Abstract:
A gas cylinder lifting and transport device, includes a base supported on a plurality of wheels; a source of power; a lifting device carried on the base; a clamping apparatus having actuators that receives power from the source of power, to clamp or unclamp a gas cylinder. The actuators can be pneumatic cylinders and the source of power can be an on-board battery-operated compressor supported from the base, the compressor being flow connected to the pneumatic cylinders. Alternatively, the source of power can be a battery and the actuators can be electrically actuated linear actuators. The lifting device can be a manually operated lever or a powered lifting device such as an electric linear actuator or a pressurized fluid.
Abstract:
A method and system for installing and maintaining submerged pumps is disclosed. The submerged pump may be positioned within a product storage vessel. Alternatively the submerged pump may be positioned within a product storage vessel with a sump that is integral with and not removable from the vessel. The pump may used for the movement of products, such as cryogenic liquids, including but not limited to, nitrogen, argon, ethylene, natural gas, nitrous-oxide, carbon-monoxide, hydrogen, helium, and carbon-dioxide. Superior results are obtained with respect to access, maintenance and handling of the pump within a product storing vessel.