WO2017182717A1 - Réservoir de fluide intermodal, système pour distribution de fluide et procédés correspondants - Google Patents

Réservoir de fluide intermodal, système pour distribution de fluide et procédés correspondants Download PDF

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WO2017182717A1
WO2017182717A1 PCT/FI2017/050301 FI2017050301W WO2017182717A1 WO 2017182717 A1 WO2017182717 A1 WO 2017182717A1 FI 2017050301 W FI2017050301 W FI 2017050301W WO 2017182717 A1 WO2017182717 A1 WO 2017182717A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D88/00—Large containers
    • B65D88/02—Large containers rigid
    • B65D88/12—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport
    • B65D88/128—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport tank containers, i.e. containers provided with supporting devices for handling
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60P—VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
    • B60P3/00—Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or objects
    • B60P3/22—Tank vehicles
    • B60P3/224—Tank vehicles comprising auxiliary devices, e.g. for unloading or level indicating
    • B60P3/2245—Adaptations for loading or unloading
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60S5/00—Servicing, maintaining, repairing, or refitting of vehicles
    • B60S5/02—Supplying fuel to vehicles; General disposition of plant in filling stations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D88/00—Large containers
    • B65D88/76—Large containers for use underground
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D90/00—Component parts, details or accessories for large containers
    • B65D90/54—Gates or closures
    • 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
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H1/00—Buildings or groups of buildings for dwelling or office purposes; General layout, e.g. modular co-ordination or staggered storeys
    • E04H1/12—Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts or dressing cubicles
    • E04H1/1205—Small buildings erected in the open air
    • E04H1/1233—Shelters for filling stations

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  • the present invention generally relates to an intermodal fluid tank and to a system for fluid dispensing.
  • WO 94/20341 discloses a fuel dispensing station that comprises an underground fuel tank, a pump island including a fuel pump for dispensing fuel contained in the tank, as well as a pump roofing.
  • the fuel dispensing station is provided with a common foundation whereupon the fuel tank, the pump island and pump roofing are connected to each other as an integral unit.
  • the dispensing station is adapted to be transported to an installation site as readily erectable blocks.
  • WO 97/25230 discloses a prefabricated modular fuel dispensing system comprising a foundation module including an underground fuel reservoir having a plurality of separate fuel storage compartments.
  • a conduit containment trough is attached to the underground fuel reservoir to operatively house a corresponding plurality of fuel supply conduits and fuel dispensing conduits therein to feed fuel to and from the underground fuel reservoir.
  • a fuel dispensing module includes a pump island to operatively support a plurality of fuel dispensing devices thereon coupled to the plurality of fuel dispensing conduits.
  • a canopy module includes an upper canopy member held in fixed spaced relationship above the fuel dispensing module by a plurality of canopy support columns secured to the underground fuel reservoir.
  • Both WO 94/20341 and 97/25230 provide an underground tank part that contains prefabricated tanks and a foundation for visible structures of a fuel dispensing station. Double skinned or walled structures are used to avoid soil contamination in case of leakage. The prefabrication and reuse of underground parts as foundation elements simplifies installation of the dispensing station as well as helps to avoid buoyance problems that could be caused by water in the ground. As such, these publications provided useful advances in the constructing of fuel dispensing stations. However, the delivery and construction of fuel and other fluid dispensing stations is still costly and time consuming due to the sheer amount of bulky parts that need to be delivered and assembled despite of using some modular elements.
  • an intermodal fluid tank as defined by appended claim 1 .
  • the cargo opening configured to enable loading of the piece in the fluid tank may allow using the interior of the fluid tank for delivery of one or more large pieces needed at the destination of the fluid tank.
  • the fluid tank may be compartmentalized into two or more sections.
  • the cargo opening may provide loading access to a section of the fluid tank.
  • the loadable inner dimension of the fluid tank at the cargo opening may define the loadable inner dimension of the fluid tank.
  • the fluid tank may have a generally round cross-section.
  • the fluid tank may be cylindrical.
  • the fluid tank may have a length that is multiple times the diameter of the fluid tank.
  • the length of the fluid tank may be greater than 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 10 times the diameter of the fluid tank.
  • the piece may have a greatest dimension that is greater than 60, 70, 80, 90, 95, or 100 % of the longitudinal inner dimension of the fluid tank.
  • the fluid tank may comprise an attaching structure configured to enable attaching the piece to the fluid tank when loaded into the fluid tank.
  • the attaching structure may be attached to an internal surface of the fluid tank.
  • the attaching structure may be attached using at least one of welding; soldering; using screws; gluing; and squeezing between opposite internal surfaces.
  • the fluid tank may be formed of a standard ISO tank container.
  • the forming of the fluid tank may comprise extending a standard container tank access opening to produce the cargo opening.
  • the fluid tank may comprise the tank container lid configured to close the access opening.
  • the fluid tank may be loadable with a service chamber structure.
  • the service chamber structure may be configured to form a service chamber onto an access opening of the fluid tank.
  • the access opening may be standard container tank access opening.
  • the fluid tank may comprise plural tank sections configured for storage of different fluids separated from each other.
  • the fluid tank may comprise separate fluid connections for each tank section. At least two of the fluid connections may be directed through same service chamber.
  • the cover structure may be configured to leave an access opening next to the cargo opening when the cover structure closes the cargo opening.
  • an ordinary tank container may be modified to the fluid tank by expanding an access opening to form the cargo opening and subsequently closing the cargo opening by the cover structure so that such an access opening is left that is compatible with an ordinary tank container lid.
  • the cover structure may be attached with adhesive to close the cargo opening.
  • the cover structure may be attached onto the cargo opening with a form locking part and / or using any one or more of: screw, wedge, belt and chain.
  • the cover structure may be detachable without generation of sparks.
  • the cover structure may be attached such that its detaching is safe in the proximity of inflammable materials.
  • the fluid tank may be configured to be buried under ground.
  • the fluid tank may be configured to be at least water tight so as to keep water out of the fluid tank when buried under ground.
  • the cover structure may be attached or attachable water tightly onto the cargo opening. That the fluid tank is configured to be buried may enable efficient use of space e.g. at fluid dispensing stations such that cars and/or trucks can be driven over at least portions of a buried fluid tank.
  • the fluid tank may comprise a frame that is configured to enable stacking of intermodal containers on top of the fluid tank during transport and intermediate storage of the fluid tank.
  • the frame may be configured to form a foundation for the fluid tank when buried into ground.
  • the frame may be configured to form a foundation for over-ground structures on top of the fluid tank.
  • the fluid tank may be loadable with beams or otherwise provided with beams.
  • the beams may be configured to form a laterally expanding support for over-ground parts.
  • the beams may be configured to expand foundation support area provided on the ground.
  • the beams may be configured to expand underground foundation area.
  • the underground foundation area may relay force to the ground.
  • the underground foundation area may increase the footprint of the fluid tank when buried in the ground.
  • the expanding support for over-ground parts may increase ground surface area that is founded without necessarily increasing the footprint of the fluid tank when buried in the ground.
  • the fluid tank may be configured to be loadable through the cargo opening with body parts of a canopy.
  • the canopy may be configured to operate as a rain shelter and / or sun shelter.
  • the fluid tank may be loadable with a roof element of the rain shelter.
  • the roof element may be a corrugated steel plate.
  • the corrugated steel plate may be loadable in a roll through the cargo opening.
  • the rain shelter may be configured to be founded on the frame.
  • the rain shelter may be founded on two vertical supports on the frame at two or more longitudinal parts of the fluid tank.
  • the fluid tank may be a double walled.
  • the fluid tank may be configured to provide a double wall structure for all underground parts that are configured to surround fluid being stored or communicated with the fluid tank.
  • the cargo opening may reside on a top wall of the fluid tank.
  • the cargo opening may reside on a side wall of the fluid tank. Further alternatively, the cargo opening may reside on an end wall of the fluid tank. Further alternatively, the cargo opening may reside on a bottom wall of the fluid tank.
  • the fluid tank may comprise plural cargo openings.
  • the fluid tank may comprise separate cargo openings for at least two sections of the fluid tank and / or a common cargo opening for at least two sections.
  • the sections of the fluid tank may be storage sections.
  • the storage sections may be spaces divided out of a total space of the fluid tank by dividing walls.
  • the sections may be configured to enable storing different fluids separately from each other.
  • the fluid tank may comprise a connection between two sections. The connection between two sections may be repeatedly openable and closable.
  • connection between two sections may be repeatedly openable and closable by a valve.
  • the connection between two sections may be repeatedly openable and closable by a blockage installable to prevent fluid communication through the connection.
  • the fluid tank may comprise pipelines configured to pass through one or more sections.
  • the fluid tank may be configured for storing liquid.
  • the fluid tank may be configured to store fuel.
  • the fluid tank may be configured for storing one or more chemicals.
  • the fluid tank may be configured for storing gas.
  • the gas may be hydrogen or the at least 90 % of the pressure of the gas may be formed by hydrogen.
  • the fluid tank may be configured to store gas in one or more gas containers that are loaded to the fluid tank.
  • the gas containers may be gas bottles.
  • the fluid tank may be loaded by the gas container prior to its transport.
  • the gas containers may be loaded by gas.
  • the gas containers may configured to store gas in a high pressure. High pressure may be a pressure greater than any of 10 MPa, 20 MPa, 30 MPa, 40 MPa, 50 MPa, 60 MPa, 70 MPa, 80 MPa, 90 MPa, or 100 MPa (i.e. greater than 200 bars up to greater than 1000 bars).
  • the one or more gas containers may be loaded to the fluid tank in any of a horizontal orientation; vertical orientation; diagonal orientation.
  • One or more gas containers may be loaded in an orientation different than that of some other one or more gas containers.
  • the gas container structure may be adapted for a particular orientation such as a horizontal or vertical orientation.
  • the cover structure may be formed to enable one or more gas containers to extend through a cylindrical top wall of the intermodal fluid tank while closing the interior of the fluid tank such that the gas container can be safely transported and storage within the fluid tank.
  • the use of the fluid tank as a housing for gas containers may enable the use of a tank container for implementing an underground gas storage for even high-pressure gases.
  • the fluid tank may comprise a gas connection configured to communicate gas to and from the gas container from outside the fluid tank.
  • the gas connection may be connected to more than one gas container loaded in the fluid tank.
  • the gas connection may be selectively openable and closable to different gas containers loaded in the fluid tank.
  • an intermodal fluid tank comprising:
  • a cargo opening configured to enable loading one or more large pieces that have a greatest dimension greater than 90 % of loadable longitudinal inner dimension of the fluid tank at the cargo opening; and a cover structure detachably attached onto the cargo opening so that the intermodal fluid tank is transportable in an intermodal transport system packed with a cargo comprising a large piece.
  • a system for fluid dispensing comprising one or more intermodal fluid tanks of the first or second aspect.
  • the system may enable delivery of a fluid dispensing system to remote and rural areas with little local resources using standard container logistics so that the delivery is protected against environmental threats and theft and so that necessary installation materials would not be lost in transport. Further advantageously, the system may enable self-contained delivery of the fluid dispensing station or at least of the structural parts thereof within only one or two intermodal container compatible units.
  • the system may enable delivery of an operable fluid dispensing system in one or two self-containing ISO container(s) loaded with parts for foundation, fluid storage, dispensing equipment for dispensing fluid to users and/or for receiving fluid into storage, canopy and required support structures.
  • the system may comprise one or more dispensing units.
  • the dispensing unit may comprise a fluid dispensing pump.
  • the dispensing unit may comprise a dispensing valve to dispense pressurized fluid.
  • the system may comprise three dispensing units.
  • the dispensing units may be founded on the frame in a line that extends over the fluid tank.
  • the line may extend over the fluid tank in the longitudinal direction of the fluid tank.
  • the line may extend beyond one or two ends of the fluid tank.
  • the piece may comprise a gas container.
  • the gas container may be configured to endure internal pressure that is greater than external pressure.
  • the internal pressure may be 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, or 90 MPa greater than normal atmosphere pressure.
  • the gas container may have a diameter less than 50 % of the diameter of the fluid tank.
  • the system may comprise all parts of an operable fluid dispensing station.
  • the system may comprise more than 90 %, 95 % or 99 % of all structural parts of an operable fluid dispensing station when measured by weight.
  • the system may further comprise an electricity source configured to produce electricity for operating the fluid dispensing system.
  • the electricity source may comprise a solar power collector.
  • the electricity source may comprise a wind power collector.
  • the electricity source may comprise a fuel cell.
  • a fourth aspect of the invention there is provided a method for forming the intermodal fluid tank of the first or second aspect, comprising:
  • the method may comprise compartmentalizing the tank container into two or more sections and / or attaching a lid to an access opening defined by the cover structure.
  • the method may comprise further steps to form the fluid tank of the first aspect according to any of its embodiments disclosed in this document.
  • a fifth aspect of the invention there is provided a method for constructing a fluid dispensing station as defined by appended claim 27.
  • the constructing of the fluid dispensing station may comprise supporting a canopy on the frame structure of the intermodal fluid tank.
  • the constructing of the fluid dispensing station may comprise founding dispensing islands on the frame structure of the intermodal fluid tank.
  • the constructing of the fluid dispensing station may comprise unloading a service chamber structure from the intermodal fluid tank and installing the service chamber to enable service access to inside the intermodal fluid tank when buried under ground.
  • Fig. 1 shows as three-dimensional sectional drawing of an intermodal fluid tank of an embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 2 shows a three-dimensional drawing of an intermodal fluid tank of an embodiment of the invention when placed in an excavation for burying into ground;
  • Fig. 3 shows a three-dimensional drawing of a system for fluid dispensing of an embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 4 shows three-dimensional drawing of a two-tank system of an embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 5 shows three-dimensional drawing of a two-tank system of an embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 6 shows three-dimensional drawing of a two-tank system of an embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 7 shows a side view of a two-tank system of an embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 8 shows a flow chart of a method of an embodiment of the invention for constructing the intermodal fluid tank of Fig. 1 ;
  • Fig. 9 shows a flow chart of a method of an embodiment of the invention for constructing the intermodal fluid tank of Fig. 3.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 show as three-dimensional drawings two intermodal fluid tanks 100, 100' or fluid tanks in short.
  • the fluid tank 100 has two cargo openings 1 10, 1 10' configured to enable loading one or more large pieces 120, 120' that have a greatest dimension greater than 90 % of loadable longitudinal inner dimension of the fluid tank at the cargo opening; and cover structures 130, 130' detachably attached onto respective cargo openings 1 10, 1 10' so that the intermodal fluid tanks 100, 100' are transportable in an intermodal transport system when packed with a cargo comprising a large piece such as a structural element 120 or a petrol pump 120'.
  • the two cargo openings 1 10, 1 10' differ by size and shape and they are aligned at different sections for loading the different sections of the fluid tank 100.
  • the cover structures 130, 130' are adapted to suit to respective cargo openings 1 10, 1 10'.
  • one of the cover structures 130 is attached onto the underlying cargo opening 1 10 while another cover structure 130' is (e.g. hinged) open to receive or unload cargo in the fluid container 100.
  • Fig. 1 shows that the fluid tank is compartmentalized into two sections 140, 150 that in Fig. 1 are of different sizes.
  • the cargo opening 1 10, 1 10' provides access to one or more sections 140, 150 of the fluid tank.
  • the smaller section or compartment could be provided solely with a standard access opening and yet used to transport pieces of approximately same length with the section. This is enabled by the geometry of the access opening and the corresponding section.
  • the loadable inner dimension of the fluid tank at the cargo opening defines the loadable inner dimension of the fluid tank. If the section is very short in the longitudinal direction of the fluid tank, then the loadable inner dimension may be transverse to the longitudinal direction i.e. of the diameter of the fluid tank. It is also possible to load objects diagonally so that the loadable dimension can be greater than the free length or diameter inside the section.
  • Fig. 1 further shows three partly inserted dispensing units 160 (fuel pumps, for example) in the smaller section 150.
  • Fig. 1 further illustrates that the cover structure leaves an access opening 180 next to the cargo opening 1 10, 1 10' when the cover structure 130, 130' closes the cargo opening, see the cover structure of the larger section 140 where the cover structure 130 is closed but a round access opening 180 (or its lid, to be more accurate) is still available.
  • the round access opening of Fig. 1 is a standard man hole or access opening through which a human being can enter and exit the section. This access opening 180 is closable by an ordinary tank container lid. In the smaller section of Fig. 1 , the open cover structure 130' and the access opening 180 provided therein are partly visible.
  • the cover structure 130, 130' can be attached to close the cargo opening with adhesive, for example, and /or with a form locking part and / or any one or more of a screw, wedge, belt or chain.
  • the cover structure 130, 130' can be detached without generation of sparks, which is particularly useful if the fluid tank has been used for storing inflammables.
  • Water jet cutting and sawing can be used, for example, to detach the cover structure 130, 130' if cutting is required in presence of inflammables.
  • Attachment with adhesive substance may be a safe technique for attaching the cover structure 130, 130' again.
  • the fluid tank may be loaded with non-fluid cargo only once, to deliver the fluid tank with various further parts to a desired destination and then unloaded and configured for use for fluid storage and / or dispensing.
  • the cargo opening may be opened and closed only once after its transport. Prior to the transport, the cargo opening can then be closed with a simplified attaching technique such as using screws and / or belts and only after unloading with a more permanent and fluid tight manner.
  • adhesive attaching materials and/or equipment are loaded into the fluid container prior to its transport so that they are available at the destination for (semi)permanent attachment. Once attached in place, the cover structure 130, 130' may remain in place so that usual service access is made using the access opening 180.
  • the cover structure 130, 130' may be detached for relocating the fluid tank, for example, or for replacing large parts contained by the fluid tank (such as sectioning elements or container units possibly contained in the fluid tank).
  • various parts such as structural parts can be loaded (possibly again) into the fluid tank and then the cover structure 130, 130' can be attached again.
  • the fluid tank of Fig. 1 is configured to be buried under ground and water tight so as to keep water out of the fluid tank when buried under ground and also protect contained cargo during transport.
  • the fluid tank has a surrounding frame 170 that allows stacking the fluid tank with intermodal containers for economical transport and storage.
  • the frame 170 doubles as a foundation for the fluid tank and other structures when buried into ground.
  • the frame 170 forms in Figs. 3 to 7 a foundation for over- ground structures on top of the fluid tank.
  • These structures can be formed of beams and plates that can be loaded into the fluid tank for transport.
  • some of these structures may be provided along the frame 170.
  • some structures may be temporarily attached to the frame 170 e.g. by using bolts and nuts.
  • the frame 170 can further form a laterally expanding support for over-ground parts so as to expand foundation support 310 as illustrated by Fig. 3.
  • a system 300 for fluid dispensing comprises a canopy 320 and outmost fluid dispensing units 330 such as fuel pumps or gas meters rest on the frame 170 actually outside of the footprint of the fluid tank on the laterally expanding support 310.
  • the laterally expanding support 310 can be formed of triangular supports.
  • the vertical supports can be formed using an upright end of the surrounding frame 170 as a vertical part and using a lateral member and diagonal member as the other two sides of the triangular support.
  • contained beams or other structures can be used to expand underground foundation area so as to increase underground foundation area that bears the over-the-ground structures.
  • the fluid tank of Fig. 1 is loadable through the cargo opening with body parts of a canopy and also with a roof element of the canopy such as a corrugated steel plate.
  • the corrugated steel plate can be loaded as a roll through the cargo opening.
  • the canopy can be founded on the frame 170 with two vertical supports 120 on the frame 170, for example.
  • the vertical supports 120 can reside at two or more longitudinal parts of the fluid tank.
  • the fluid tank can be a double walled.
  • the fluid tank can be configured to provide a double wall structure for all underground parts that are configured to surround fluid being stored or communicated with the fluid tank.
  • the fluid tank may have plural sections 140, 150 such as spaces divided out of a total space of the fluid tank by dividing walls. The sections enable storing different fluids separately from each other, for example. It is also possible to provide a connection between two sections. Such a connection can be made user adjustably open or closed using a valve or removable blockage.
  • the fluid tank can be used for a wide variety of purposes such as storing chemicals or fuels. In storing gases, it is possible to use the fuel container similarly to storing liquids except for perhaps dispensing gases may be based on their release from pressured state to a lower-pressure vessel or tank. However, it is next discussed how the fluid tank can be used like a protective cover for one or more hig h-pressure gas containers such as gas bottles inside the fluid tank. As a protective cover the fluid tank may form protection against damage causable by exploding gas containers as well as against natural and man-made risks that may range from wildfire and flooding to attempts of theft and terrorism attacks. The burying of the fluid tank into ground adds further protection.
  • the fluid tank can be preloaded with gas bottles or other gas containers already prior to the shipment of the fluid tank to its destination (such as an underground storage for a dispensing station).
  • the gas containers can be loaded by gas already before loading into the fluid tank or after their loading into the fluid tank but prior to the transport.
  • the gas can be high pressure containers suited for a safe use with a pressure greater than any of 10 MPa, 20 MPa, 30 MPa, 40 MPa, 50 MPa, 60 MPa, 70 MPa, 80 MPa, 90 MPa, or 100 MPa.
  • a gas connection can be provided to communicate gas to and from the gas container from outside the fluid tank.
  • the gas connection can be connected to more than one gas container loaded in the fluid tank.
  • the gas connection may be selectively openable and closable to different gas containers loaded in the fluid tank using suitable branching and valves, for example.
  • Figs. 3 to 7 show different embodiments of a system for fluid dispensing comprising one or more intermodal fluid tanks of Fig. 1 .
  • Fig. 7 shows an embodiment that has a first fluid tank that comprises two sections for two different types of fluids and a second fluid tank that contains gas containers 710 (shown in dashed line because not really visible outside the fluid tank), a gas dispensing unit 160', a compressor unit and a ventilation pipe.
  • a canopy is supported at two longitudinal parts by vertical supports (typically by a pair of vertical supports at each longitudinal part) on the first fluid container and at a third longitudinal part by a yet further vertical support (or pair of vertical supports).
  • three or more vertical supports can be used at each longitudinal part.
  • An advantage of using more than one vertical support at each longitudinal part is that twist and lateral forces can be better absorbed by the supporting of the canopy than with only a singly pole based support. It is also possible to support the canopy on single vertical support.
  • Fig. 6 illustrates also an extended canopy that is formed of a first canopy section that may be formed of the canopy 320 shown in Figs. 3 to 5 and a second canopy section 320'.
  • a fluid distribution system shown in one of the Figs. 4 to 6 may be changed to another fluid distribution system with relatively small changes.
  • an entire fluid dispensing station such as a fuel dispensing station can be conveniently transported and erected using parts contained by one or two intermodal containers or fluid tanks that are buried under ground and the frames 170 which double as foundation for on-the-ground structures and parts.
  • the span d1 between vertical supports may be equal to the span d2 between a vertical supports founded on frames of two different fluid tanks.
  • Fig. 7 shows that substantial distances D3 and D4 may be arranged between outmost vertical support and a ventilation pipe 710 and compressor station 720, respectively.
  • the canopy can be dimensioned to have a length Lc that is far more than d1 +d2.
  • the fluid tank may be loaded with a service chamber structure on delivery and the service chamber structure can be used to form a service chamber 330 shown in Fig. 3 onto an access opening of the fluid tank.
  • the system can be equipped with an electricity source configured to produce electricity for operating the fluid dispensing system, such as a solar power collector, a wind power collector, a fuel cell, aggregator or a battery based uninterrupted power supply device.
  • the cargo opening can be formed by obtaining a new tank container or by washing or otherwise removing any inflammable material from a used tank container and then using normal metal cutting devices to cut the cargo opening to the tank container.
  • the cutting can be performed by sawing, grinding, laser cutting, flame cutting, plasma cutting, or water jet cutting.
  • Water jet cutting may be usable also in inflammable environment and thus used without removal of inflammables. Water jet cutting can also be used for detaching the cover structure if attached by adhesive, for example.
  • the compartmentalizing of the fluid tank into sections can be performed by welding, gluing, or using screws and a sealing, for example.
  • the screws should be understood broadly as an application of a slope to include also bolts and nuts or threaded bores.
  • a fluid dispensing station can be constructed by unloading parts thereof from the fluid container and fixing with bands, chains, belts, rivets, screws, welding, using adhesives and / or using form locking shapes formed into connecting parts.
  • the fluid dispensing station can be preinstalled to an extent that all electric connections can be made using plugs and connectors the use of which does not require a professional electrician.
  • Fig. 8 shows a method for forming the fluid tank of the first aspect, comprising: cutting a cargo opening to an intermodal tank container, 810;
  • Fig. 9 shows a method for constructing a fluid dispensing station, comprising:
  • an intermodal fluid tank loaded with structural parts of the fluid dispensing system and comprising a cargo opening and a detachably attachable cover structure attached onto the cargo opening, 910; mounting the intermodal fluid tank to desired depth into ground for underground installation using a frame structure of the intermodal fluid tank as a foundation, 920;

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Abstract

Réservoir de fluide intermodal (100, 100') et système de distribution de fluide comportant le réservoir de fluide (100, 100'). Le réservoir de fluide (100, 100') comporte une ouverture pour cargaison (110, 110') sur une paroi supérieure du réservoir de fluide intermodal (100, 100') pour permettre le chargement d'au moins un élément (120, 160) ayant la plus grande dimension supérieure à 90 % de la dimension intérieure longitudinale chargeable du réservoir de fluide intermodal (100, 100') au niveau de l'ouverture pour cargaison (110, 110'). Une structure de couverture détachable (130, 130') est fixée sur l'ouverture pour cargaison (110, 110') de telle sorte que le réservoir de fluide (100, 100') peut être transporté dans un système de transport intermodal lorsqu'il est chargé d'une cargaison comprenant l'élément (120, 160). La structure de couvercle se trouve sur une paroi cylindrique du réservoir de fluide (100, 100').
PCT/FI2017/050301 2016-04-21 2017-04-20 Réservoir de fluide intermodal, système pour distribution de fluide et procédés correspondants WO2017182717A1 (fr)

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