US3606985A - Apparatus for controlling the flow of gases - Google Patents

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US3606985A
US3606985A US3606985DA US3606985A US 3606985 A US3606985 A US 3606985A US 3606985D A US3606985D A US 3606985DA US 3606985 A US3606985 A US 3606985A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C13/00—Details of vessels or of the filling or discharging of vessels
    • F17C13/02—Special adaptations of indicating, measuring, or monitoring equipment
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01J—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J4/00—Feed or outlet devices; Feed or outlet control devices
    • B01J4/001—Feed or outlet devices as such, e.g. feeding tubes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K13/00—Other constructional types of cut-off apparatus; Arrangements for cutting-off
    • F16K13/08—Arrangements for cutting-off not used
    • F16K13/10—Arrangements for cutting-off not used by means of liquid or granular medium
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2201/00—Vessel construction, in particular geometry, arrangement or size
    • F17C2201/01—Shape
    • F17C2201/0104—Shape cylindrical
    • F17C2201/0109—Shape cylindrical with exteriorly curved end-piece
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2203/00—Vessel construction, in particular walls or details thereof
    • F17C2203/06—Materials for walls or layers thereof; Properties or structures of walls or their materials
    • F17C2203/0602—Wall structures; Special features thereof
    • F17C2203/0612—Wall structures
    • F17C2203/0626—Multiple walls
    • F17C2203/0629—Two walls
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2223/00—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel
    • F17C2223/01—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel characterised by the phase
    • F17C2223/0146—Two-phase
    • F17C2223/0153—Liquefied gas, e.g. LPG, GPL
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/4456—With liquid valves or liquid trap seals
    • Y10T137/4643—Liquid valves
    • Y10T137/4666—With baffle

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  • the present invention pertains to apparatus for controlling the fiow of a gaseous medium and more specifically pertains to a housing containing a supply of liquid with structure detachably mounted on the housing for delivering a gaseous medium into the housing below the surface of the liquid including bafiles and discharge ports whereby the gaseous medium is released below the surface of the liquid in such a manner as to avoid pressure surges.
  • Apparatus for delivering a gaseous medium for upward movement through a liquid has been employed and the gas has in the past been released at different depths below the surface of the liquid.
  • Such devices provide surging and pressure variations upstream and downstream of the device, and it is an object of the present invention to provide apparatus for guiding a gaseous medium to a position below the level of a liquid and to provide bafiles and ports so arranged that initial flow of gas through the ports avoids disturbance of the liquid below the level of the ports through which the gas is being released to thereby substantially reduce inertial effect of varying liquid levels adjacent the device.
  • a more specific object of the invention is to provide a tubular member for guiding a gaseous medium to a position below the level of liquid and to provide baflles within the tubular member which form chambers for receiving the gaseous medium under pressure and to provide escape ports for each chamber at different positions below the level of the liquid so that the gaseous medium escaping from flow ports at a high level does not substantially alter the liquid level within the tubular member therebelow to thereby stabilize the flow of the gaseous medium from the respective ports.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a housing with a portion broken away and showing apparatus embodying the invention for controlling the flow of gases.
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view on a larger scale and taken on the line 22 of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional plan view taken on the line 33 of FIG. 1.
  • the invention pertains to apparatus for controlling the flow of gases and includes structure for guiding a gaseous medium to a position below the level of a supply of liquid. An increase in the flow of the gas causes liquid to be displaced so that the gas may escape as bubbles through the liquid.
  • the apparatus serves to prevent reverse flow of the gas by moving the liquid into a tubular member which forms a column of liquid of significant height.
  • a housing 10 is shown in FIG. 1 which may be of any suitable shape and adapted to retain a supply of liquid such as water at a level 11 therein.
  • the housing is provided with a conduit fitting 12 which serves as an outlet for a gas which is released below the level of the liquid within the housing.
  • the structure for controlling the release of the gas at different zones below the liquid level 11 includes a tubular member 14 which is equipped at its upper end with an annular flange 16.
  • the tubular member 14 is adapted to depend through a guide tube 18 equipped with a flange 21 at its upper end for attachment to the housing 10.
  • Gaskets 22 serve to seal the flange 16 with respect to the flange 21.
  • the tubular member 14 and the guide tube 18 may be suitably attached to the housing 10 and the tubular member 14 serves as an inlet conduit for the gaseous medium.
  • the lower end of the tubular member 14 depends below the level 11 of the liquid within the housing 10 as shown in FIG. 1.
  • the lower interior portion of the tubular member 14 is equipped with a plurality of annular baffles.
  • a large diameter baflle 26 is of smaller diameter than the tubular member 14 to provide an annular space 27 between the interior of the tubular member 14 and the perimeter of the baflle 26.
  • An annular flange 28 carried by the lower end of the bafile 26 may be welded or otherwise secured in a sealed relationship with the interior of the tubular member 14.
  • a plurality of initial flow ports 29 are arranged in rows around the tubular member 14 and above the annular flange 28.
  • a second annular baflle 31 is provided within the lower end portion of the tubular member 14.
  • the baflle 31 has a smaller diameter than the baflle 26 so as to provide an annular space 32 bet-ween the interior surface of the baflle 26 and perimeter of the baffle 31.
  • An annular flange 33 carried by the lower end of the bafile 31 joins the interior surface of the tubular member 14 in a sealed relationship.
  • a plurality of first flow increment ports 36 are provided through the tubular member 14 above the flange 33 and below the flange 28.
  • the tubular member 14 is equipped below the annular flange 33 with a plurality of total flow ports 38 and the lower end of the tubular member is open and unobstructed.
  • splash barriers 46 in the form of vertically disposed panels are arranged around the lower end portion of the tubular member 14 and spaced outwardly therefrom as best shown in FIG. 3. The upper ends of the panels 46 extend to positions above the liquid level 11 as shown in FIG. 1. These panels 46 prevent violent displacement of liquid away from the lower end portion of the tubular member 14 and thereby maintain a substantially constant liquid level adjacent the lower end portion of the tubular member 14.
  • apparatus for controlling the flow of a gaseous medium a housing containing a quantity of liquid, a tubular member for receiving a gaseous medium extending into said housing and having a lower end portion below the level of said liquid, said tubular member having a plurality of initial flow ports therethrough below the level of said liquid, a first annular bafile within said tubular member forming an annular space between the interior of the tubular member and the perimeter of said baflle, sealing means joining said bafile and the tubular member below said initial flow ports, said tubular member having a plurality of first flow increment ports therethrough below the said initial flow ports, a second annular baflle within said tubular member forming an annular space :between the interior of the first bafile and the perimeter of the second baflle, and sealing means joining said second baffle and the tubular member below said first flow increment ports.
  • tubular mem ber has a plurality of total flow ports therethrough below the first flow increment ports.
  • apparatus for controlling the flow of a gaseous medium including a plurality of splash barriers disposed about the lower end portion of said tubular member and spaced from the perimeter thereof.

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US4152374A (en) * 1977-04-22 1979-05-01 Cole Richard E Device for injecting water vapor into combustion air
US4305896A (en) * 1975-09-05 1981-12-15 Hitachi, Ltd. Vent exit device for condensing steam
US4446081A (en) * 1979-09-21 1984-05-01 Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Steam condensing apparatus
US4452701A (en) * 1982-11-04 1984-06-05 Garrett Michael E Biological treatment of sewage
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US4844844A (en) * 1988-04-27 1989-07-04 Levy Robert M Liquid seal system for minimizing flow pulsing in flare seal drums
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US3802165A (en) * 1971-01-19 1974-04-09 Anvar Apparatus for the liquid protection of gaseous effluents
US4305896A (en) * 1975-09-05 1981-12-15 Hitachi, Ltd. Vent exit device for condensing steam
US4152374A (en) * 1977-04-22 1979-05-01 Cole Richard E Device for injecting water vapor into combustion air
JPS5437071A (en) * 1977-08-29 1979-03-19 Chiyoda Chem Eng & Constr Co Ltd Gas/liquid contact apparatus
US4446081A (en) * 1979-09-21 1984-05-01 Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Steam condensing apparatus
US4655242A (en) * 1980-03-28 1987-04-07 Jgc Corporation Water seal drum
US4452701A (en) * 1982-11-04 1984-06-05 Garrett Michael E Biological treatment of sewage
US4474714A (en) * 1983-07-15 1984-10-02 Endurex Corp. Diffuser apparatus
US4557879A (en) * 1984-09-24 1985-12-10 Wilfley Weber, Inc. Gas diffuser with indefinite life and mixed bubble size capacity
US4727040A (en) * 1985-03-01 1988-02-23 New Brunswick Scientific Co., Ltd. Sparger for fermentation and tissue culturing vessels
US4891171A (en) * 1986-09-19 1990-01-02 Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc. Humidifier container
US4929397A (en) * 1988-03-30 1990-05-29 Arnold Jager Apparatus for aerating water
US4844844A (en) * 1988-04-27 1989-07-04 Levy Robert M Liquid seal system for minimizing flow pulsing in flare seal drums
US5006283A (en) * 1988-10-06 1991-04-09 General Signal Corporation Mixing system for dispersing a compressible fluid such as gas into liquid in a vessel
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