US20120295533A1 - Method for ventilating a heavily cluttered room - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for ventilating a heavily cluttered room, as well as a room provided with ventilation means performing ventilation according to this method.
- the invention also relates to air intakes suitable for implementing the method.
- the invention can be applied in the context of natural gas liquefaction, which requires ventilation of heavily cluttered rooms (called LNG modules), including under particularly rigorous climate and environmental conditions (arctic region).
- This ventilation contributes to improving safety conditions for personnel and equipment.
- call arctic conditions it may be very difficult to ventilate the room, as it is directly impacted by rain, snow, frost, ice and wind.
- the personnel and the equipment must also be protected from these different phenomena.
- a second solution, mechanical ventilation, is also known.
- Mechanical ventilation uses fans to provide (and possibly heat) the air blown into the room and then remove it.
- this solution requires providing a technical room dedicated to the aerothermodynamic equipment, the surface area of which typically represents between 50 and 70% of the area of the room to be ventilated for a LNG module.
- this solution requires the presence of air transport sheaths in the room to be ventilated. These air transport sheaths are generally very large and extremely restrictive for positioning the equipment in the room, in particular when the room is heavily cluttered.
- mechanical ventilation is difficult to implement and is costly in terms of investment (land, machines, etc.) and operation (heating a large volume of air).
- the invention first relates to a room comprising an inner space delimited by an upper wall, a lower wall and side walls, the room being provided with a ventilation means, the ventilation means including:
- the side wall provided with the air extracting means comprises two end portions situated close to respective adjacent side walls, and a central portion between the two end portions, the air extracting means being distributed on the side wall so that the air extraction capacity per surface unit in the central portion is greater than the air extraction capacity per surface unit in the end portions.
- the room has no heating means for the inner space.
- the room is a natural gas liquefaction module.
- the invention also relates to a method for ventilating a room comprising an inner space delimited by an upper wall, a lower wall and side walls, the method including the extraction of air from the inner space to the outside of the room by an air extraction means arranged on one side wall, and the entry of air via air intakes arranged on the other side walls.
- the method also includes moving air in the inner space using one or more fans positioned in the inner space, the air movement preferably being done close to a side wall facing the side wall provided with the air extraction means, and the air movement more particularly preferably comprising:
- the ratio of the air flow extracted on the surface of the side wall provided with the air extraction means is less than or equal to 0.5 m/s, preferably less than or equal to 0.3 m/s, still more preferably less than or equal to 0.2 m/s.
- the room is a natural gas liquefaction module.
- the invention further relates to an air intake comprising:
- the present invention makes it possible to overcome the drawbacks of the state of the art. It more particularly provides a method for ventilating a room, and in particular a heavily cluttered room, that can operate correctly under wintry conditions, which is more reliable, simpler and less expensive to implement and operate than the existing methods. This is accomplished owing to a ventilation means operating only for air extraction (from the inside to the outside of the room), the air entry in the room being ensured by passive devices (air intakes), i.e. without mechanical air blowing (from outside the room to the inside thereof).
- the invention also has one or preferably more of the advantageous features listed below.
- FIG. 1 diagrammatically illustrates a room according to one embodiment of the invention, in horizontal cross-section.
- FIG. 2 diagrammatically illustrates a room according to one embodiment of the invention, in vertical cross-section.
- FIG. 3 diagrammatically illustrates the side wall 3 of the room of FIGS. 1 and 2 .
- FIG. 4 diagrammatically shows one embodiment of an air intake according to the invention, in cross-section.
- the room to be ventilated comprises an upper wall 6 (roof), a lower wall 7 (floor), and side walls 2 a , 2 b , 3 , 4 .
- the room is parallelepiped, and there are then four side walls 2 a , 2 b , 3 , 4 .
- An inner space 5 is defined by the set of walls 2 a , 2 b , 3 , 4 , 6 , 7 .
- the inner space 5 generally contains industrial equipment.
- the room is a natural gas liquefaction module, i.e. a hangar containing part of the equipment necessary to produce liquefied natural gas from raw natural gas.
- a natural gas liquefaction module i.e. a hangar containing part of the equipment necessary to produce liquefied natural gas from raw natural gas.
- the invention can also be applied to other fields, for example in the oil, mining, chemical, pharmaceutical, or other industries.
- the room is ventilated by a ventilation means that comprises:
- the invention provides that air intakes are formed in the side walls 2 a , 2 b , 4 separate from the side wall 3 , which comprises the air extracting means 1 .
- a single side wall comprises the air extracting means, while the other side walls have no active air movement means (i.e. active means for extracting air or injecting air) such as fans.
- the room is supplied with air, through the aforementioned air intakes, via an air vacuum in the room created by the air extracting means 1 , and does not involve the action of fans on either side of said air intakes.
- the air extracting means 1 allows a laminar air movement in the entire inner space 5 , under the combined effect of the natural convection of the air and the forced convection caused by the vacuum existing at the side wall 3 provided with the air extracting means 1 .
- the clutter of the room by the equipment generally varies heightwise (the lower portion of the room most often being more cluttered than the top portion of the room), and given that the possible contaminants may comprise light contaminants and heavy contaminants, it is advantageous to do the modeling by stratification, i.e. to vertically cut the inner space 5 into successive layers 10 , 11 , 12 , so as to determine the power and implantation of the fans making it possible to obtain satisfactory ventilation in each layer 10 , 11 , 12 .
- the inner space 5 is cut vertically into successive layers 10 , 11 , 12 , the power and implantation of the air extracting means 1 on the side wall 3 being adapted to the ventilation in each layer, the flow of air having a laminar state.
- the room has a wall (or barrier) supporting the fans to extract the air from several aeraulic layers, with different fan rates for each zone so as to have stratification of the layers of air and a laminar flow.
- the equivalent speed of the air in the room which is defined as the ratio of the airflow rate extracted on the surface of the side wall 3 provided with the air extracting means 1 , is less than or equal to 0.5 m/s, preferably less than or equal to 0.3 m/s, still more preferably less than or equal to 0.2 m/s.
- This air speed must be as low as possible so as to minimize the turbulence (system effects) due to the presence of equipment in the room.
- the equivalent air speed in each layer 10 , 11 , 12 defined by a vertical cut of the room corresponds to the ratio of the airflow rate extracted from the stratified area divided by the surface projected on the side wall 3 provided with the air extracting means 1 .
- the equivalent air speed is preferably less than or equal to 0.3 m/s, more particularly preferably less than or equal to 0.2 m/s (or even less than or equal to 0.15 m/s). Due to these low speeds, the pressure losses are minimal in the room, even in the presence of heavy clutter, and the airflow is laminar in the entire inner space 5 .
- the ventilation in the room is completed by one or more fans 8 , 9 situated in the inner space 5 , so as on the one hand to eliminate dead areas in the inner space 5 (areas where the convection of the air is practically nonexistent) and on the other hand to orient the airflows correctly.
- these fans 8 , 9 are preferably situated close to the side wall 4 facing (opposite) the side wall 3 provided with the air extracting means 1 .
- the distance from the fans 8 , 9 to the side wall 4 is smaller than or equal to 50%, for example smaller than or equal to 40%, or smaller than or equal to 30%, or smaller than or equal to 20%, the distance between said side wall 4 and the opposite side wall 3 provided with the air extracting means 1 .
- the air extracting means 1 present on the side wall 3 can be fans 15 known in the field and preferably compliant with the regulatory provisions for explosion risk protection (ATEX fans).
- these fans 15 generally comprise a peripheral gap of 2 to 3 mm to avoid static electricity phenomena. Electric tracing may be provided to avoid frost in that peripheral gap.
- reinforcements of the side wall 3 supporting said fans 15 can be provided to take the normal vibratory modes of said fans 15 into account.
- the choice of the number, power and flow rate of the fans 15 , as well as their implantation on the side wall 3 , are made so as to obtain the aforementioned stratification as well as convection of the air in the entire inner space 5 with a slow speed, as a function of all of the parameters involved, and in particular: the dimensions and the clutter of the room, the geometry of the stratification area inside the room (layers 10 , 11 , 12 ), and the nature of the potential contaminants (and in particular their greater or lesser density).
- FIG. 3 provides an example of the implantation of the fans 15 on the side wall 3 .
- the air intakes are implanted on the side walls 2 a , 2 b , 4 separate from the side wall 3 provided with the air extracting means 1 so as to allow a supply of air adapted to the desired convection in the inner space 5 .
- the air intakes can be distributed on all of the side walls 2 a , 2 b , 4 separate from the side wall 3 , provided with air extracting means 1 .
- Portions 16 a , 16 b on the side walls 2 a and 2 b are provided without air intakes close to the wall 3 , so as to avoid risks of contaminants returning from the outside into the room.
- the density of air intakes on the side walls 2 a , 2 b , 4 is generally greater close to the lower 7 and upper 6 walls than in a central portion of the side walls 2 a , 2 b , 4 , i.e. the air intakes will be located in the upper and lower portions of the side walls 2 a , 2 b and 4 .
- the air intakes can be traditional air intakes and for example comprise a set of inclined strips positioned in openings formed in the wall, adapted to reduce the air entry speed in case of outside wind. They can also comprise heating means to prevent snow or ice deposits, and comprise a protective cover. However, according to one preferred embodiment, the air intakes are as described below.
- an air intake according to the invention on a wall 20 comprises three main parts, which are, in the direction of the airflow:
- the air entry conduit 21 is provided with baffles 24 , which are intended on the one hand to create pressure losses so as to break the dynamics of the outside wind, and on the other hand to stop the snow carried into the airflow 28 .
- baffles 24 are plates fastened, for example by welding, to the inner wall of the air entry conduit 21 , inclined (i.e. forming an angle smaller than 90° with said inner wall) and oriented toward the open end of the air entry conduit 21 .
- the baffles 24 can form an angle of about 60° with the inner wall of the conduit and the baffle 24 closest to the open end of the conduit can form an angle of about 45° with the inner wall thereof.
- the baffles 24 (or a portion thereof) can be provided with a heating means 26 (for example electric resistances) making it possible to melt the snow accumulating on said baffles 24 (the water resulting from the melting snow being driven outside the air entry conduit 21 by gravity).
- the baffles 24 have a different roughness on the surface oriented toward the enclosure (called upper surface) and on the surface oriented toward the open end of the conduit 21 (called lower surface).
- the lower surface is advantageously rougher than the upper surface (i.e. the asperities on the lower surface have a larger average height than the asperities on the upper surface), which makes it possible to effectively stop the snowflakes present in the air from entering the conduit 21 .
- the baffles 24 can be made from 316L stainless steel having an absolute roughness of 1 to 1.5 ⁇ m (passivated descaled sheet metal) or approximately 8 ⁇ m (industrial weld sheet metal), and scratches can be added on the lower surface.
- drains 25 on one or more baffles 24 and especially on the baffle 24 closest to the open end of the air entry conduit 21 , so as on the one hand to make it possible to discharge the water resulting from melting snow in the air intake, and on the other hand to minimize the turbulence phenomena under the baffle 24 closest to the open end of the air entry conduit 21 .
- the width of the air entry conduit 21 must be large enough to avoid the effects of a local increase in the air speed in the conduit 21 . In fact, at the perpendicular of each baffle passage, the snow accumulation that is deposited on said baffles will reduce the section thereof, and therefore increase the air passage speeds.
- a protective grid 27 is provided between the air entry conduit 21 and the enclosure 22 to stop the snowflakes carried in the flow of air.
- the protective grid 27 can be a 316L stainless steel plate perforated at 80% (“honeycomb” plate).
- a protective grid 27 is provided between the air entry conduit 21 and the enclosure 22 (or plenum).
- the protective grid 27 may be a 316L stainless steel plate perforated at 80% of the “honeycomb” type.
- the enclosure 22 (or plenum) has a larger section than that of the air entry conduit 21 along a plane perpendicular to the wall 20 , and for example along the horizontal plane (which in the illustrated embodiment is the plane perpendicular to the average airflow direction in the air entry conduit 21 ).
- This enclosure 22 makes it possible to reduce the speed of the air before arrival on the profiled grid 23 , and therefore to break the dynamics due to the outside wind, thereby avoiding the freezing phenomena on the grid 23 .
- the dimensions of the enclosure 22 are chosen so that the speed of the air is reduced to a value below or equal to 0.5 m/s in the enclosure 22 .
- the enclosure 22 has an inclined upper wall so as to avoid an accumulation of snow thereon.
- the air injection grid 23 is positioned in an opening formed in the wall 20 and allows the air to pass through the wall 20 .
- the air injection grid 23 comprises a convergent shape, so as to increase the speed of the air when it passes through the wall 20 .
- the section of the air injection grid 23 that is available for the passage of air on the enclosure 22 side i.e. the side outside the room
- the section of the air injection grid 23 that is available for the passage of air on the side opposite the enclosure 22 i.e. the side inside the room.
- the air injection grid 23 can be provided with a heating means so as to still further decrease the risks of freezing.
- This heating means can be electric resistances positioned in cavities placed on the path of the air and posing an obstacle thereto.
- the air injection grid 23 can be a commercially available grid distributed by Halton, as for example described in document SE 500838.
- Modeling was done on a natural gas liquefaction module 50 m long, 36 m wide and 16 m high.
- the outside temperature is hypothetically ⁇ 33° C. and the outside wind has a speed of 17 m/s.
- Fans in extraction mode are implanted on one of the walls perpendicular to the length direction of the module. Air intakes are positioned on the other walls.
- the inner space of the module is modeled in three zones: a (lower) zone 10 that is 2.80 meters high, heavily cluttered, capable of containing heavy contaminants; an (intermediate) zone 11 that is 4.25 m high, moderately cluttered, capable of containing middle-density contaminants; and an (upper) zone 12 that is 7.15 m high, capable of containing light contaminants.
- Modeling makes it possible to define an implantation of fans on the wall as well as secondary ventilation in zone 10 (vertical ventilation) and in zone 12 (horizontal ventilation) as shown in FIG. 2 so as to correct the dead spaces.
- the assembly makes it possible to obtain a laminar state airflow with a low speed in the entire module.
- Zone 12 Number of fans 6 6 installed Number of fans 5 5 running Airflow rate per 28,858 m 3 /h 9,145 m 3 /h fan Manometric height 810 Pa 90 Pa (400 Pa dynamic) (40 Pa dynamic) Diameter of the 630 mm, 630 mm, fan 4 blades, 33° 3 blades, 24° Power 8 kW 0.32 kW Motor 11 kW 1.0 kW Revolutions per 3,000 950 minute Fan + motor mass 60 kg + 172 kg 58 kg + 38 kg All of the fans are of the helical Solyvent-Ventec Axipal BZI type with an elongated shroud. Standard EN 14986 is applicable (zone 1, T3). The fans are of the “jet fan” type.
- Explosion simulations were done on the module of this example. Out of 64 simulations performed, the dilution of the gaseous contaminants obtained owing to the invention caused the likelihood of explosion to drop by a factor of 10 relative to a “traditional” fan of reference.
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The disclosure first relates to a room comprising an inner space delimited by an upper wall, a lower wall and side walls, the room being provided with a ventilator, the ventilator including:
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- an extractor operably extracting air from the inner space towards the outside of the room, arranged on one side wall; and
- air intakes on the other side walls.
The disclosure also relates to a method for ventilating a room including an inner space delimited by an upper wall, a lower wall and side walls, the method including the extraction of air from the inner space to the outside of the room by an air extractor arranged on one side wall, and the entry of air via air intakes arranged on the other side walls. The disclosure further relates to an air intake adapted to perform the method above.
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- This application is a National Phase Entry of International Application No. PCT/IB2011/050303, filed on Jan. 24, 2011, which claims priority to French Patent Application Serial No. 1050480, filed on Jan. 25, 2010, both of which are incorporated by reference herein.
- The present invention relates to a method for ventilating a heavily cluttered room, as well as a room provided with ventilation means performing ventilation according to this method. The invention also relates to air intakes suitable for implementing the method. The invention can be applied in the context of natural gas liquefaction, which requires ventilation of heavily cluttered rooms (called LNG modules), including under particularly rigorous climate and environmental conditions (arctic region).
- A room containing a significant number of hazardous contaminant sources and that is heavily cluttered (by equipment, pipes, structures, etc.) must be ventilated in order to evacuate said contaminants. This ventilation, associated with other devices, contributes to improving safety conditions for personnel and equipment. However, when wintry outside conditions, call arctic conditions, exist, it may be very difficult to ventilate the room, as it is directly impacted by rain, snow, frost, ice and wind. Furthermore, the personnel and the equipment must also be protected from these different phenomena.
- In order to ventilate a room under wintry outside climate conditions, it is known to use natural ventilation, which uses both the dynamics of the outside wind and the variation of the density of the air inside the room (natural draught) to renew the air in the room. However, this solution, which appears simple, is in reality difficult to implement, given the outside climate conditions. In fact, outside a well-defined wind speed range, the air flows inside the building are unacceptably disrupted. Furthermore, since the effectiveness of natural ventilation also depends on the clutter in said room, the dilution effect contributed by the natural ventilation on the contaminants is mediocre for heavily cluttered rooms. Additionally, pressure losses are significant when the clutter of the room is heterogeneous (for example, heightwise), and it is impossible to capture contaminants in the area close to a piece of equipment, opposite the airflow striking that equipment (vacuum and aeraulic turbulence zone). As a result, natural ventilation does not make it possible to provide controlled security in all situations.
- A second solution, mechanical ventilation, is also known. Mechanical ventilation uses fans to provide (and possibly heat) the air blown into the room and then remove it. However, this solution requires providing a technical room dedicated to the aerothermodynamic equipment, the surface area of which typically represents between 50 and 70% of the area of the room to be ventilated for a LNG module. Furthermore, this solution requires the presence of air transport sheaths in the room to be ventilated. These air transport sheaths are generally very large and extremely restrictive for positioning the equipment in the room, in particular when the room is heavily cluttered. As a result, mechanical ventilation is difficult to implement and is costly in terms of investment (land, machines, etc.) and operation (heating a large volume of air).
- There is therefore a real need to develop a method for ventilating a room, and in particular a heavily cluttered room, that can operate correctly under wintry conditions, that is more reliable, simpler, and less expensive to implement and use than the existing methods.
- The invention first relates to a room comprising an inner space delimited by an upper wall, a lower wall and side walls, the room being provided with a ventilation means, the ventilation means including:
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- a means for extracting air from the inner space towards the outside of the room, arranged on one side wall; and
- air intakes on the other side walls.
According to one embodiment, the ventilation means also comprises one or more fans in the inner space, the fans preferably being located near a side wall facing the side wall provided with the air extracting means, and the fans more particularly preferably comprising: - one or more fans situated close to the lower wall and oriented so as to move air toward the upper wall; and
- one or more fans situated close to the upper wall and oriented so as to move air toward the side wall provided with the air extracting means.
- According to one embodiment, the side wall provided with the air extracting means comprises two end portions situated close to respective adjacent side walls, and a central portion between the two end portions, the air extracting means being distributed on the side wall so that the air extraction capacity per surface unit in the central portion is greater than the air extraction capacity per surface unit in the end portions. According to one embodiment, the room has no heating means for the inner space. According to one embodiment, the room is a natural gas liquefaction module.
- The invention also relates to a method for ventilating a room comprising an inner space delimited by an upper wall, a lower wall and side walls, the method including the extraction of air from the inner space to the outside of the room by an air extraction means arranged on one side wall, and the entry of air via air intakes arranged on the other side walls. According to one embodiment, the method also includes moving air in the inner space using one or more fans positioned in the inner space, the air movement preferably being done close to a side wall facing the side wall provided with the air extraction means, and the air movement more particularly preferably comprising:
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- moving air from bottom to top close to the lower wall and the side wall facing the side wall provided with the air extraction means;
- moving air toward the side wall provided with the air extraction means close to the upper wall and the side wall facing the side wall provided with the air extraction means.
- According to one embodiment, the ratio of the air flow extracted on the surface of the side wall provided with the air extraction means is less than or equal to 0.5 m/s, preferably less than or equal to 0.3 m/s, still more preferably less than or equal to 0.2 m/s. According to one embodiment of the method, the room is a natural gas liquefaction module.
- The invention further relates to an air intake comprising:
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- an air injection grid adapted to be positioned in an opening formed in a wall;
- an enclosure adapted to be fastened on one side of the wall and communicating with the air injection grid;
- an air entry conduit adapted to be fastened to the wall and communicating with the enclosure by a protective grid, the air entry conduit having a section smaller than the section of the enclosure along a plane perpendicular to the air injection grid.
According to one embodiment, the section of the air injection grid available for the passage of air on the enclosure side is larger than the section of the air injection grid available for the passage of air on the side opposite the enclosure and/or the air injection grid is provided with a heating means. According to one embodiment, the air entry conduit is provided with baffles and possibly drains, the baffles preferably being provided with heating means, and the baffles preferably having a surface oriented toward the enclosure and a surface oriented opposite the enclosure, the surface oriented toward the enclosure being less rough than the surface oriented opposite the enclosure. According to one embodiment of the room according to the invention, the air intakes are as described above.
- The present invention makes it possible to overcome the drawbacks of the state of the art. It more particularly provides a method for ventilating a room, and in particular a heavily cluttered room, that can operate correctly under wintry conditions, which is more reliable, simpler and less expensive to implement and operate than the existing methods. This is accomplished owing to a ventilation means operating only for air extraction (from the inside to the outside of the room), the air entry in the room being ensured by passive devices (air intakes), i.e. without mechanical air blowing (from outside the room to the inside thereof).
- According to certain particular embodiments, the invention also has one or preferably more of the advantageous features listed below.
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- The dilution of the contaminants is controlled irrespective of the outside conditions, and even at a high level of clutter, and thus the security of the facility is ensured.
- The invention makes it possible to achieve surface area savings in technical rooms and energy consumption savings relative to traditional mechanical ventilation.
- The work of the personnel is made easier because the invention allows a laminar state of the flow of air in the room.
- The invention makes it possible to dispense with any general heating of the inner space of the room. In fact, the speed of the air being low, the sensation of cold for personnel remains moderate. More specifically, a low airflow rate means a low convection exchange between the occupant and the air of the room, and therefore a feeling of comfort and “warmth” relative to the outside. It is therefore possible to provide only localized (extra) heating for certain maintenance operations requiring specific comfort. The energy savings achieved by doing away with general heating of the room are considerable.
- The invention provides an improved air intake relative to the air intakes of the state of the art. The air intake according to the invention makes it possible to greatly limit the risks of taking in ice or of snow blockage. The air intake according to the invention is advantageously used in the context of the ventilation method according to the invention, but it can also be used in the context of another ventilation method.
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FIG. 1 diagrammatically illustrates a room according to one embodiment of the invention, in horizontal cross-section. -
FIG. 2 diagrammatically illustrates a room according to one embodiment of the invention, in vertical cross-section. -
FIG. 3 diagrammatically illustrates theside wall 3 of the room ofFIGS. 1 and 2 . -
FIG. 4 diagrammatically shows one embodiment of an air intake according to the invention, in cross-section. - The invention will now be described in more detail and non-limitingly in the following description.
- Room According to the Invention and Ventilation Method According to the Invention
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FIGS. 1 to 3 , the room to be ventilated according to the invention comprises an upper wall 6 (roof), a lower wall 7 (floor), andside walls side walls inner space 5 is defined by the set ofwalls inner space 5 generally contains industrial equipment. - According to one preferred embodiment, the room is a natural gas liquefaction module, i.e. a hangar containing part of the equipment necessary to produce liquefied natural gas from raw natural gas. However, the invention can also be applied to other fields, for example in the oil, mining, chemical, pharmaceutical, or other industries.
- According to the invention, the room is ventilated by a ventilation means that comprises:
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- a means for extracting air 1; and
- air intakes.
The air extracting means 1 consists of a plurality offans 15 positioned on aside wall 3, suitable for extracting air from theinner space 5 toward the outside of the room uniformly, i.e. with a laminar state airflow. In the context of this application, “air intakes” are “passive” devices allowing air to pass through a wall. In other words, the air intakes in the context of the present invention do not have a mechanical rotary machine (fan).
- The invention provides that air intakes are formed in the
side walls side wall 3, which comprises the air extracting means 1. In other words, according to the invention, a single side wall comprises the air extracting means, while the other side walls have no active air movement means (i.e. active means for extracting air or injecting air) such as fans. The room is supplied with air, through the aforementioned air intakes, via an air vacuum in the room created by the air extracting means 1, and does not involve the action of fans on either side of said air intakes. - The air extracting means 1 according to the invention allows a laminar air movement in the entire
inner space 5, under the combined effect of the natural convection of the air and the forced convection caused by the vacuum existing at theside wall 3 provided with the air extracting means 1. Given that the clutter of the room by the equipment generally varies heightwise (the lower portion of the room most often being more cluttered than the top portion of the room), and given that the possible contaminants may comprise light contaminants and heavy contaminants, it is advantageous to do the modeling by stratification, i.e. to vertically cut theinner space 5 intosuccessive layers layer inner space 5 is cut vertically intosuccessive layers side wall 3 being adapted to the ventilation in each layer, the flow of air having a laminar state. In other words, the room has a wall (or barrier) supporting the fans to extract the air from several aeraulic layers, with different fan rates for each zone so as to have stratification of the layers of air and a laminar flow. - Typically, the equivalent speed of the air in the room, which is defined as the ratio of the airflow rate extracted on the surface of the
side wall 3 provided with the air extracting means 1, is less than or equal to 0.5 m/s, preferably less than or equal to 0.3 m/s, still more preferably less than or equal to 0.2 m/s. This air speed must be as low as possible so as to minimize the turbulence (system effects) due to the presence of equipment in the room. Furthermore, the equivalent air speed in eachlayer side wall 3 provided with the air extracting means 1. Thus, in a lower portion of the room (relative to the vertical direction), and for example in a lower half of the room, the equivalent air speed is preferably less than or equal to 0.3 m/s, more particularly preferably less than or equal to 0.2 m/s (or even less than or equal to 0.15 m/s). Due to these low speeds, the pressure losses are minimal in the room, even in the presence of heavy clutter, and the airflow is laminar in the entireinner space 5. - Preferably, the ventilation in the room is completed by one or
more fans 8, 9 situated in theinner space 5, so as on the one hand to eliminate dead areas in the inner space 5 (areas where the convection of the air is practically nonexistent) and on the other hand to orient the airflows correctly. Thus, thesefans 8, 9 are preferably situated close to theside wall 4 facing (opposite) theside wall 3 provided with the air extracting means 1. In one embodiment, the distance from thefans 8, 9 to theside wall 4 is smaller than or equal to 50%, for example smaller than or equal to 40%, or smaller than or equal to 30%, or smaller than or equal to 20%, the distance between saidside wall 4 and theopposite side wall 3 provided with the air extracting means 1. - Particularly advantageously, one thus provides:
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- one or more fans 9 situated close to the
lower wall 7 and oriented so as to move the air from bottom to top; - one or
more fans 8 situated close to theupper wall 6 and oriented so as to move the air toward the upper portion of theside wall 3 provided with the air extracting means 1.
In one embodiment, the distance from the fans 9 to thelower wall 7 is smaller than or equal to 50%, for example smaller than or equal to 40%, or smaller than or equal to 30%, of the distance between saidlower wall 7 and theupper wall 6; and the distance from thefans 8 to theupper wall 6 is smaller than or equal to 50%, for example smaller than or equal to 40%, or smaller than or equal to 30%, of the distance between saidupper wall 6 and thelower wall 7. In this way, the dead areas located close to theside wall 4 facing theside wall 3, provided with the air extracting means 1, are eliminated.
- one or more fans 9 situated close to the
- The air extracting means 1 present on the
side wall 3 can befans 15 known in the field and preferably compliant with the regulatory provisions for explosion risk protection (ATEX fans). In particular, thesefans 15 generally comprise a peripheral gap of 2 to 3 mm to avoid static electricity phenomena. Electric tracing may be provided to avoid frost in that peripheral gap. Furthermore, reinforcements of theside wall 3 supporting saidfans 15 can be provided to take the normal vibratory modes of saidfans 15 into account. - The choice of the number, power and flow rate of the
fans 15, as well as their implantation on theside wall 3, are made so as to obtain the aforementioned stratification as well as convection of the air in the entireinner space 5 with a slow speed, as a function of all of the parameters involved, and in particular: the dimensions and the clutter of the room, the geometry of the stratification area inside the room (layers 10, 11, 12), and the nature of the potential contaminants (and in particular their greater or lesser density). Furthermore, in order to avoid the appearance of lateral preferential convection phenomena at thewalls side wall 3, bearing the air extracting means 1, is “loaded” withfans 15 so that the air extraction capacity is greater in thecentral part 13 of saidside wall 3 than in theend portions FIG. 3 provides an example of the implantation of thefans 15 on theside wall 3. - The air intakes are implanted on the
side walls side wall 3 provided with the air extracting means 1 so as to allow a supply of air adapted to the desired convection in theinner space 5. The air intakes can be distributed on all of theside walls side wall 3, provided with air extracting means 1.Portions side walls wall 3, so as to avoid risks of contaminants returning from the outside into the room. Furthermore, the density of air intakes on theside walls side walls side walls - The air intakes can be traditional air intakes and for example comprise a set of inclined strips positioned in openings formed in the wall, adapted to reduce the air entry speed in case of outside wind. They can also comprise heating means to prevent snow or ice deposits, and comprise a protective cover. However, according to one preferred embodiment, the air intakes are as described below.
- Air Intake According to the Invention
- In reference to
FIG. 4 , an air intake according to the invention on a wall 20 (of a room or any other type of closed chamber) comprises three main parts, which are, in the direction of the airflow: -
- an
air entry conduit 21; - an
enclosure 22; and - a
grid 23 equipped with profiled fins.
Theair entry conduit 21 is preferably positioned parallel to thewall 20. It comprises a beveled open end intended for the air entry, and another end that communicates with theenclosure 22. Preferably, theair entry conduit 21 is oriented so that the open end is oriented downwardly. In this way, any accumulation of snow or water in theair entry conduit 21 is avoided.
- an
- Preferably, the
air entry conduit 21 is provided withbaffles 24, which are intended on the one hand to create pressure losses so as to break the dynamics of the outside wind, and on the other hand to stop the snow carried into theairflow 28. Preferably, there are no more than four baffles 24. Typically, thebaffles 24 are plates fastened, for example by welding, to the inner wall of theair entry conduit 21, inclined (i.e. forming an angle smaller than 90° with said inner wall) and oriented toward the open end of theair entry conduit 21. For example, thebaffles 24 can form an angle of about 60° with the inner wall of the conduit and thebaffle 24 closest to the open end of the conduit can form an angle of about 45° with the inner wall thereof. - The baffles 24 (or a portion thereof) can be provided with a heating means 26 (for example electric resistances) making it possible to melt the snow accumulating on said baffles 24 (the water resulting from the melting snow being driven outside the
air entry conduit 21 by gravity). Preferably, thebaffles 24 have a different roughness on the surface oriented toward the enclosure (called upper surface) and on the surface oriented toward the open end of the conduit 21 (called lower surface). The lower surface is advantageously rougher than the upper surface (i.e. the asperities on the lower surface have a larger average height than the asperities on the upper surface), which makes it possible to effectively stop the snowflakes present in the air from entering theconduit 21. For example, thebaffles 24 can be made from 316L stainless steel having an absolute roughness of 1 to 1.5 μm (passivated descaled sheet metal) or approximately 8 μm (industrial weld sheet metal), and scratches can be added on the lower surface. - It is advantageous to provide
drains 25 on one ormore baffles 24, and especially on thebaffle 24 closest to the open end of theair entry conduit 21, so as on the one hand to make it possible to discharge the water resulting from melting snow in the air intake, and on the other hand to minimize the turbulence phenomena under thebaffle 24 closest to the open end of theair entry conduit 21. The width of theair entry conduit 21 must be large enough to avoid the effects of a local increase in the air speed in theconduit 21. In fact, at the perpendicular of each baffle passage, the snow accumulation that is deposited on said baffles will reduce the section thereof, and therefore increase the air passage speeds. - Between the
air entry conduit 21 and theenclosure 22, aprotective grid 27 is provided to stop the snowflakes carried in the flow of air. For example, theprotective grid 27 can be a 316L stainless steel plate perforated at 80% (“honeycomb” plate). Between theair entry conduit 21 and the enclosure 22 (or plenum), aprotective grid 27 is provided to stop any snowflakes carried in the airflow. For example, theprotective grid 27 may be a 316L stainless steel plate perforated at 80% of the “honeycomb” type. - The enclosure 22 (or plenum) has a larger section than that of the
air entry conduit 21 along a plane perpendicular to thewall 20, and for example along the horizontal plane (which in the illustrated embodiment is the plane perpendicular to the average airflow direction in the air entry conduit 21). Thisenclosure 22 makes it possible to reduce the speed of the air before arrival on the profiledgrid 23, and therefore to break the dynamics due to the outside wind, thereby avoiding the freezing phenomena on thegrid 23. Preferably, the dimensions of theenclosure 22 are chosen so that the speed of the air is reduced to a value below or equal to 0.5 m/s in theenclosure 22. Preferably, theenclosure 22 has an inclined upper wall so as to avoid an accumulation of snow thereon. - The
air injection grid 23 is positioned in an opening formed in thewall 20 and allows the air to pass through thewall 20. Preferably, theair injection grid 23 comprises a convergent shape, so as to increase the speed of the air when it passes through thewall 20. Thus, the section of theair injection grid 23 that is available for the passage of air on theenclosure 22 side (i.e. the side outside the room) is larger than the section of theair injection grid 23 that is available for the passage of air on the side opposite the enclosure 22 (i.e. the side inside the room). - The
air injection grid 23 can be provided with a heating means so as to still further decrease the risks of freezing. This heating means can be electric resistances positioned in cavities placed on the path of the air and posing an obstacle thereto. Theair injection grid 23 can be a commercially available grid distributed by Halton, as for example described in document SE 500838. - The following example illustrates the invention without limiting it. Modeling was done on a natural gas liquefaction module 50 m long, 36 m wide and 16 m high. The outside temperature is hypothetically −33° C. and the outside wind has a speed of 17 m/s. Fans in extraction mode are implanted on one of the walls perpendicular to the length direction of the module. Air intakes are positioned on the other walls.
- The inner space of the module is modeled in three zones: a (lower)
zone 10 that is 2.80 meters high, heavily cluttered, capable of containing heavy contaminants; an (intermediate)zone 11 that is 4.25 m high, moderately cluttered, capable of containing middle-density contaminants; and an (upper)zone 12 that is 7.15 m high, capable of containing light contaminants. Modeling makes it possible to define an implantation of fans on the wall as well as secondary ventilation in zone 10 (vertical ventilation) and in zone 12 (horizontal ventilation) as shown inFIG. 2 so as to correct the dead spaces. The assembly makes it possible to obtain a laminar state airflow with a low speed in the entire module. - The characteristics used for the main ventilation (extraction ventilation) are summarized in table 1 below:
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TABLE 1 Characteristics of the Main Ventilation (air extraction) Zone 10Zone 11Zone 12Airflow rate 69,120 m3/h 103,680 m3/h 172,800 m3/h (without secondary ventilation) Airflow rate 45,723 m3/h 98,042 m3/h 202,008 m3/h (with secondary ventilation) Average air speed 0.126 m/s 0.176 m/s 0.218 m/s (with secondary ventilation) Number of fans 6 6 8 installed Number of fans 5 5 7 running Airflow rate per 9,145 m3/h 19,609 m3/h 28,858 m3/h fan Manometric height 650 Pa 650 Pa 650 Pa Diameter of the 450 mm, 630 mm, 900 mm, fan 6 blades, 26° 3 blades, 15° 4 blades, 23° Power 3.4 kW 6.0 kW 8.5 kW Motor 4.0 kW 7.5 kW 11 kW Revolutions per 2,900 2,900 1,450 minute Fan + motor mass 26 kg + 70 kg 53 kg + 106 kg 160 kg + 172 kg
All of the fans are of the helical Solyvent-Ventec Axipal BZI type. Standard EN 14986 is applicable (zone 1, T3). The flow rate (5%) and pressure (10%) reductions, due to the presence of increased peripheral gap, were taken into account to calculate the power. - The characteristics used for the secondary ventilation are summarized in table 2 below:
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TABLE 2 Characteristics of the Secondary Ventilation Zone 10 Zone 12Number of fans 6 6 installed Number of fans 5 5 running Airflow rate per 28,858 m3/h 9,145 m3/h fan Manometric height 810 Pa 90 Pa (400 Pa dynamic) (40 Pa dynamic) Diameter of the 630 mm, 630 mm, fan 4 blades, 33° 3 blades, 24° Power 8 kW 0.32 kW Motor 11 kW 1.0 kW Revolutions per 3,000 950 minute Fan + motor mass 60 kg + 172 kg 58 kg + 38 kg
All of the fans are of the helical Solyvent-Ventec Axipal BZI type with an elongated shroud. Standard EN 14986 is applicable (zone 1, T3). The fans are of the “jet fan” type. - Explosion simulations were done on the module of this example. Out of 64 simulations performed, the dilution of the gaseous contaminants obtained owing to the invention caused the likelihood of explosion to drop by a factor of 10 relative to a “traditional” fan of reference.
Claims (17)
1-16. (canceled)
17. An air intake comprising:
an air injection grid adapted to be positioned in an opening formed in a wall;
an enclosure adapted to be fastened on one side of the wall and communicating with the air injection grid; and
an air entry conduit adapted to be fastened to the wall and communicating with the enclosure by a protective grid, the air entry conduit having a section smaller than the section of the enclosure along a plane perpendicular to the air injection grid.
18. The air intake according to claim 17 , wherein at least one of: (a) the section of the air injection grid available for the passage of air on the enclosure side is larger than the section of the air injection grid available for the passage of air on the side opposite the enclosure and (b) the air injection grid is provided with a heater.
19. The air intake according to claim 17 , wherein the air entry conduit is provided with baffles and drains, the baffles are provided with a heater, and the baffles have a surface oriented toward the enclosure and a surface oriented opposite the enclosure, the surface oriented toward the enclosure being less rough than the surface oriented opposite the enclosure.
20. A room comprising an inner space delimited by an upper wall, a lower wall and side walls, the room being provided with a ventilator, the ventilator further comprising:
an extractor operably extracting air from the inner space towards the outside of the room, arranged on one side wall;
air intakes on the other side walls; and
at least one fan in the inner space.
21. The room according to claim 20 , wherein the at least one fan is located near a side wall facing the side wall provided with the air extractor, the at least one fan comprising:
at least one fan situated close to the lower wall and oriented so as to move air toward the upper wall; and
at least one fan situated close to the upper wall and oriented so as to move air toward the side wall provided with the air extractor.
22. The room according to claim 20 , wherein the side wall provided with the air extractor comprises two end portions situated close to respective adjacent side walls, and a central portion between the two end portions, the air extractor being distributed on the side wall so that air extraction capacity per surface unit in the central portion is greater than air extraction capacity per surface unit in the end portions.
23. The room according to claim 20 , with no heater for the inner space.
24. The room according to claim 20 , which is a natural gas liquefaction module.
25. The room according to claim 20 , wherein the inner space is cut vertically into successive layers, the power and implantation of the air extractor on the side wall is adapted to the ventilation in each layer, and the flow of air has a laminar state.
26. The room according to claim 20 , wherein the air intakes each comprise:
an air intake comprising:
an air injection grid adapted to be positioned in an opening formed in a wall;
an enclosure adapted to be fastened on one side of the wall and communicating with the air injection grid; and
an air entry conduit adapted to be fastened to the wall and communicating with the enclosure by a protective grid, the air entry conduit having a section smaller than the section of the enclosure along a plane perpendicular to the air injection grid.
27. A method for ventilating a room comprising an inner space delimited by an upper wall, a lower wall and side walls, the method comprising extracting air from the inner space to the outside of the room by an air extractor arranged on one side wall, and entry of air via air intakes arranged on the other side walls, the method also comprising moving air in the inner space using at least one fan positioned in the inner space.
28. The method according to claim 27 , wherein the air movement is done close to a side wall facing the side wall provided with the air extractor, and the air movement comprises:
moving air from bottom to top close to the lower wall and the side wall facing the side wall provided with the air extractor;
moving air toward the side wall provided with the air extractor close to the upper wall and the side wall facing the side wall provided with the air extractor.
29. The method according to claim 27 , wherein a ratio of the air flow extracted on the surface of the side wall provided with the air extractor is less than or equal to 0.5 m/s.
30. The method according to claim 27 , wherein the room is a natural gas liquefaction module.
31. The method according to claim 27 , wherein the inner space is cut vertically into successive layers, the power and implantation of the air extractor on the side wall is adapted to the ventilation in each layer, and the flow of air has a laminar state.
32. The method according to claim 27 , wherein the air intakes each comprise:
an air intake comprising:
an air injection grid adapted to be positioned in an opening formed in a wall;
an enclosure adapted to be fastened on one side of the wall and communicating with the air injection grid; and
an air entry conduit adapted to be fastened to the wall and communicating with the enclosure by a protective grid, the air entry conduit having a section smaller than the section of the enclosure along a plane perpendicular to the air injection grid.
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