a (input-side) first interior of a piston accumulator form a gap (partially or completely) filled with a fluid and / or gas.
  • the fluid (or transmission fluid) in the (output side) second interior of the memory with a flexible wall portion and the (input side) first interior of the piston accumulator a hydraulic fluid, a mechanical grease-like medium or a dielectric transformer oil.
  • the fluid in the (output side) second interior of the piston accumulator and in the fluid region is an oil, in particular a transformer oil.
  • the pressure compensation device is designed like a hollow cylinder such that an internal bladder accumulator is surrounded by an external piston accumulator. This allows a particularly compact design. This allows seawater to expand / reduce the bladder accumulator in the interior of the piston accumulator (axially and / or radially) in accordance with the ambient pressure under water. The resulting change in volume of the bubble memory shifts z.
  • an outboard (preferably substantially incompressible) transmission medium which in turn has a displacement (displacement) of the piston inward / outward result.
  • a piston plate can interact loosely or only via the transmission medium with the bladder accumulator.
  • the drum can have a plurality of bores distributed over a drum circumference and a central passage opening.
  • the holes are suitable for receiving pressure compensation elements.
  • the pressure compensation elements can in this case be connected in parallel and / or in series with one another in order to increase the redundancy in the event of a failure and / or to adjust the stroke compensation (jointly).
  • the central passage opening can (sealing) around a control axis of an electronic or hydraulic component (electric motor, pump, cylinder compensation, etc.) are arranged.
  • a here proposed pressure compensation device for pressurizing at least one filled with fluid (eg with hydraulic fluid, oil, grease, lubricant, etc.) housing for a hydraulic adjusting axis of an electric motor , a pump and / or a cylinder compensation proposed.
  • the at least one pressure compensation device is used in particular to apply an integrated hydraulic control axis (electric motor, pump, cylinder compensation) in its oil-filled housing to ambient pressure (water pressure).
  • the (more) pressure compensators are preferably housed in a kind of drum. Through the central opening of the drum, the cylinder or a rod of the cylinder can be filled, which allows a space-saving integrated design.
  • the measures proposed here are based in particular on the idea of designing a two-stage pressure compensator with a bubble or membrane reservoir which forms the seawater / intermediate pressure space interface and a piston or spring piston reservoir which establishes contact with the hydraulic reservoir. Instead of one there are now two interfaces; this increases the tightness and durability.
  • a bias above the seawater pressure level can be adjusted in the piston or spring piston accumulator by a spring.
  • FIG. 1 shows a circuit diagram of a pressure compensation device with - arranged in series - a diaphragm accumulator and a piston accumulator
  • FIG. 2 block diagram of a pressure compensating device between seawater and (inner) fluid region
  • FIG. 3 shows a circuit diagram of a pressure compensation device with two diaphragm accumulators and three piston accumulators, which are each arranged parallel to one another,
  • FIG. 5 shows an arrangement of a plurality of pressure compensation devices in a common drum-like holding element.
  • Fig. 1 shows the basic representation of a circuit diagram of a pressure compensation device 1 with - arranged in series and connected - a memory 2 with a flexible wall portion 4 and a piston accumulator 3 with a displaceable piston 5.
  • the memory 2 with flexible wall portion 4 is shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 using the example of a membrane Memory and illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5 using the example of a bubble memory.
  • the flexible wall 4 in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 is explained using the example of an impermeable membrane 9 and in FIGS. 4 and 5 using the example of an impermeable bladder 23.
  • the diaphragm accumulator 2 has a (input side) first inner space 2.1 and an (output side) second inner space 2.2.
  • the piston accumulator 3 has a (input side) first interior 3.1 and a (output side) second interior 3.2, which are separated from each other by the displaceable piston 5 and sealed by seals against each other.
  • a schematic parting line is designated, on the right side of the seawater area 7 and on the left side of the (inner) fluid area 8 is located.
  • the membrane reservoir is preceded by a filter 35 for the seawater. The seawater filter can be used to prevent dirt particles clogging the bore to the membrane.
  • the displaceable piston 5 of the piston accumulator 3, a displacement sensor 10 is assigned.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates a block diagram of the pressure compensating device 1, z. 1, between the seawater region 7 and the fluid region 8.
  • the first interior space 2.1 of the membrane reservoir 2 communicates with the seawater region 7 and the second interior space 3.2.
  • the piston accumulator 3 communicates with the fluid region 8.
  • the second inner space 2.2 of the diaphragm accumulator 2 and the first inner space 3.1 of the piston accumulator 3 functionally form a common intermediate space 11.
  • the intermediate space 11 can be formed as a single space.
  • the intermediate space 11 can also consist of two individual spaces, that is to say of the second inner space 2.2 and the first inner space 3.1, which are connected to one another by a pipeline or the like.
  • With 12 is a first limit, z. B. a membrane 9, and with 13 is a second boundary, for. B. a piston 5, referred to.
  • the two boundaries 12, 13 form a double security (redundancy) against ingress of seawater into the fluid area 8.
  • the first interior 2.1 of the membrane reservoir 2 is filled with seawater (first medium 27), which loads the one side of the membrane 9 with the prevailing ambient pressure in the water.
  • the water pressure in the seawater area 7 and in the first interior 2.1 is the same.
  • a second medium 28 transmission medium
  • the second medium 28 is pressurized by the other side of the diaphragm 9, so that the intermediate space 11 forms an intermediate pressure space.
  • the pressure of the medium 28 continues to load one side of the piston 5 of the piston accumulator 3.
  • the second interior 3.2 of the piston accumulator 3 is filled with a third medium 29, preferably with transformer oil.
  • the other side of the piston 5 exerts pressure on the medium 29.
  • This pressure also acts on the medium 29, the (not shown) downstream devices, eg. B. tank, housing, fills.
  • the pressure in the inner fluid region 8 and in the second interior 3.2 of the piston accumulator 3 is the same.
  • the downstream of the pressure compensation device 1 system device may be formed as a container-like module, with several such modules can be deposited on the seabed.
  • the container is filled with a dielectric fluid, e.g. As a hydraulic oil, filled, so that all components are immersed in the module in the liquid.
  • a pressure compensation between the interior of the container and the external environment is achieved such that the liquid is placed in the container under the same pressure as prevails in the external environment.
  • the pressure compensation device 1 has two interfaces or interfaces: a resilient separating element (membrane 9 or bubble 23), which is in contact with the seawater on one side, and a piston 5, on its other side of the liquid, which in the container is acted upon.
  • the presented here pressure compensation device 1 has the particular advantage that unintentionally penetrated by the membrane 9 seawater does not (directly) enters the container, but hindered by the piston 5 in the space 11 remains and can be removed there. It is thus a double security against invading seawater available.
  • An additional additional assurance is that the piston 5 of the piston accumulator 3 by a compression spring 22 (see also Fig. 4) is acted upon, whereby the medium 29 is under a bias.
  • the preload pressure is slightly greater than the ambient pressure, eg. B. 0.5 to 10 bar, so that ingress of seawater is prevented in the downstream device.
  • Fig. 3 shows a circuit diagram of a pressure compensating device, such. B. also according to Fig. 1, but with two diaphragm accumulators 2a, 2b and three piston accumulators 3a, 3b, 3c, which are each arranged and connected in parallel. In this way, a larger volume of the internal spaces of the diaphragm accumulator 2a, 2b and the piston accumulator 3a, 3b, 3c is realized.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a structural embodiment of a pressure compensation device 1, in particular also according to the circuit diagram shown in FIG. 1.
  • the embodiment is characterized in that the memory 2 with the flexible wall portion 4 and the piston accumulator 3 are formed in the manner of a compact cylinder, whereby a particularly space-saving design is realized.
  • the pressure compensation device 1 is designed like a hollow cylinder such that an internal bladder accumulator 2 is surrounded by an external piston accumulator 3.
  • the piston accumulator 3 consists of a cylinder tube 14 and a piston 5 as a separating element.
  • a closure lid 15 is present, which has a central through-opening 16.
  • a central through-opening 18 is present, which opens with the internal fluid region.
  • the piston 5 is sealed with seals 19 against the inner circumferential surface 14.3 of the cylinder tube 14.
  • a first hollow cylinder 20 grows out of the opening 18 facing surface of the closure lid 15 grows out a further hollow cylinder 21 whose open ends overlap each other.
  • a compression spring 22 is arranged, which is supported at one end on the closure lid 15 and at the other end on the piston 5.
  • the bladder 23 has two (axially) opposite end regions, wherein - in each case at a distance - the end regions of the piston 5 and the closure lid 15 and the central region of the hollow cylinders 20, 21 are opposite so that a gap 11 is formed.
  • the lower end region of the bladder 23 merges into a hollow-cylindrical through-connection 24 with an opening 34 for the passage of seawater (first medium 27), which passes through the opening 16.
  • first medium 27 seawater
  • This medium 28 in turn is clamped between the bladder 23 and the piston 5 and drives by the width of the bladder 23 and the medium 28 in the axial direction (function cylinder).
  • the piston 5 seals to the cylinder tube 14 by means of a piston seal 19 in addition (redundant).
  • the piston 5 is preloaded with a compression spring 22 and thus provides a bias of the system against the pressure of the first medium 27.
  • a medium on the piston side which is a third medium 29 or the same medium as the second medium May be 28, separated from and loaded with a bias against the first medium 27.
  • the piston 5 of the pressure compensation moves through the spring 22 in the end position and thus closes the opening 18 at the output by an (annular) seal 25 on the piston 5.
  • an (annular) seal 25 on the piston 5 preferably engages a cylindrical projection 30 on the piston 5 positively into the opening 18 a.
  • a protection by an additional sealing ring 31 on the piston 5 may be present, which is e.g. by contact with another medium, except the operating fluid or transmission fluid, swells. The swelling of the sealing ring 31 results in a positive fit, which produces a seal between the piston 5 and the cylinder tube 14.
  • the pressure compensation is used to equalize two pressures in a system, which work with media that are used separately, such. As oil and water.
  • one side can be prestressed by means of the spring 22 at a higher pressure so as to prevent penetration of the other medium into the system at a lower pressure.
  • the separation is redundant, since two different methods of separation of liquid or gaseous media are arranged in series, without requiring much space.
  • FIG. 5 shows an arrangement for a plurality of pressure compensation devices 1 (eg according to FIG. 4) in a common holding element.
  • the pressure compensation devices 1 are arranged parallel to one another in the longitudinal direction. As a result, a larger volume for the pressure compensation (redundancy) is realized.
  • a hollow cylinder 32 in the manner of a drum - half cut open in FIG. 5 - has a cylinder jacket 32.1 (hollow cylinder wall) and a cylinder interior 32.2.
  • the cylinder jacket 32.1 penetrates a plurality of aligned longitudinally parallel to the central axis through holes 33.1, 33.2, in each of which a pressure compensation device 1 is inserted positively.
  • FIG. 5 shows only one pressure compensation device 1 arranged in a bore 33, half cut open.
  • the hollow cylinder 32 is formed as a drum similar to a revolver magazine.
  • the pressure compensating device 1 can be used to apply an integrated hydraulic adjusting shaft 17 (electric motor, pump, cylinder compensation) in its oil-filled housing to ambient pressure (water pressure).
  • the (multiple) pressure compensators 1 are housed in a kind of drum. Through the central opening or the cylinder interior 32.2 of the drum, the cylinder or a rod of the cylinder can be performed, which allows a space-saving integrated design.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un système rempli d'un fluide, conçu pour des applications sous l'eau, avec lequel l'intérieur d'un boîtier et/ou d'un réservoir forme une zone fluide (8) étanche à l'eau de mer environnante (7), au moins un dispositif de compensation de pression hydraulique (1) étant prévu pour élever au moins le niveau de pression de la zone fluide (8) à celui de la pression ambiante dans la région d'eau de mer (7), le dispositif de compensation de pression (1) étant réalisé en deux étapes de telle sorte qu'au moins un réservoir (2) ; 2a, 2b) avec une surface de paroi flexible (4) et au moins un réservoir à piston (3 ; 3a à 3c) avec un piston coulissant (5) soient disposés en série.Il est également proposé d'utiliser le dispositif de compensation de la pression (1) pour mettre sous pression au moins un boîtier rempli de fluide pour un axe de réglage hydraulique.
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