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US 11,092,291 · App. 15/975,855 · Granted Aug 17, 2021

Safety valve for a pressure vessel, comprising a discharge line

Inventor: Simon Hettenkofer (Munich, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
F17C13/04F17C13/12F17C2205/0332F17C2205/0394F17C2223/0123F17C2223/036F17C2250/0439F17C2250/0491F17C2260/042F17C2270/0168
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Patent No.
US 11,092,291
App. No.
15/975,855
Granted
Aug 17, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A safety valve for a pressure vessel has a discharge line which extends away from a pressure relief unit. A substance fills an internal volume of the discharge line. At least one insulation element which is configured for at least reducing the thermal transmission in the discharge line in the axial direction of the discharge line is provided in the discharge line.

Claims (52)

1. A safety valve having a pressure relief unit for a pressure vessel, comprising:

a discharge line which extends away from the pressure relief unit, wherein

a substance fills an internal volume of the discharge line,

a separate bursting installation functions as a bursting installation, the separate bursting installation not being the discharge line itself,

the discharge line is equipped with the bursting installation,

wherein the discharge line has a first distal end that is attached to the pressure relief unit and a second distal end that is disposed spaced apart from the pressure relief unit, wherein the second distal end is a free end of the discharge line; and

the bursting installation is provided on the free end of the discharge line.

2. The safety valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

the bursting installation is disposed and configured such that the substance, after a bursting event, escapes to an environment such that a depressurization arises in the discharge line and in the pressure relief unit.

3. The safety valve as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one insulation element which is configured for at least reducing thermal transmission at least in an internal volume in an axial direction of the discharge line.

4. The safety valve as claimed in claim 3 , wherein

the thermal transmission in a radial direction of the discharge line on account of the at least one insulation element is not changed or changed only to a limited extent.

5. The safety valve as claimed in claim 4 , wherein

the at least one insulation element is configured for subdividing the internal volume of the discharge line into a plurality of part-volumes.

6. The safety valve as claimed in claim 5 , wherein

the at least one insulation element is configured so as to be displaceable in the axial direction of the discharge line.

7. The safety valve as claimed in claim 3 , wherein

the at least one insulation element is configured for subdividing the internal volume of the discharge line into a plurality of part-volumes.

8. The safety valve as claimed in claim 7 , wherein

the at least one insulation element is configured for suppressing a fluid communication between adjacent part-volumes; and/or

the at least one insulation element is configured for establishing a fluid communication between adjacent part-volumes in the case of the pressure differential limit value being exceeded.

9. The safety valve as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the at least one insulation element has at least one passage.

10. The safety valve as claimed in claim 3 , wherein

the at least one insulation element is configured so as to be displaceable in the axial direction of the discharge line.

11. The safety valve as claimed in claim 10 , wherein

the at least one insulation element is configured and disposed in the discharge line in such a manner that said insulation element is displaced within the discharge line in the axial direction of the discharge line when a pressure differential limit value between adjacent part-volumes is exceeded.

12. The safety valve as claimed in claim 10 , wherein

the at least one insulation element is configured for suppressing a fluid communication between adjacent part-volumes; and/or

the at least one insulation element is configured for establishing a fluid communication between adjacent part-volumes in the case of the pressure differential limit value being exceeded.

13. The safety valve as claimed in claim 3 , wherein

the at least one insulation element at least in regions is configured as a disk, and

the at least one insulation element in a central region and/or in a peripheral region is configured so as to be flexural and/or burstable.

14. The safety valve as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the at least one insulation element has at least one passage.

15. The safety valve as claimed in claim 3 , wherein

the safety valve has at least two insulation elements which by way of at least one spacer are mutually spaced apart.

16. The safety valve as claimed in claim 15 , wherein

the at least one spacer is configured so as to be flexural, and

in a peripheral region and/or in a central region the spacer is connected to the at least one insulation element, or at least in regions bears on the at least one insulation element.

17. A safety valve having a pressure relief unit for a pressure vessel, comprising:

a discharge line which extends away from the pressure relief unit, wherein a substance fills an internal volume of the discharge line and wherein a separate bursting installation functions as a bursting installation, the separate bursting installation not being the discharge line itself; and

at least one insulation element which is configured for at least reducing thermal transmission at least in an internal volume in an axial direction of the discharge line, wherein

the at least one insulation element is configured for subdividing the internal volume of the discharge line into a plurality of part-volumes, and

the at least one insulation element is configured and disposed in the discharge line in such a manner that said insulation element is displaced within the discharge line in the axial direction of the discharge line when a pressure differential limit value between adjacent part-volumes is exceeded.

18. A safety valve for a pressure vessel, comprising:

a pressure relief unit;

a discharge line which extends away from the pressure relief unit, wherein

a substance fills an internal volume of the discharge line,

a separate bursting installation functions as a bursting installation, the separate bursting installation not being the discharge line itself,

the discharge line is equipped with the bursting installation,

wherein the discharge line has a first distal end that is attached to the pressure relief unit and a second distal end that is disposed spaced apart from the pressure relief unit, wherein the second distal end is a free end of the discharge line; and

the bursting installation is provided on the free end of the discharge line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2018
From: HETTENKOFER, SIMON
To: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 045764/0835 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 222 252.7 · Nov 11, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2016073894 · Oct 6, 2016
Related Publication 20180328540A1 · Nov 15, 2018