IP Library Granted Patent US 11,906,111
Granted Patent B2
US 11,906,111 · App. 17/186,069 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

Delivery tank with pressure reduction, saturation and desaturation features

Inventors: Radek Rosenbaum (Decin, CZ); Jan Kubica (Liberec, CZ)
Assignee: Chart Inc.
F17C7/02F17C1/12F17C2201/0119F17C2203/0391F17C2203/0619F17C2205/0134F17C2205/0352F17C2221/014F17C2221/033F17C2223/0161
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Patent No.
US 11,906,111
App. No.
17/186,069
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cryogenic delivery tank includes a vessel having inner and outer shells and an interior that may contain a cryogenic liquid with a headspace above. A transfer pipe passes through the interior of the vessel and includes a head space coil positioned within an upper portion of the interior and a liquid side coil positioned in the lower portion of the interior. The transfer pipe has a first port adjacent to the head space coil and a second port adjacent to the liquid side coil. The first and second ports of the transfer pipe are configured to be removably attached to a second tank.

Claims (25)

1. A cryogenic liquid delivery tank system, comprising:

a vessel comprising an inner shell and an outer shell wherein the inner shell defines an interior configured to contain a first cryogenic liquid with a first cryogenic liquid headspace above the first cryogenic liquid;

a transfer pipe passing through the interior of the vessel, said transfer pipe including a head space coil positioned within an upper portion of the interior and a liquid side coil positioned in a lower portion of the interior;

the transfer pipe having a first port adjacent to the head space coil and a second port adjacent to the liquid side coil; and

a second cryogenic tank including:

a second tank interior configured to hold a second cryogenic liquid with a second head space above the second cryogenic liquid,

a gas outlet pipe in fluid communication with a top portion of the second tank interior and configured to removably connect directly to the second port so that a second gas from the second head space flows through the liquid side coil of the transfer pipe prior to flowing through the head space coil of the transfer pipe, and

a liquid outlet pipe in fluid communication with a bottom portion of the second tank interior and configured to removably and alternately connect to the first port and directly to the second port so that the second cryogenic liquid flows through the liquid side coil of the transfer pipe prior to flowing through the head space coil of the transfer pipe when the liquid outlet pipe is connected to the second port.

2. The cryogenic liquid delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the second cryogenic liquid is the same as the first cryogenic liquid.

3. The cryogenic liquid delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the second cryogenic liquid is different from the first cryogenic liquid.

4. The cryogenic liquid delivery tank system of claim 1 , wherein the first cryogenic liquid is liquefied natural gas.

5. The cryogenic liquid delivery tank system of claim 1 , wherein the second cryogenic liquid is liquid nitrogen and the second gas is nitrogen.

6. The cryogenic liquid delivery tank system of claim 1 , further comprising one or more flexible hoses configured to removably connect the gas outlet pipe to the second port and the liquid outlet pipe to the first and/or second ports.

7. The cryogenic liquid delivery tank system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of lines including one or more valves configured to selectively connect the gas outlet pipe to the second port and the liquid outlet pipe to the first and/or second ports.

8. A method of adjusting a pressure of a first cryogenic liquid stored in a delivery tank comprising the steps of:

providing a transfer pipe in the interior of the vessel, said transfer pipe including a head space coil positioned within an upper portion of the interior and a liquid side coil positioned in a lower portion of the interior;

directing a second cryogenic liquid from a second tank first through the headspace coil and then through the liquid side coil;

directing cryogenic liquid from the second tank first through the liquid side coil and then through the headspace coil;

directing a second gas from the second tank first through the liquid side coil and then through the headspace coil so that an exhaust gas is produced; and

venting the exhaust gas.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first cryogenic liquid is different from the second cryogenic liquid.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first cryogenic liquid is the same as the second cryogenic liquid.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the pressure of the first cryogenic liquid is reduced.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the saturation pressure of the first cryogenic liquid is increased.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the saturation pressure of the second cryogenic liquid is decreased.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2024
From: ROSENBAUM, RADEK; KUBICA, JAN
To: CHART INC.
Reel/Frame 066032/0203 →
PATENT CONFIRMATORY GRANT Recorded Dec 28, 2022
From: CHART INC.
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS THE NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062793/0692 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2021
From: CHART INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 057817/0592 →