WO2000034178A1 - Fuel station - Google Patents
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- WO2000034178A1 WO2000034178A1 PCT/NL1999/000747 NL9900747W WO0034178A1 WO 2000034178 A1 WO2000034178 A1 WO 2000034178A1 NL 9900747 W NL9900747 W NL 9900747W WO 0034178 A1 WO0034178 A1 WO 0034178A1
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- WO
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- Prior art keywords
- fuel
- filling station
- storage tank
- fluid
- impermeable container
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
- B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B67D7/00—Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers, e.g. for retail sale purposes
- B67D7/06—Details or accessories
- B67D7/78—Arrangements of storage tanks, reservoirs or pipe-lines
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- the invention relates to a fuel station for petrol and the like, comprising a storage tank for fuel, a liquid-impermeable container located underground in which the storage tank is placed, pipes connected to the storage tank for the conveyance of fuel to and from the storage tank, of which at least one pipe is connected to a filling station comprising at least one pump unit.
- US-A-4, 978,249 discloses a system for the safe storage of fuel, wherein the fuel tanks are standing in an underground compartment which is impermeable to fluid and made of reinforced concrete.
- the fuel tanks are coupled with pipes for the inlet and outlet of fuel, which pipes are lead through fluid-impermeable housings and exit in the fluid-impermeable compartment.
- This system ensures that fuel spillage can be recovered in the underground fluid-impermeable container in which the fuel tanks are placed.
- the filling station is located at a distance removed from the storage tanks. Usually such a filling station, comprises a plurality of pump units as shown, for example, in US-A-5.454.205.
- a known problem is that the fuel spilt during filling up disappears into the ground.
- US-A-5, 5 , 205 solves this problem by situating the filling station on a leak-proof floor, over which the traffic driving in and out of the filling station moves.
- the drawback of a fuel station according to the state of the art that is built to combat as much as possible environmental contamination resulting from leakage is, that it requires expensive provisions, as can be seen from the combined disclosures US-A-4 , 978 , 249 and US-A- 5,454,205.
- the filling station according to the invention is characterized in that the fluid-impermeable container is placed under the filling station, and the same is provided with means for recovering the fuel that has leaked during refuelling.
- US-A-5, 454, 205 then becomes entirely unnecessary, as one can then take full advantage of the leak-proof properties of the fluid- impermeable container in which the storage tank is placed.
- US-A-5, 664 , 696 discloses an installation involving fuel tanks located in the ground, and which fuel tanks are placed in a fluid-impermeable container.
- the fluid-impermeable container is intended for the recovery of fluid that has leaked from the tanks.
- the publication does not mention the placing of a filling station above the tanks, such that the fluid- impermeable container can simultaneously be used for the recovery of fuel that has leaked during refuelling.
- the publication mentions the use of moisture- proof lids over the container, in order to avoid fluid, such as leakage fluid from a filling station, from seeping into the receptacle.
- a further advantageous circumstance of the invention is that if an aboveground construction, such as a cantilever roof and/or an area for a cash point to settle the fuel bill is provided, the same is preferably built such that the foundation of the structure rests on the fluid-impermeable container. The extent of foundation required under the filling station can thus be limited to a portion required anyway as foundation for the fluid- impermeable container in which the storage tank is placed.
- WO 94/20341 discloses the use of a foundation for the storage tank to be shared with other parts of the filling station.
- PCT/FI93/00570 discloses the use of a fluid-impermeable container under the filling station, which simultaneously serves as the foundation, is not known from this publication.
- Fig. 1 and 2 shows the filling station according to the invention in a cross section and longitudinal section.
- the filling station 1 is intended for refuelling with petrol, diesel oil, LPG and the like, and comprises an underground storage tank 2 for the respective fuel.
- the storage tank 2 is located in an underground fluid-impermeable container 3.
- Pipes are connected (not shown) to the storage tank 2 in a manner with which the person skilled in the art is quite familiar, which pipes serve for the conveyance of fuel from and to the storage tank 2.
- At least one pipe, namely the pipe serving for the conveyance of fuel from the storage tank 2 is coupled with the filling station 4 above ground, which comprises at least one pump unit 5.
- the fluid- impermeable container 3 is positioned under the filling station 4, the recovery container 3 being provided with means for receiving fuel leaked during refuelling.
- the service floor 6 may, for instance, be provided with openings through which the fuel can run into the fluid-impermeable container 3. This may be executed in a manner known to the person skilled in the art, and is not shown in the Figures.
- the filling station 1 may further be provided with an aboveground construction in the form of a cantilever roof 7 or a building where the fuel bill can be paid.
- the figures merely show one construction in the form of a cantilever roof 7. In a specific aspect of the invention such a construction may be directly founded upon the fluid-impermeable container 3. Depending on the situational circumstances, the fluid-impermeable container 3 may even be founded upon piles 8.
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- Filling Or Discharging Of Gas Storage Vessels (AREA)
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Priority Applications (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE69905395T DE69905395T2 (en) | 1998-12-08 | 1999-12-06 | TANK PLANT |
EP99960023A EP1137589B1 (en) | 1998-12-08 | 1999-12-06 | Fuel station |
AU16970/00A AU1697000A (en) | 1998-12-08 | 1999-12-06 | Fuel station |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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NL1010755A NL1010755C2 (en) | 1998-12-08 | 1998-12-08 | Gas station. |
NL1010755 | 1998-12-08 |
Publications (1)
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WO2000034178A1 true WO2000034178A1 (en) | 2000-06-15 |
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Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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PCT/NL1999/000747 WO2000034178A1 (en) | 1998-12-08 | 1999-12-06 | Fuel station |
Country Status (5)
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EP (1) | EP1137589B1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU1697000A (en) |
DE (1) | DE69905395T2 (en) |
NL (1) | NL1010755C2 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2000034178A1 (en) |
Cited By (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP1405966A1 (en) * | 2002-08-19 | 2004-04-07 | Vandenborre Technologies N.V | Outletstation for hydrogen |
US7149269B2 (en) | 2003-02-27 | 2006-12-12 | International Business Machines Corporation | Receiver for clock and data recovery and method for calibrating sampling phases in a receiver for clock and data recovery |
ES2360689A1 (en) * | 2008-09-15 | 2011-06-08 | Luis Brasa Fernandez | Sustainable service station. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) |
ES2447316A1 (en) * | 2013-12-02 | 2014-03-11 | Grupo Soteinpe S.L. | Modular construction system of a fuel storage and dispensing facility (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) |
Citations (6)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4978249A (en) | 1989-03-14 | 1990-12-18 | Killman Troy H | Safe, fluid-storage system |
WO1994020341A1 (en) | 1993-03-05 | 1994-09-15 | Savon Konehitsaus Oy | Fuel station and method for assembling of the same |
US5454205A (en) | 1992-07-24 | 1995-10-03 | Bol; Johannes B. | Leakproof filling station floor |
US5526964A (en) * | 1994-07-12 | 1996-06-18 | Moore; Bobby P. | Fuel dispensing system |
DE19649049A1 (en) * | 1996-11-27 | 1998-05-28 | Walter Ludwig Behaelter Stahl | Fuel tank station for petrol stations, etc. |
US5833390A (en) * | 1996-12-17 | 1998-11-10 | Lovett; Jerry | Fluid storage and delivery system |
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- 1998-12-08 NL NL1010755A patent/NL1010755C2/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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1999
- 1999-12-06 AU AU16970/00A patent/AU1697000A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1999-12-06 WO PCT/NL1999/000747 patent/WO2000034178A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 1999-12-06 EP EP99960023A patent/EP1137589B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1999-12-06 DE DE69905395T patent/DE69905395T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
Patent Citations (6)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4978249A (en) | 1989-03-14 | 1990-12-18 | Killman Troy H | Safe, fluid-storage system |
US5454205A (en) | 1992-07-24 | 1995-10-03 | Bol; Johannes B. | Leakproof filling station floor |
WO1994020341A1 (en) | 1993-03-05 | 1994-09-15 | Savon Konehitsaus Oy | Fuel station and method for assembling of the same |
US5526964A (en) * | 1994-07-12 | 1996-06-18 | Moore; Bobby P. | Fuel dispensing system |
DE19649049A1 (en) * | 1996-11-27 | 1998-05-28 | Walter Ludwig Behaelter Stahl | Fuel tank station for petrol stations, etc. |
US5833390A (en) * | 1996-12-17 | 1998-11-10 | Lovett; Jerry | Fluid storage and delivery system |
Cited By (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP1405966A1 (en) * | 2002-08-19 | 2004-04-07 | Vandenborre Technologies N.V | Outletstation for hydrogen |
US7149269B2 (en) | 2003-02-27 | 2006-12-12 | International Business Machines Corporation | Receiver for clock and data recovery and method for calibrating sampling phases in a receiver for clock and data recovery |
ES2360689A1 (en) * | 2008-09-15 | 2011-06-08 | Luis Brasa Fernandez | Sustainable service station. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) |
ES2447316A1 (en) * | 2013-12-02 | 2014-03-11 | Grupo Soteinpe S.L. | Modular construction system of a fuel storage and dispensing facility (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
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NL1010755C2 (en) | 2000-06-13 |
DE69905395D1 (en) | 2003-03-20 |
EP1137589B1 (en) | 2003-02-12 |
DE69905395T2 (en) | 2004-02-05 |
AU1697000A (en) | 2000-06-26 |
EP1137589A1 (en) | 2001-10-04 |
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