Abstract:
924,755. Storing liquefied gas. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION. June 2, 1961 [June 9, 1960], No. 19917/61. Class 8(2). An apparatus for storing and dispensing liquefied gas comprises an inner vessel 10 surrounded by an outer shell 15 within which the vessel 10 is supported by two axially aligned cylinders 20, 21 each extending across an insulation space 18 between the vessel 10 and the shell 15 and having one end disposed in a socket 22 or 23 and the other end disposed within one of the ends of a metal tube 26. The insulation space 18 is preferably subject to a low vacuum pressure and filled with insulating powder of small particle size and containing a pacifying material in the form of metal flakes. Alternatively, the space 18 may be filled with multiple alternate layers of fibre mat and polished metal foil wrapped about the inner vessel 10. The cylinder 20 is fixed in the socket 22 and the adjacent end of the tube 26, the other cylinder 21 not being so fixed to allow for expansion and contraction. The cylinders 20 and 21 are preferably made from reinforced plastic material, e.g. a glass reinforced epoxy resin. The tube 26 is filled with an absorbent material such as silica gel or certain molecular sieve calcium zeolites retained by screens 35 and in communication with the insulation space 18 through holes 29 in the cylinders 20 and 21, for example, so that when subject to the stored gas temperature the absorbent material will absorb traces of gas or vapours from the insulation space. Conduits 30 and 32 are provided for filling and emptying the vessel 10, the conduits being coiled or looped within the insulation space 18 to reduce heat conduction along the conduits. The cylinders 20, 21 may be filled with porous insulating material such as glass wool, glass fibre packing or alternate disks of metal foil and glass fibre mat. The outer shell 15 is mounted on a skid frame 37 connected to the shell through rubber shock mountings 40. The inner vessel and outer shell may be spherical. In a second embodiment, Fig. 3, an inner vessel 110 is supported within an outer shell 115 by cylinders 120, 121. The cylinder 120 has one end secured in a socket 122 provided with a removable cover 50 for renewing absorbent material 127 which is contained in a tubular chamber 54, the latter being welded to a tube 51 within which is secured the other end of the cylinder 120. The cylinder 121 has one end secured in a socket 123 and the other end slidably carried in a tube 60 through which pass filling and emptying conduits 65, 66. The outer shell 115 is mounted on a wheeled carriage. Liquid gas is normally delivered from the vessel 10 under its own vapour pressure but the gas may be put under pressure by external means, e.g. a supply of the same gas as that being stored.
Abstract:
800,204. Storing liquefied gases. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION. Dec. 12, 1956 [Jan. 5, 1956], No. 38007/56. Class 8(2). [Also in Group XIII] Traces of moisture are absorbed from the vacuum or powder-invacuum insulation 14, between a liquid oxygen container 13 and an outer shell 12 by a molecular sieve 16 of natural or synthetic zeolite having a pore size of at least five angstrom units. Calcium zeolite " A " or sodium zeolite " X " is located within a blister 16 beneath the container 13 and having an aperture covered by a glass wool filter 21 through which the traces of moisture pass to the absorbent. Specifications 777,232 and 777,233, [both in Group III] are referred to.
Abstract:
781,631. Storing gases under pressure. UNION CARBIDE & CARBON CORPORATION. Aug. 22, 1955 [Sept. 10, 1954], No. 24159/55. Class 8(2). A liquefied gas, e.g. oxygen container 11 mounted within and thermally insulated from a jacket 12 through which extends a filling and discharge tube 22 has a refrigerant container 28 in thermal contact with the liquid oxygen L ; the refrigerant being capable of change of state, e.g., from solid to liquid accompanied by absorption of heat at a temperature above the normal storage temperature of the liquid oxygen but below that at which the gas pressure is sufficient to open an automatic relief valve 25. A suitable refrigerant is dichlorodifluoromethane which is introduced as liquid through a duct 29 closed by a burstable disc 30. The container 28 is supported by braces 31 and container 11 by a tripod 16 within the jacket 12 which may be evacuated or filled with insulation. Charging with liquid oxygen is effected through the valved duct 22 until liquid issued from a trycock valve 27 and discharging is also effected through the duct 22 leading to a line 33 where it is joined by oxygen gas in a duct 40 connected to a gas release duct 24. The combined liquid and gaseous oxygen then traverses a vaporizing coil 35 surrounding the jacket 12 and is discharged as gas through a valved coupling 38. Alternatively the vapourizing coil is located within the jacket 12. In a modification the refrigerant is of the evaporative type, e.g. liquid nitrogen for use with argon in the container 11; the burstable disc being replaced by an automatic pressure relief valve 44 1 , Fig. 3 (not shown).