L'air Liquide,societe Anonyme Pour L'etude Et L'exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude

Cyril Benistand-hector

Laurent Allidieres

Thomas Fayer

Joshua Light

Jerry Hayes

Guillaume Petitpas

Martin Graser

Wassim Ouakrim

Yann Pennec

Loïc Brunet Manquat

A cryogen storage vessel at an installation is filled with liquid cryogen from a liquid cryogen storage tank that has a pressure lower than that of the vessel. After headspaces of the vessel and tank are placed in fluid communication with another via a gas transfer vessel and are pressure-balanced, a pump in a liquid transfer line connected between the tank and the vessel is operated to transfer amounts of liquid cryogen from the tank to the vessel via the liquid transfer line and pump as amounts of gaseous cryogen are transferred, through displacement by the pumped cryogenic liquid, from the vessel to the tank.

Method of operating a cold cryogenic liquid supply chain

An installation for pumping cryogenic fluid including a fluidtight enclosure configured to contain a bath of cryogenic fluid, the enclosure housing a compression chamber communicating with the bath and a piston that moves in order to compress the fluid in the compression chamber, the piston being mounted at a first end of a rod, the installation including a drive mechanism driving a second end of the rod) in a back and forth movement in a longitudinal direction of travel, the drive mechanism including a motor equipped with a rotary shaft and a mechanical conversion system converting the rotational movement of the rotary shaft into a translational movement, in the configuration of operation of the installation, the longitudinal direction of travel of the piston rod being vertical, the motor being fixed rigidly to an upper mounting structure.

Installation for pumping cryogenic fluid and filling station comprising such an installation

The invention relates to a fluid compression apparatus having a plurality of compression stages, comprising a first compression chamber, a second compression chamber, an intake system communicating with the first compression chamber which is configured to allow fluid to be compressed into said first compression chamber, a transfer system configured to allow in an open position the transfer of fluid from the first compression chamber to the second compression chamber, a mobile piston for ensuring the compression of the fluid in the first and second compression chambers. The apparatus further comprises a discharge port which communicates with the second compression chamber and is configured to allow the exit of compressed fluid, the piston being translationally mobile in a longitudinal direction, wherein the first compression chamber is defined by a fixed lower cavity, a lower end of the piston and a first sealing system formed between the piston and a wall of the cavity, wherein the second compression chamber is defined by a fixed upper cavity, an upper end of the piston and a second sealing system formed between the piston and a wall of the upper cavity. The invention is characterized in that, in the operating configuration of the apparatus, the longitudinal direction of translation of the mobile piston is vertical, the intake system being located at a lower end of the apparatus and the discharge port being located in an upper part of the apparatus above the transfer system.

Compression apparatus and filling station comprising such an apparatus

Method for transferring cryogenic fluid using a device for transferring cryogenic fluid

A cryogen storage vessel at an installation is filled with liquid cryogen from a liquid cryogen storage tank that has a pressure lower than that of the vessel. After headspaces of the vessel and tank are placed in fluid communication with another via a gas transfer vessel and are pressure-balanced, a pump in a liquid transfer line connected between the tank and the vessel is operated to transfer amounts of liquid cryogen from the tank to the vessel via the liquid transfer line and pump as amounts of gaseous cryogen are transferred, through displacement by the pumped cryogenic liquid, from the vessel to the tank. Following filling, the tank is disconnected and then driven to another location to repeat the filling process with a second vessel that is at a different location.

Method for supplying liquid cryogen to multiple cryogen storage vessels installed at different locations

A cryogenic fluid transfer device comprising a first tank, a second tank, and a fluid transfer circuit, wherein the first tank comprises a cryogenic fluid distribution tank configured to store a cryogenic fluid in a liquid phase in a lower part thereof and in a gaseous phase in an upper part thereof, wherein the second tank comprises a cryogenic receiving tank configured to house the cryogenic fluid in liquid phase in a lower part thereof and in gaseous phase in an upper part thereof, wherein the fluid transfer circuit is configured to connect the first and second tanks, the fluid transfer circuit comprising a first pipe connecting the upper parts of the first and second tanks and comprising at least one valve, and a second pipe connecting the lower part of the first tank to the second tank that comprises a pump that has an inlet connected to the first tank and an outlet connected to the second tank, wherein: the pump and the at least one valve of the first line are configured so as to ensure a fluidic connection of the upper parts of the first and second tanks by opening the at least one valve during a transfer of the cryogenic fluid in liquid phase from the first tank to the second tank with the pump.

System and a coupled system for filling a cryogen storage vessel with a liquid cryogen

The invention relates to a fluid compression apparatus comprising a first and a second compression chamber, an intake system communicating with the first compression chamber, a transfer system communicating with the first and second compression chambers, and a mobile piston for ensuring the compression of the fluid in the first and second compression chambers. The apparatus further comprises a discharge port which communicates with the second compression chamber and is configured to allow the outlet of compressed fluid, wherein the second compression chamber is defined by a part of the body of the piston and a fixed wall of the apparatus, the piston being translationally mobile according to a longitudinal direction, the piston having a tubular portion mounted around a fixed central guide, a terminal end of the central guide forming the fixed wall defining a part of the second compression chamber. The apparatus further comprises a sealing system formed between the central guide and the piston according to the longitudinal direction of translation of the piston, the intake system being located at a first end of the apparatus, the discharge port being located at a second end of the apparatus and the transfer system being located between the intake system and the discharge port.

Apparatus for compressing cryogenic fluid in at least one compression stage comprising at least one piston and at least one sleeve delimiting at least one compression chamber, a shaft that is able to move in translation along a longitudinal axis (A), the shaft being connected to the piston(s) or sleeve(s) and being able to move with an alternating movement in two opposite directions to ensure phases of compression and intake of fluid into the at least one compression chamber by moving the at least one piston and the at least one sleeve in a relative manner, characterized in that the shaft comprises a portion of reduced cross section in the longitudinal direction (A), said portion of reduced cross section separating two adjacent parts of the shaft, the shaft also comprising at least one linking element made of material that is less thermally conductive than the constituent material of the shaft, in particular a composite material, said at least one linking element having two ends connected respectively to the two adjacent parts of the shaft.

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Sassenage, France

Cyril Benistand-hector