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公开(公告)号:US06994104B2
公开(公告)日:2006-02-07
申请号:US09945049
申请日:2001-08-31
IPC分类号: F17D1/00
CPC分类号: F17C13/002 , B63B25/14 , B63B25/16 , F17C1/002 , F17C3/025 , F17C5/04 , F17C5/06 , F17C7/04 , F17C2201/0109 , F17C2201/035 , F17C2201/054 , F17C2201/056 , F17C2203/0333 , F17C2203/0639 , F17C2203/0678 , F17C2205/0107 , F17C2205/0111 , F17C2205/0142 , F17C2205/0146 , F17C2221/033 , F17C2223/0115 , F17C2223/0123 , F17C2223/0161 , F17C2223/033 , F17C2223/036 , F17C2250/0636 , F17C2265/06 , F17C2270/0171 , F17C2270/0173 , F17C2270/0581 , Y10T137/474 , Y10T137/4874 , Y10T137/6906
摘要: The methods and apparatus for transporting compressed gas includes a gas storage system having a plurality of pipes connected by a manifold whereby the gas storage system is designed to operate in the range of the optimum compressibility factor for a given composition of gas. The pipe for the gas storage system is preferably large diameter pipe made of a high strength material whereby a low temperature is selected which can be withstood by the material of the pipe. Knowing the compressibility factor of the gas, the temperature, and the diameter of the pipe, the wall thickness of the pipe is calculated for the pressure range of the gas at the selected temperature. The gas storage system may either be modular or be part of the structure of a vehicle for transporting the gas. The gas storage system further includes enclosing the pipes in an enclosure having a nitrogen atmosphere. A displacement fluid may be used to offload the gas from the gas storage system. A vehicle with the gas storage system designed for a particular composition gas produced at a given location is used to transport gas from that producing location to a receiving station miles from the producing location.
摘要翻译: 用于输送压缩气体的方法和装置包括具有通过歧管连接的多个管道的气体存储系统,由此气体存储系统被设计成在给定的气体组成的最佳可压缩因子的范围内操作。 用于气体存储系统的管道优选是由高强度材料制成的大直径管,由此选择可以被管材材料承受的低温。 知道气体的压缩系数,管道的温度和直径,根据选定温度下气体的压力范围计算出管道的壁厚。 气体存储系统可以是模块化的或者是用于运输气体的车辆结构的一部分。 气体存储系统还包括将管封闭在具有氮气氛的外壳中。 位移流体可用于从气体存储系统卸载气体。 使用专为在给定位置产生的特定组合物气体设计的气体存储系统的车辆将气体从该生产位置运送到距产地位置的接收站几英里。
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公开(公告)号:US06584781B2
公开(公告)日:2003-07-01
申请号:US09943693
申请日:2001-08-31
IPC分类号: F17C500
CPC分类号: F17C13/002 , B63B25/14 , B63B25/16 , F17C1/002 , F17C3/025 , F17C5/04 , F17C5/06 , F17C7/04 , F17C2201/0109 , F17C2201/035 , F17C2201/054 , F17C2201/056 , F17C2203/0333 , F17C2203/0639 , F17C2203/0678 , F17C2205/0107 , F17C2205/0111 , F17C2205/0142 , F17C2205/0146 , F17C2221/033 , F17C2223/0123 , F17C2223/0161 , F17C2223/033 , F17C2223/036 , F17C2265/06 , F17C2270/0105 , F17C2270/0581 , Y10T137/6906
摘要: The methods and apparatus for transporting compressed gas includes a gas storage system having a plurality of pipes connected by a manifold whereby the gas storage system is designed to operate in the range of the optimum compressibility factor for a given composition of gas. The pipe for the gas storage system is preferably large diameter pipe made of a high strength material whereby a low temperature is selected which can be withstood by the material of the pipe. Knowing the compressibility factor of the gas, the temperature, and the diameter of the pipe, the wall thickness of the pipe may be calculated for the pressure range of the gas at the selected temperature. The gas storage system may either be modular or be part of the structure of a vessel for transporting the gas to the storage system. Since the pipe provides a bulkhead around the gas, the gas storage system may be used in a single hull vessel. The gas storage system further includes enclosing the pipes in a nitrogen atmosphere. A displacement fluid may be used to offload the gas from the gas storage system. A vessel with the gas storage system designed for a particular composition gas produced at a given location is used to transport gas from that producing location to offloading ports hundreds, or thousands, of miles from the producing location.
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公开(公告)号:US07257952B2
公开(公告)日:2007-08-21
申请号:US11232347
申请日:2005-09-21
CPC分类号: F17C13/002 , B63B25/14 , B63B25/16 , F17C1/002 , F17C3/025 , F17C5/04 , F17C5/06 , F17C7/04 , F17C2201/0109 , F17C2201/035 , F17C2201/054 , F17C2201/056 , F17C2203/0333 , F17C2203/0639 , F17C2203/0678 , F17C2205/0107 , F17C2205/0111 , F17C2205/0142 , F17C2205/0146 , F17C2221/033 , F17C2223/0115 , F17C2223/0123 , F17C2223/0161 , F17C2223/033 , F17C2223/036 , F17C2250/0636 , F17C2265/06 , F17C2270/0171 , F17C2270/0173 , F17C2270/0581 , Y10T137/474 , Y10T137/4874 , Y10T137/6906
摘要: The methods and apparatus for transporting compressed gas includes a gas storage system having a plurality of pipes connected by a manifold whereby the gas storage system is designed to operate in the range of the optimum compressibility factor for a given composition of gas. The pipe for the gas storage system is preferably large diameter pipe made of a high strength material whereby a low temperature is selected which can be withstood by the material of the pipe. Knowing the compressibility factor of the gas, the temperature, and the diameter of the pipe, the wall thickness of the pipe is calculated for the pressure range of the gas at the selected temperature. The gas storage system may either be modular or be part of the structure of a vehicle for transporting the gas. The gas storage system further includes enclosing the pipes in an enclosure having a nitrogen atmosphere. A displacement fluid may be used to offload the gas from the gas storage system. A vehicle with the gas storage system designed for a particular composition gas produced at a given location is used to transport gas from that producing location to a receiving station miles from the producing location.
摘要翻译: 用于输送压缩气体的方法和装置包括具有通过歧管连接的多个管道的气体存储系统,由此气体存储系统被设计成在给定的气体组成的最佳可压缩因子的范围内操作。 用于气体存储系统的管道优选是由高强度材料制成的大直径管,由此选择可以被管材材料承受的低温。 知道气体的压缩系数,管道的温度和直径,根据选定温度下气体的压力范围计算出管道的壁厚。 气体存储系统可以是模块化的或者是用于运输气体的车辆结构的一部分。 气体存储系统还包括将管封闭在具有氮气氛的外壳中。 位移流体可用于从气体存储系统卸载气体。 使用专为在给定位置产生的特定组合物气体设计的气体存储系统的车辆将气体从该生产位置运送到距产地位置的接收站几英里。
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公开(公告)号:US20090309408A1
公开(公告)日:2009-12-17
申请号:US12316398
申请日:2008-12-13
申请人: William M. Bishop
发明人: William M. Bishop
IPC分类号: E21B43/28
CPC分类号: F16L9/19 , E21B43/281
摘要: A relatively warm mineral deposit is solution mined by injecting fluid through a well drilled into the deposit and dissolving the mineral to form a production brine. Warm production brine is cooled at the surface using a heat exchanger as a crystallizer to precipitate the mineral in the exchanger and form a slurry. Crystals of the mineral in the slurry are recovered in a separation plant leaving a relatively cool, dilute or depleted brine, which is conveyed through the heat exchanger for cooling the production brine and then injected into the mineral deposit to dissolve more mineral thereby providing a continuous process. A pipe-in-pipe heat exchanger is preferably used and in a manner so that the heat exchanger also serves as a primary means for conveying the production fluid and/or slurry from the well to the separation plant. This method extracts and recovers the desired mineral(s), recovers much of the heat in the production brine, accelerates the solution mining process since the injection fluid has been warmed, reduces salting in the production string, is relatively inexpensive to install and maintain, and does not require a source of energy for cooling the production brine such as electricity for a refrigeration system.
摘要翻译: 相对温暖的矿床是通过将钻井液注入沉积物中并将矿物溶解以形成生产盐水而开采的溶液。 使用热交换器作为结晶器,在表面上冷却生产的盐水,以在交换器中沉淀矿物并形成浆料。 将浆料中的矿物质晶体回收在分离装置中,留下相对冷却的稀释或贫化的盐水,其通过热交换器输送以冷却生产盐水,然后注入矿物沉积物中以溶解更多的矿物质,从而提供连续的 处理。 优选地使用管中管热交换器,并且使得热交换器还用作将生产流体和/或浆料从井输送到分离设备的主要装置。 该方法提取和回收所需的矿物质,回收生产盐水中的大部分热量,加速溶液开采过程,因为注射液已被加热,减少了生产线中的盐析,安装和维护相对便宜, 并且不需要用于冷却生产盐水的能量源,例如用于制冷系统的电力。
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公开(公告)号:US20110080035A1
公开(公告)日:2011-04-07
申请号:US12959377
申请日:2010-12-03
申请人: William M. Bishop
发明人: William M. Bishop
CPC分类号: F16L9/19 , E21B43/281
摘要: A relatively warm mineral deposit is solution mined by injecting fluid through a well drilled into the deposit and dissolving the mineral to form a production brine. Warm production brine is cooled at the surface using a heat exchanger as a crystallizer to precipitate the mineral in the exchanger and form a slurry. Crystals of the mineral in the slurry are recovered in a separation plant leaving a relatively cool, dilute or depleted brine, which is conveyed through the heat exchanger for cooling the production brine and then injected into the mineral deposit to dissolve more mineral thereby providing a continuous process. A pipe-in-pipe heat exchanger is preferably used and in a manner so that the heat exchanger also serves as a primary means for conveying the production fluid and/or slurry from the well to the separation plant. This method extracts and recovers the desired mineral(s), recovers much of the heat in the production brine, accelerates the solution mining process since the injection fluid has been warmed, reduces salting in the production string, is relatively inexpensive to install and maintain, and does not require a source of energy for cooling the production brine such as electricity for a refrigeration system.
摘要翻译: 相对温暖的矿床是通过将钻井液注入沉积物中并将矿物溶解以形成生产盐水而开采的溶液。 使用热交换器作为结晶器,在表面上冷却生产的盐水,以在交换器中沉淀矿物并形成浆料。 将浆料中的矿物质晶体回收在分离装置中,留下相对冷却的稀释或贫化的盐水,其通过热交换器输送以冷却生产盐水,然后注入矿物沉积物中以溶解更多的矿物质,从而提供连续的 处理。 优选地使用管中管热交换器,并且使得热交换器还用作将生产流体和/或浆料从井输送到分离设备的主要装置。 该方法提取和回收所需的矿物质,回收生产盐水中的大部分热量,加速溶液开采过程,因为注射液已被加热,减少了生产线中的盐析,安装和维护相对便宜, 并且不需要用于冷却生产盐水的能量源,例如用于制冷系统的电力。
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公开(公告)号:US07857396B2
公开(公告)日:2010-12-28
申请号:US12316398
申请日:2008-12-13
申请人: William M. Bishop
发明人: William M. Bishop
IPC分类号: E21C41/00
CPC分类号: F16L9/19 , E21B43/281
摘要: A relatively warm mineral deposit is solution mined by injecting fluid through a well drilled into the deposit and dissolving the mineral to form a production brine. Warm production brine is cooled at the surface using a heat exchanger as a crystallizer to precipitate the mineral in the exchanger and form a slurry. Crystals of the mineral in the slurry are recovered in a separation plant leaving a relatively cool, dilute or depleted brine, which is conveyed through the heat exchanger for cooling the production brine and then injected into the mineral deposit to dissolve more mineral thereby providing a continuous process. A pipe-in-pipe heat exchanger is preferably used and in a manner so that the heat exchanger also serves as a primary means for conveying the production fluid and/or slurry from the well to the separation plant. This method extracts and recovers the desired mineral(s), recovers much of the heat in the production brine, accelerates the solution mining process since the injection fluid has been warmed, reduces salting in the production string, is relatively inexpensive to install and maintain, and does not require a source of energy for cooling the production brine such as electricity for a refrigeration system.
摘要翻译: 相对温暖的矿床是通过将钻井液注入沉积物中并将矿物溶解以形成生产盐水而开采的溶液。 使用热交换器作为结晶器,在表面上冷却生产的盐水,以在交换器中沉淀矿物并形成浆料。 将浆料中的矿物质晶体回收在分离装置中,留下相对冷却的稀释或贫化的盐水,其通过热交换器输送以冷却生产盐水,然后注入矿物沉积物中以溶解更多的矿物质,从而提供连续的 处理。 优选地使用管中管热交换器,并且使得热交换器还用作将生产流体和/或浆料从井输送到分离设备的主要装置。 该方法提取和回收所需的矿物质,回收生产盐水中的大部分热量,加速溶液开采过程,因为注射液已被加热,减少了生产线中的盐析,安装和维护相对便宜, 并且不需要用于冷却生产盐水的能量源,例如用于制冷系统的电力。
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公开(公告)号:US06945055B2
公开(公告)日:2005-09-20
申请号:US10709153
申请日:2004-04-16
CPC分类号: F17C3/005 , F17C5/06 , F17C7/00 , F17C9/02 , F17C2205/0364 , F17C2221/033 , F17C2223/0115 , F17C2223/0123 , F17C2223/0161 , F17C2223/033 , F17C2225/0115 , F17C2225/0123 , F17C2225/035 , F17C2225/036 , F17C2227/0135 , F17C2227/0157 , F17C2227/0185 , F17C2227/0309 , F17C2227/0316 , F17C2227/0318 , F17C2227/0323 , F17C2227/033 , F17C2227/0337 , F17C2227/0388 , F17C2227/0393 , F17C2227/0395 , F17C2250/0456 , F17C2265/05 , F17C2265/068 , F17C2270/0105 , F17C2270/0152
摘要: The Dual Gas Facility stores natural gas in one or more man-made salt caverns typically located in a single salt dome or in bedded salt. The Dual Gas Facility can access different sources of natural gas. A first gas source is from a natural gas pipeline(s) and a second gas source is from LNG. Depending on economic conditions, supply conditions and other factors, the Dual Gas Facility can receive gas from the natural gas pipeline(s) and/or from LNG to fill the salt caverns. Of course, the LNG must be warmed before being stored in a salt cavern.
摘要翻译: 双重气体设施将天然气储存在一个或多个人造盐穴中,通常位于单个盐穹顶或床层盐中。 双气体设施可以访问不同的天然气来源。 第一气源来自天然气管道,第二气源来自LNG。 根据经济状况,供应条件和其他因素,双燃气设施可以从天然气管道和/或LNG接收天然气以填充盐洞。 当然,LNG必须在储存在盐穴中之前加热。
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公开(公告)号:US06848502B2
公开(公告)日:2005-02-01
申请号:US10604947
申请日:2003-08-28
IPC分类号: F17C6/00 , B67D9/00 , F17C3/00 , F17C5/06 , F17C7/00 , F17C9/02 , F28D7/10 , F17C1/00 , F17C7/02
CPC分类号: F17C5/06 , F17C3/005 , F17C7/00 , F17C9/02 , F17C2221/033 , F17C2223/0115 , F17C2223/0123 , F17C2223/0153 , F17C2223/0161 , F17C2227/0135 , F17C2227/0157 , F17C2227/033 , F17C2265/05 , F17C2270/0152
摘要: Stranded natural gas is sometimes liquefied and sent to other countries that can use the gas in a transport ship. Conventional receiving terminals use large cryogenic storage tanks to hold the liquefied natural gas (LNG) after it has been offloaded from the ship. The present invention eliminates the need for the conventional cryogenic storage tanks and instead uses uncompensated salt caverns to store the product. The present invention can use a special heat exchanger, referred to as a Bishop Process heat exchanger, to warm the LNG prior to storage in the salt caverns or the invention can use conventional vaporizing systems some of which may be reinforced and strengthened to accommodate higher operating pressures. In one embodiment, the LNG is pumped to higher pressures and converted to dense phase natural gas prior to being transferred into the heat exchanger and the uncompensated salt caverns.
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公开(公告)号:US07036325B2
公开(公告)日:2006-05-02
申请号:US10907330
申请日:2005-03-29
IPC分类号: F17C1/00
CPC分类号: F17C3/005 , F17C5/06 , F17C7/00 , F17C9/02 , F17C2205/0364 , F17C2221/033 , F17C2223/0115 , F17C2223/0123 , F17C2223/0161 , F17C2223/033 , F17C2225/0115 , F17C2225/0123 , F17C2225/035 , F17C2225/036 , F17C2227/0135 , F17C2227/0157 , F17C2227/0185 , F17C2227/0309 , F17C2227/0316 , F17C2227/0318 , F17C2227/0323 , F17C2227/033 , F17C2227/0337 , F17C2227/0388 , F17C2227/0393 , F17C2227/0395 , F17C2250/0456 , F17C2265/05 , F17C2265/068 , F17C2270/0105 , F17C2270/0152
摘要: The Dual Gas Facility stores natural gas in one or more man-made salt caverns typically located in a single salt dome or in bedded salt. The Dual Gas Facility can access different sources of natural gas. A first gas source is from a natural gas pipeline(s) and a second gas source is from LNG. Depending on economic conditions, supply conditions and other factors, the Dual Gas Facility can receive gas from the natural gas pipeline(s) and/or from LNG to fill the salt caverns. Of course, the LNG must be warmed before being stored in a salt cavern.
摘要翻译: 双重气体设施将天然气储存在一个或多个人造盐穴中,通常位于单个盐穹顶或床层盐中。 双气体设施可以访问不同的天然气来源。 第一气源来自天然气管道,第二气源来自LNG。 根据经济状况,供应条件和其他因素,双燃气设施可以从天然气管道和/或LNG接收天然气以填充盐洞。 当然,LNG必须在储存在盐穴中之前加热。
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公开(公告)号:US06880348B2
公开(公告)日:2005-04-19
申请号:US10686450
申请日:2003-10-15
CPC分类号: F17C5/06 , F17C3/005 , F17C7/00 , F17C9/02 , F17C2221/033 , F17C2223/0115 , F17C2223/0123 , F17C2223/0153 , F17C2223/0161 , F17C2227/0135 , F17C2227/0157 , F17C2227/033 , F17C2265/05 , F17C2270/0152
摘要: Stranded natural gas is sometimes liquefied and sent to other countries that can use the gas in a transport ship. Conventional receiving terminals use large cryogenic storage tanks to hold the liquefied natural gas (LNG) after it has been offloaded from the ship. The present invention eliminates the need for the conventional cryogenic storage tanks and instead uses uncompensated salt caverns to store the product. The present invention can use a special heat exchanger, referred to as a Bishop Process heat exchanger, to warm the LNG prior to storage in the salt caverns or the invention can use conventional vaporizing systems some of which may be reinforced and strengthened to accommodate higher operating pressures. In one embodiment, the LNG is pumped to higher pressures and converted to dense phase natural gas prior to being transferred into the heat exchanger and the uncompensated salt caverns.
摘要翻译: 有时天然气被液化并运送到其他国家,可以在运输船上使用天然气。 常规的接收终端在从船上卸载后,使用大型低温储罐来容纳液化天然气(LNG)。 本发明消除了对常规低温储罐的需要,而是使用未补偿的盐穴储存产品。 本发明可以使用称为Bishop Process热交换器的特殊热交换器,以在储存在盐穴中之前加热LNG,或者本发明可以使用常规的蒸发系统,其中一些可以被加强和加强以适应较高的运行 压力。 在一个实施例中,在被转移到热交换器和未补偿的盐穴之前,将LNG泵送到较高压力并转化为致密天然气。
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