US727609A - Apparatus for storage of gases. - Google Patents

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US727609A
US727609A US6172601A US1901061726A US727609A US 727609 A US727609 A US 727609A US 6172601 A US6172601 A US 6172601A US 1901061726 A US1901061726 A US 1901061726A US 727609 A US727609 A US 727609A
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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
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  • the object of my invention is to provide a receptacle for the storage of explosive or inflammable gases and such a filling therefor that in the event of an explosion or the ignition of a portion of the gas only a small volume will be affected, whereby danger from explosion is avoided.
  • Figure 1 is a section of my improved receptacle.
  • Fig. 2 is a view showing one form of the porous substance used therein.
  • A is the receptacle, which is made of any suitable material, such as steel, of sufficient strength to resist the pressure at which the gas is stored.
  • This vessel is provided with a closure B of any suitable or desired kind.
  • the receptacle A is filled with a porous substance 0.
  • Many different substances may be used, such as asbestos, mineral wool, carbon, pumice-stone, and ceramic materials.
  • One substance Which I find very advantageous for this use is porous brick. For the best results the material should be of such a character that were it reduced to'powder it would occupy from twenty to twenty-five per cent. only of the space it occupies in its normal condition.
  • porous brick of this kind or similar material I may form in the brick numerous small bores or perforations b for the purpose of facilitating the permeation of gas through the porous substance.
  • the gas If the gas is to be charged under a pressure sufficient to liquefyit, it is forced into the re ceptacle by a suitable apparatus until the liquefying pressure is reached. The liquefied The gas will then circulate through the pores' of the filling material, come in contact with the solvent liquid, and be absorbed thereby.
  • explosive or inflammable gases of any kind may be stored without danger from explosion.
  • the explosion will be confined to the inconsiderable amount stored in one, or at most in few, of the cells and would not be communicated to the body of stored gas. It is particularly useful in the storing of acetylene gas either in its compressed form or as a liquid or dissolved in a suitable solvent.
  • the filling substance be an integral mass; but I may employ a number of blocks of the porous material and completely fill the receptacle with the same, or I may partly till the receptacle with blocks and pack them round With fibrous or granular filling.
  • An apparatus for storing gas consisting of a receptacle filled With a porous substance, such porous substance being saturated with a solvent of the gas to be stored, substantially "as described.
  • An apparatus for storing gas consisting of a receptacle filled With porous material molded to fit the interiorthereof,substantially as described.

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No. 727,609. PATBNTED MAY 12, 1903;
' B- FOUGHE.
APPARATUSTOR STORAGE 0F GASES. APPLICATION FILED HAY 24, 1901.
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" avwemiioz v a I 3313 (to Qltozmug! rzns $0.. mmaumoimsnmmou n c Ilmrrno STATES Patented May 12, 1903.
ATENT Demos.
EDMOND FOUOHE, OF PARIS, FRANOE, ASSIGNOR TO E. CORNELIUS BENEDICT, JOHN S. SEYMOUR, AND EUGENE BOURNONVILLE, OF
NEIV YORK, N. Y.
APPARATUS FOR STORAGE OF'GASES.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,609, dated May 12, 1903. Application filed May 24, 1901. Serial No. 61,726. (No model.)
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, EDMOND FOUOHE, a citizen of France, residing at Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for the Storage of Gases, of which the following is a specification.
The object of my invention is to provide a receptacle for the storage of explosive or inflammable gases and such a filling therefor that in the event of an explosion or the ignition of a portion of the gas only a small volume will be affected, whereby danger from explosion is avoided.
In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a section of my improved receptacle. Fig. 2 is a view showing one form of the porous substance used therein.
A is the receptacle, which is made of any suitable material, such as steel, of sufficient strength to resist the pressure at which the gas is stored. This vessel is provided with a closure B of any suitable or desired kind. The receptacle A is filled with a porous substance 0. Many different substances may be used, such as asbestos, mineral wool, carbon, pumice-stone, and ceramic materials. One substance Which I find very advantageous for this use is porous brick. For the best results the material should be of such a character that were it reduced to'powder it would occupy from twenty to twenty-five per cent. only of the space it occupies in its normal condition. In using porous brick of this kind or similar material I may form in the brick numerous small bores or perforations b for the purpose of facilitating the permeation of gas through the porous substance.
In preparing my receptacle for the storage of the gas in compressed form I saturate the porous substance with some solvent of the gas-as, for instance, in storing acetylene gas I would saturate the porous substance with acetone.
By saturated I mean that the amount of solvent used must be such that the danger from liquid expansion is avoided.
If the gas is to be charged under a pressure sufficient to liquefyit, it is forced into the re ceptacle by a suitable apparatus until the liquefying pressure is reached. The liquefied The gas will then circulate through the pores' of the filling material, come in contact with the solvent liquid, and be absorbed thereby.
By this apparatus explosive or inflammable gases of any kind may be stored without danger from explosion. The explosion will be confined to the inconsiderable amount stored in one, or at most in few, of the cells and would not be communicated to the body of stored gas. It is particularly useful in the storing of acetylene gas either in its compressed form or as a liquid or dissolved in a suitable solvent.
It is desirable that the filling substance be an integral mass; but I may employ a number of blocks of the porous material and completely fill the receptacle with the same, or I may partly till the receptacle with blocks and pack them round With fibrous or granular filling.
IVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is
1. An apparatus for storing gas consisting of a receptacle filled With a porous substance, such porous substance being saturated with a solvent of the gas to be stored, substantially "as described.
2. An apparatus for storing gas consisting of a receptacle filled With porous material molded to fit the interiorthereof,substantially as described.
Signed at Paris, France, this 29th dayof April, 1901.
EDMOND FOUOHE. Witnesses:
HENRY B. LooMIs, HERBERT J. LILLIE.
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Cited By (3)

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US2422251A (en) * 1941-09-13 1947-06-17 Linde Air Prod Co Storage of acetylene
US4045189A (en) * 1975-06-20 1977-08-30 L'air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'etude Et L'exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude Method for preparing fuel mixtures for torches and burners
US4481779A (en) * 1983-06-22 1984-11-13 Union Carbide Corporation Cryogenic storage container

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2422251A (en) * 1941-09-13 1947-06-17 Linde Air Prod Co Storage of acetylene
US4045189A (en) * 1975-06-20 1977-08-30 L'air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'etude Et L'exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude Method for preparing fuel mixtures for torches and burners
US4481779A (en) * 1983-06-22 1984-11-13 Union Carbide Corporation Cryogenic storage container

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