Anti-weathering apparatus method for liquid and vapor storage systems
US7201002B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 21, 2003 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF17C2270/01
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In combination, pressurized fluid contained in a storage vessel, in both liquid and vapor regions, a heat exchanger in the vapor region of the vessel, and a first pressure regulator having an inlet side in communication with liquid in the vessel, and having an outlet side in communication with the heat exchanger, whereby if pressure in the vessel rises to the setting of the regulator, it opens and admits liquid from the vessel to the heat exchanger, to vaporize in that exchanger causing vapor in the vessel to condense, and reducing pressure in the vessel.
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