GB2112929A - Fibre optic level gauge and valve head for pressurized vessels - Google Patents
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Abstract
At least one inlet optical fibre (12) and at least one outlet optical fibre (13) provide optical communication between the exterior and the interior of said pressurized vessel, the inlet optical fibre (12) having one end adapted to be optically connected to an external light source, and the outlet optical fibre (13) having one end adapted to be optically connected to an external light detector, the inlet optical fibre (12) and the outlet optical fibre (13) having the other ends located within the vessel in spaced positions so that light emitted from an inlet fibre (12) is received by an outlet fibre, the amount of light received being dependent on the presence/absence of liquid which causes at least some of the light to be reflected back into fibre (12). The inlet optical fibre (12) and the outlet optical fibre (13) enter the vessel through a housing (8), the interior of which is filled up with a mass of a sealing material (17), e.g. silicone rubber under compression the gauge may be incorporated in a filling valve head for the vessel (Fig. 3). <IMAGE>
Description
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Fibre optic level gauge and valve head provided with a fibre optic level gauge, for pressurized vessels
The invention relates to a fibre optic level gauge for use in pressurized vessels for liquefied gases, such as LPG, and a valve head for pressurized vessels provided with such a fibre optic level gauge.
The most convenient method for storing gas in a liquefied state is pressurizing the gas. For storing gas under pressure, pressurized vessels must be applied which are able to withstand the vapour pressure of the stored gas at the maximum occurring external temperature and which must comply with relevant governmental regulations in the field of safety. There are, for example, regulations stating that pressurized vessels should be designed to withstand predetermined minimum working pressures. There are further regulations stating that the vessels filling capacity should be such that the vessels will become not more than 97% liquid full due to expansion of the liquefied gas with a rise of temperature to the highest operational temperature.Therefore each vessel for pressurized fluids has a predetermined maximum fill level, depending on the type of fluid and the area for which the vessel is intended.
From the above it will be clear that during filling of pressurized vessels the filling level has to be controlled to avoid overfilling.
A number of methods are known to prevent overfill of vessels. A traditional method for detecting overfill consists herein that a vent tube having an open end and a valved end has its open end inside a vessel to be filled, at the maximum permitted filling level. The valved end is arranged outside the vessel under the control of the filling operator. During filling the vent is held in an open position so that there is a discharge of gas through the vent until the liquid level reaches the open end of the vent tube, whence liquid appears at the vent. A disadvantage of this type of overfill control system is that the escape of gas may easily create a hazardous risk for the filling operator, due to easy inflammability of the gas.A further disadvantage of this known control system consists herein that it cannot be readily automated, and therefore requires fully concentrated attention of the filling operator.
Other known level control systems such as gauge glasses and float level indicators provide a continuous level, indication but are not explicit to detect overfill. Gauge glasses further involve considerable mechanical design problems in their protection against mechanical damage, and
inherent in float level indicators are the problems of float sticking.
More recently, with the advanced development
of so-called optical fibres, the use of such optical
fibres as level detectors has become known. The
basic principle of optical fibres as level detectors
consists herein that light is beamed through an
optical fibre probe and the light returning after transmission is detected by a photo-electric detector. A known example of fibre optic level control apparatus consists of one or more inlet optical fibres cooperating with one or more outlet optical fibres. One end of the inlet optical fibre(s) is connected to a light source, and one end of the outlet optical fibre(s) is connected to a photoelectric detector.The other ends of the inlet and outlet optical fibre(s) are spaced apart from each other in a vessel to be filled in such a manner that the liquid in the vessel will cause light emitted from the inlet optical fibre to be directed through the outlet optical fibre. The sensitivity of the photo-electric detector can be adjusted so that it will be energized by the light transmitted at the predetermined liquid level in the vessel.
Optical fibre level control apparatuses have a number of advantages over the above-mentioned more traditional sensing methods, such as the absence of moving parts and requires therefore little, if any, maintenance. The detector and the light source used with such apparatuses may be installed away from the vessel at a safe distance therefrom.
The known fibre optic level control apparatuses have a main disadvantage in that they are not suitable for use in pressurized vessels, such as vessels for LPG, wherein the gas should not be exposed to the atmosphere.
The object of the invention is to provide a fibre optic level gauge for controlling the liquid level in a pressurized vessel.
The fibre optic level gauge for controlling the liquid level in a pressurized vessel for liquefied gas thereto comprises according to the invention at least one inlet optical fibre and at least one outlet optical fibre, for providing optical communication between the exterior and the interior of said pressurized vessel, said inlet optical fibre having one end adapted to be optically connected to an external light source, and the outlet optical fibre having one end adapted to be optically connected to an external light detector, said inlet optical fibre and said outlet optical fibre having the other ends located within the vessel in spaced positions so that light emitted from one of these other ends is receivable by the other of these ends, wherein the inlet optical fibre and the outlet optical fibre enter the vessel through a housing, the interior of the housing being filled up with a mass of a sealing material.
The housing may be adapted to be mounted on a pressurized vessel either directly or via the valve head of a pressurized vessel. The sealing between the optical fibres and the housing prevents the escape of liquid or vapour from a pressurized vessel via the fibre optic level gauge.
The invention further provides a valve head for pressurized vessels for liquefied gas having a body provided with an internal passage adapted to form a fluid communication between the interior of a pressurized vessel and the exterior, wherein the valve head is provided with a fibre optic level gauge according to the invention as described above.
The invention will now be described by way of example in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein
Figure 1 shows a longitudinal cross section of a pressurized vessel provided with a fibre optic level gauge according to the invention;
Figure 2 shows detail II of Figure 1 on an enlarged scale;
Figure 3 shows a longitudinal cross section of a valve head for pressurized vessels, provided with a fibre optic level gauge according to the invention; and
Figure 4 shows schematically the light propagation and transmission at the end of an inlet optical fibre, shown in the preceding Figures.
It should be noted that identical elements shown in the Figures have been indicated with the same reference numeral.
Figure 1 shows a pressurized vessel 1 for liquefied gas, such as LPG, provided with a schematically shown valve head 2 for filling the vessel 1. For determining the liquid level in the vessel, the vessel 1 is provided with a fibre optic level gauge, generally indicated with reference numeral 3, mounted in an opening in the wall of the vessel 1, at a substantial distance from the valve head 2. The fibre optic level gauge 3 is connected to a light source 4 and a light detector 5, such as a photo-electric cell, by means of a plurality of connecting optical fibres 6 and 7 respectively.
The fibre optic level gauge will now be discussed in more detail with reference to Figure 2.
The fibre optic level gauge 3 comprises a housing 8 provided with a flange 9, bolted to a flange construction 10, welded in an opening in wall 11 of the vessel 1. A plurality of inlet optical fibres 12 and outlet optical fibres 13 having inclined lower parts pass through openings in the bottom part of the housing 8 and are partly arranged in the vessel 1. The optical fibres 12 and 13, having their lower ends arranged opposite to each other, are connected to a frame structure formed by blades 14 and 15, said blades being secured to the bottom part of the housing 8.
The lower ends of the optical fibres 12 and 13 may be cemented in holes in the blades 14 and 1 5 respectively. The blades 14 and 1 5 are spaced apart from each other to form a gap 1 6 between the inlet optical fibres 12 and the outlet optical fibres 13. The optical fibres 12 and 13 may be made of any material suitable for transmitting light A suitable material is for example glass.
Another suitable material is plastic, offering the advantage of having a tight bending radius and being relatively cheap. The optical fibres 12 and 13 may for example consist of a polymethyl methacrylate core sheathed with a transparent polymer. The diameter of the optical fibres 12 and 13 may be relatively small, for example, in the order of magnitude of 0.7 mm.
The interior of the housing 8 is filled with a sealing material 17, such as cured silicone rubber, held under pressure by a pressure cover 1 8 mechanically tightened onto the housing 8, by
means of a flange construction. The optical fibres
12 and 13 pass through holes in the pressure cover 18. For joining the connecting fibres 6 and
7 to the optical fibres 12 and 13, respectively, a connector 1 9 is mounted on the pressure cover
1 8, in such a manner that ends of the fibres 6 and
7 arranged in holes in the connector 19, mate the upper ends of the optical fibres 12 and 13, respectively.
The operation of the fibre optic level gauge as shown in the Figures 1 and 2 will now be described, with further reference to Figure 4, showing the light paths in the lower part of an inlet optical fibre 12. When the vessel 1 has to be filled with liquefied fluid under pressure, a fluid transfer line is connected to the valve head 2, whereas the fibre optic level gauge 3 is connected to the light source 4 and the light detector 5, by mounting connector 19 provided with the connecting fibres 6 and 7 onto the pressure cover 1 8. It should be noted that the fibre optic level gauge 3 is so arranged with respect to the vessel
1 that the lower ends of the optical fibres 12 and 1 3 are arranged substantially at the desired fluid level in the vessel.The operation of the fibre optic level gauge relies on the optical principles of total internal reflection. Snell's law n, sin ,=n2 sin (1)2 describes the relationship between the angles of incidence , 1 and refraction 4)2 for a ray propagating in a medium of refractive index n1, incident on a medium of refractive index n2. Using this equation it is evident that for n, > n2 there is a limiting angle of incidence , given by the equation
n2 1=sin1
n, beyond which total internal reflection occurs. Let us assume that the fibre used is provided with a core 20 with a refractive index of 1.49 and a sheath 21 superposed on said core, with a refractive index of 1.39.Then the critical angle for rays propagating within the core of the fibre is 690. Hence, the rays incident on the interface formed by the end 22 of the optical fibre 12 lie within a propagation cone 23 having a half angle of 21 . Independent of this there is a transmission cone 24 within the fibre 1 2 which describes the acceptance cone of rays which is incident on the interface formed by the end of the fibre would refract into the medium present in the gap 1 6.
The half angle of this transmission cone 24 is given by the formula n medium sin-' (
fibre and is for example 420 for gaseous butane and 630 for liquid butane.
The light transmitted from the fibre 12 into the medium in the gap 1 6 is determined by the intersection area of the propagation cone 23 and the transmission cone 24 and is therefore dependent on the angle of the fibre lower end 22 with the vertical cross section of the fibre. Since the transmission cone for liquid is substantially wider that the transmission cone for gas it will be clear that substantially more light from the optical fibre 1 2 is refracted into liquid than into gas. The light that is transmitted from the fibre 12 propagates across the gap 16, whereafter the major part of the light enters an output optical fibre 1 3 arranged in the extension of said inlet optical fibre 12.
When the vessel 1 is filled with pressurized liquefied gas the medium in the gap 16 is in first instance formed by gas, until the liquid reaches the maximum level and the gap 16 between the inlet optical fibres 1 2 and the outlet optical fibres 1 3 is thereby filled with pressurized liquid. As long as the gap is filled with gas a minor amount of light emitted from the light source 4 is transmitted from the inlet optical fibres 12 and enters the outlet optical fibres 1 3. When however the gap 1 6 is filled with liquid substantially more light will be transmitted via the gap 16 and will be detected by the light detector 5.The light detector 5 may be coupled to a not shown trigger mechanism giving a trigger signal as soon as the liquid in the vessel has reached its maximum level and the light detector 5 detects a substantial amount of light. The light detector 5 may also be electrically connected to the valve head 2, so that the filling valve is automatically shut off as soon as the amount of light detected by the light detector 5 exceeds a predetermined value or is considerably increased.
Reference is now made to Figure 3 showing a valve head provided with a fibre optic level gauge according to the invention.
The valve head, generally indicated by reference numeral 30, comprises a filling valve 31 mounted in an opening of an adapter 32, being at one end provided with screw thread for connection into a flange 33 of a not further shown pressurized vessel for liquefied gas.
The filling valve 31 is provided with a conduit 34 forming a fluid communication between a connecting head 35 of the filling valve 31 and an internal passage 36 in the adapter 32. A handwheel 37 is provided for displacing a valve body 38 to open or close the fluid communication between the connecting head 35 and the internal passage 36.
An inlet optical fibre 1 2 and an outlet optical fibre 13 pass through the internal passage 36 in the adapter. The upper part of said optical fibres is arranged in the housing 8 provided with the pressure cover 18, said housing 8 being mounted on the adapter 32 for example by means of welding. The lower ends of the optical fibres 12 and 1 3 are fixedly mounted in openings of blades 39 and 40, respectively, arranged apart from each other to form a gap 41. The blades 39 and 40 are secured to the adapter 32 via an intermediate part 42 provided with openings 43 in the wall thereof forming a fluid communication between the internal passage 36 and the interior of the pressurized vessel on which the valve head 30 is arranged.When the vessel is to be filled with pressurized liquefied fluid a transfer conduit is arranged on the connecting head 35 and the filling valve 31 is opened so that fluid flows via the connecting head 35, conduit 34, and internal passage 36 into the vessel. Connector 1 8 is positioned on the pressure cover 1 8 so that the connecting fibres 6 and 7 mate the inlet optical fibre 1 2 and the outlet fibre 13, respectively. The lower ends of the optical fibres are arranged at the maximum liquid level in the vessel. Via connecting fibre 6 and inlet optical fibre 12 light is transmitted to the interior of the vessel during the filling operation.
When the liquid in the vessel has reached the lower end of the optical fibres 12 and 13, the light transmitted via the liquid through the outlet optical fibre 13 and the connecting fibre 7 is detected by a not shown photo-electric cell which may be electrically connected to the valve head 30, so that the valve is automatically shut off when the liquid level has reached the lower ends of the optical fibres 12 and 13.
To prevent excessive interference of the liquid with the optical fibres 12 and 1 3 due to splashing or excessive turbulence during the filling operation not shown guide plates may be arranged in front of the gap 41 or the blades 39 and 40 may be enclosed by an open-ended sleeve.
Although in the Figures only one or two inlet optical fibre(s) co-operate with one or two outlet optical fibre(s) it is to be understood that any other number of inlet and outlet optical fibres may be applied.
When a pressurized vessel is intended to be used for storage of different types of liquid, the optic fibre level gauge is preferably provided with a number of inlet and outlet optical fibres equal to the number of types of liquid, each requiring a specific maximum fill level in the vessel.
Although in the embodiments shown in the
Figures the optical fibres are so arranged that their lower parts are inclined with respect to the horizontal, and their lower ends make an angle with their vertical cross sections, other positions of the optical fibres may be applied. A different arrangement may for example be obtained by positioning the optical fibres at an angle with respect to each other. The angle of inclination and the horizontal distance between the lower ends of the fibres should be chosen such that light from an inlet optical fibre will be transmitted via the liquid/gas interface in a vessel to an outlet optical fibre when the liquid has reached its maximum level. In this arrangement the lower ends of the optical fibres preferably are perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the fibres.
A further alternative arrangement of the fibre optic level gauge may be obtained by connecting the lower ends of the inlet and outlet optical fibres to a light transmitting body provided with at least two non-parallel surface portions in the path of light emitted via the inlet optical fibre. The outlet optical fibre is so arranged relative to the inlet optical fibre that light from the inlet optical fibre after internal reflection from said non-parallel surface portions of the light transmitting body is transmitted to the outlet optical fibre. When said non-parallel surface portions are surrounded by gas the major part of the light emitted by the inlet optical fibre is reflected to the outlet optical fibre.
When however liquid surrounds said non-parallel surface portions, essentially no light is reflected to the outlet optical fibre.
Claims (12)
1. Fibre optic level gauge for controlling the liquid level in a pressurized vessel for liquefied gas, comprising at least one inlet optical fibre and at least one outlet optical fibre for providing optical communication between the exterior and the interior of said pressurized vessel, the inlet optical fibre having one end adapted to be optically connected to an external light source, and the outlet optical fibre having one end adapted to be optically connected to an external light detector, the inlet optical fibre and the outlet optical fibre having the other ends located within the vessel in spaced positions so that light emitted from one of these other ends is receivable by the other of these ends, wherein the inlet optical fibre and the outlet optical fibre enter the vessel through a housing, the interior of the housing being filled up with a mass of a sealing material.
2. Fibre optic level gauge as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mass of the sealing material is held in a pressurized condition.
3. Fibre optic level gauge as claimed in claim 2, wherein the mass of the sealing material is held in a pressurized condition by a pressure cover covering an opening in the housing.
4. Fibre optic level gauge as claimed in claim 3, wherein the inlet optical fibre and the outlet optical fibre pass through openings in the pressure cover.
5. Fibre optic level gauge as claimed in any one of the claims 1-4, wherein the sealing material is formed of silicone rubber.
6. Fibre optic level gauge as claimed in any one of the claims 1-5, wherein the other ends of the inlet optical fibre and the outlet optical fibre are held in a substantially fixed position relative to each other by means of a frame structure connected to the housing.
7. Fibre optic level gauge as claimed in claim 6, wherein the frame structure consists of bladeshaped elements, each holding an optical fibre in a substantially fixed position.
8. Fibre optic level gauge as claimed in any one of the claims 1-7, wherein at least the other ends of the inlet optical fibre and the outlet optical fibre are surrounded by a sleeve.
9. Fibre optic level gauge as claimed in claim 8, wherein the sleeve is connected to the housing.
10. Fibre optic level gauge as claimed in claim 1, wherein the other ends of the inlet optical fibre and the outlet optical fibre are connected to a light transmitting body provided with at least two non-parallel surface portions so arranged that light emitted from the inlet optical fibre can be transmitted via the light transmitting body to the outlet optical fibre.
11. Valve head for pressurized vessels, having a body provided with an internal passage adapted to form a fluid communication between the exterior and the interior of a pressurized vessel wherein the valve head is provided with a fibre optic level gauge as claimed in any one of the preceding claims.
12. Fibre optic level gauge for controlling the liquid level in a pressurized vessel, substantially as described with particular reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 3. Valve head for pressurized vessels provided with a fibre optic level gauge substantially as described with particular reference to the accompanying drawings.
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| GB08139074A GB2112929B (en) | 1981-12-30 | 1981-12-30 | Fibre optic level gauge and valve head for pressurized vessels |
| CA000417142A CA1190762A (en) | 1981-12-30 | 1982-12-07 | Fibre optic level gauge and valve head provided with a fibre optic level gauge, for pressure vessels |
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| GB2176290A (en) * | 1985-05-03 | 1986-12-17 | Grampian Regional Council | Apparatus for monitoring fluid level |
| GB2207240A (en) * | 1987-07-06 | 1989-01-25 | Semi Gas Systems Inc | Optoelectronic chemical reaction detector |
| GB2207240B (en) * | 1987-07-06 | 1991-05-01 | Semi Gas Systems Inc | Optoelectronic chemical reaction detector |
| FR2623624A1 (en) * | 1987-11-19 | 1989-05-26 | Telemecanique Electrique | Method and device for determining the flow characteristics of a material inside a mould, during a moulding process |
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