Abstract:
A gum substance monitoring apparatus for inexpensively and easily estimating and detecting adhesion and deposition of a gum substance produced in a fuel gas onto a combustor and fuel gas supply piping extending to the combustor, includes: detection piping branched from the fuel gas supply piping configured to supply to the combustor with the fuel gas for allowing a part of the fuel gas as a sample gas to pass therethrough; and a gum substance detecting device provided on the detection piping and configured to detect an extent of adhesion of the gum substance produced in the fuel gas, the gum substance detecting device including a simulated passage member having a simulated passage for passage of the sample gas therethrough which is formed by simulating fuel gas piping of the fuel gas supply piping extending in a portion subject to gum substance monitoring which is located downstream of a branch point at which the detection piping is branched from the fuel gas supply piping, the gum substance detecting device being configured to be capable of detecting an extent of adhesion of the gum substance onto the simulated passage member.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention include a system and method for controllably delivering hydrocarbon gas to a hydrocarbon gas-fueled device. According to one embodiment, a valve having an open state and a closed state is used to control the flow of hydrocarbon gas from a pressure vessel to a supply line. A hydrocarbon gas sensor detects airborne hydrocarbon gas and generates a signal in response. A controller automatically moves the valve to the closed state in response to the signal from the hydrocarbon gas sensor while the valve is in the open state. The controller automatically releases liquid sealant to the supply line in response to a continued signal from the hydrocarbon gas sensor after at least attempting to move the valve to the closed state.
Abstract:
An object is to prevent a mistaken shutoff caused by the mistaken registration of an appliance of which an amount of gas used changes. An individual flow registration maintenance unit maintains a registered flow rate deleted due to an increase/decrease in flow rate, again, performs determination on the flow rate maintained when a new flow rate is registered or a flow rate added with the maintained flow rate, and in the case where it is regarded to be the same, re-register the maintained flow rate.
Abstract:
It is an objective to appropriately assure a function of limiting use of appliances that cause changes in quantities of gas used. There are provided a flow detection unit 10; a flow computing unit 11; an average flow computing unit 12; a flow storage unit 13 that records an average flow quantity value; a flow change determination unit 14 that determines whether there is a flow change; a flow registration unit 15 that registers a flow quantity corresponding to a flow change or deletes a registered flow quantity close to the flow change when the flow change determination unit 14 has determined an incremental or decremental change; a flow memory unit 16; a flow change correction memory unit 17 that, when the flow change determination unit has determined presence of a change and when only the maximum flow quantity is registered, determines whether or not a sum of registered flow quantities deleted in the past and an average flow fall within a predetermined range; a determination period unit 18 that, when no flow change is determined to have been for a predetermined time period, deletes flow quantities in the flow memory unit and the registered flow quantity, thereby performing re-registration; a monitoring value memory unit 19; an abnormality determination unit 20 that compares the flow quantity value in the flow registration unit with a determination value of the monitoring value memory unit, thereby determining presence or absence of an abnormality; and an operating time correction unit 22 that outputs a re-registration correction signal through use of a determination period unit.
Abstract:
Various systems and methods are described for a controlling a flow of reformate fuel in a fuel system which includes a reformer and a storage tank coupled to an engine in a vehicle. The system includes a pump located between the reformer and the storage tank that is selectively operated in order to reduce parasitic losses on the system.
Abstract:
A method for controllably delivering hydrocarbon gas, comprises selectively opening and closing a valve to control the flow of hydrocarbon gas from a pressure vessel to a supply line for a hydrocarbon gas-fueled device, detecting any airborne hydrocarbon gas, attempting to move the valve from an open state to a closed state in response to detecting airborne hydrocarbon gas while the valve is in the open state, and releasing a liquid sealant to the supply line in response to detecting escaped gas after at least attempting to move the valve to the closed state.
Abstract:
The object of the present invention is to provide a method for cutting with gas which uses a cutting tip including a preheating hole for forming a preheating flame with a fuel gas and an oxygen gas for preheating, and an oxygen gas hole for cutting a workpiece by injecting oxygen gas for cutting, and which can decrease an amount of hydrogen gas used by supply a fuel gas to the preheating hole, which is appropriate in both heating and cutting the workpiece, and an apparatus for cutting with gas, and the present invention provides an apparatus for cutting with gas (30) which supplies an oxygen gas, and a fuel gas to a cutting tip (20) including a preheating hole (23) and an oxygen gas hole for cutting (22), wherein the apparatus (30) includes a supply circuit for oxygen gas (50), a supply circuit for hydrogen gas (41), a supply circuit for hydrocarbon-based gas (45), and a gas supply control means (60), and the gas supply control means (60) can alter a ratio of the hydrogen gas and the hydrocarbon-based gas which are supplied to the preheating hole in a case of heating the workpiece and a case of cutting the workpiece.
Abstract:
The present invention pertains generally to a system and method for providing fuel having a desired calorie content to a combustion engine over a range of operating levels. The system mixes a first fuel from a first fuel supply pipe with a second fuel from a second fuel supply pipe at a mixing point to create a mixed fuel having a first calorie content. A control valve is located in the second fuel supply pipe upstream of the mixing point. A process system downstream of the mixing point processes the mixed fuel to create a processed mixed fuel having a second calorie content. A first control signal is reflective of the first calorie content of the mixed fuel. A second control signal is reflective of the second calorie content of the processed mixed fuel. A third control signal is reflective of the operating level of the combustion engine. A controller connected to the control valve operates the control valve based on the first, second, and third control signals.
Abstract:
An object is to prevent a mistaken shutoff caused by the mistaken registration of an appliance of which an amount of gas used changes. An individual flow registration maintenance unit maintains a registered flow rate deleted due to an increase/decrease in flow rate, again, performs determination on the flow rate maintained when a new flow rate is registered or a flow rate added with the maintained flow rate, and in the case where it is regarded to be the same, re-register the maintained flow rate.
Abstract:
A gum substance monitoring apparatus (10) for inexpensively and easily estimating and detecting adhesion and deposition of a gum substance produced in a fuel gas onto a combustor (3) and fuel gas supply piping (4) extending to the combustor (3), includes: detection piping (11) branched from the fuel gas supply piping (4) configured to supply to the combustor (3) with the fuel gas for allowing a part of the fuel gas as a sample gas to pass therethrough; and a gum substance detecting device (12) provided on the detection piping (11) and configured to detect an extent of adhesion of the gum substance produced in the fuel gas, the gum substance detecting device (12) including a simulated passage member (15) having a simulated passage (15A) for passage of the sample gas therethrough which is formed by simulating fuel gas piping of the fuel gas supply piping (4) extending in a portion subject to gum substance monitoring which is located downstream of a branch point (C1) at which the detection piping (11) is branched from the fuel gas supply piping (4), the gum substance detecting device (12) being configured to be capable of detecting an extent of adhesion of the gum substance onto the simulated passage member (15).