Patent ID: 11879597
Assignee: L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 8:
9. A device for storing and transferring cryogenic fluid, comprising at least one basic container comprising a double-walled cryogenic tank of liquefied gas, the tank being provided with a first transfer pipe having a first end connected to an upper end of the cryogenic fluid tank, the cryogenic fluid tank being provided with a second transfer pipe having a first end connected to a lower end of the cryogenic fluid tank, the first transfer pipe and the second transfer pipe each comprising a set of respective valves, wherein:
the first transfer pipe comprises two branches forming two second ends connected in parallel to the first end of the first transfer pipe, the two second ends of the first transfer pipe each being provided with a respective fluidic connection fitting; the second transfer pipe comprises two branches forming two second ends connected in parallel to the first end of the second transfer pipe, the two second ends of the second transfer pipe each being provided with a respective fluidic connection fitting,
the first transfer pipe is configured to allow cryogenic gas to be removed from the double-walled cryogenic tank of liquefied gas, and
the second transfer pipe is configured to allow cryogenic liquid to be removed from or introduced into the double-walled cryogenic tank of liquefied gas,
wherein the basic container comprises a third connecting pipe having a first end connected to the upper end of the tank and a second end connected to the lower part of the tank, said third connecting pipe comprising a set of valves,
wherein the first end of the third connecting pipe is connected to the first end of the first transfer pipe,
wherein the second end of the third connecting pipe is connected to the first end of the second transfer pipe,
wherein said at least one basic container comprises first and second basic containers, a second end of the first transfer pipe of which is connected to a second end of the first transfer pipe of the second basic container, and in that a second end of the second transfer pipe of the first basic container is connected to a second end of the second transfer pipe of the second basic container,
thereby being configured to allow pressurized gas from the first basic container to be transferred to the liquid part of the second basic container.