Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Bruce J Berrettini

Donald P Bucci

Roy D Hollopeter

A fixed fluid control system for loading fluids into sealed tanks includes pressure sensing conduits in a mobile vehicle and fixed fluid controls. In the vehicle are first and second pressure sensing conduits having portions within the sealed tank positioned at the top and bottom of the tank. The pressure sensing conduits have exterior portions to which are detachably coupled additional pressure sense lines. The additional pressure sensing conduits are coupled to a differential pressure to current converter within the fixed fluid control system. The converter produces a current signal proportional to the pressure difference between the two sense lines. When this current reaches a predetermined high level, the supply of fluid to the sealed tank is discontinued.

Automatic precision liquid loading control method

Automatic precision liquid loading control system

A method and apparatus for proving and calibrating meters used to measure the amount of cryogen dispensed from a storage receptacle. The apparatus can be lightweight and portable for verifying meters in the field and it is possible with the apparatus to prove or calibrate both volumetric and mass flow type cryogenic meters. The apparatus is further characterized by providing for simultaneously using the meter under test to record the amount dispensed and using the test apparatus to measure the temperature, pressure, volume, flow rate, and time to prove the meter under test by physical determination of the amount of product dispensed. Furthermore, the apparatus of the present invention can serve as a Cryogenic Liquid Meter Transfer Standard which meets the National Bureau of Standards specifications for such devices.

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Allentown, PA, United States of America

Bruce J Berrettini