EP0644984B1 - Fluid pressure intensifying apparatus - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0644984B1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: inlet; fluid; valve body; ball; high pressure
Prior art date: 1993-03-12
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EP93908356A

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Albert C. Saurwein

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Ic Investments Ltd

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I C INVESTMENTS Ltd

Ic Investments Ltd

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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
- F04B53/00—Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B23/00 or F04B39/00 - F04B47/00
- F04B53/10—Valves; Arrangement of valves
- F04B53/109—Valves; Arrangement of valves inlet and outlet valve forming one unit

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This invention relates to high pressure fluid intensifier systems. More particularly, this invention relates to check valve assemblies for controlling fluid flow into and out of the high pressure intensifier chamber.
hydraulic fluid acts on a reciprocating double-acting, low pressure-high pressure piston assembly to compress water to over several thousand psi.
the piston assemblies of such systems are exposed to hydraulic fluid pressures on the order of 2,000 psi and to outlet water pressures on the order of 20-60,000 psi. These assemblies must be designed to withstand tremendous pressure fluctuations while at the same time maintain hydraulic fluid/water separation.
a fluid pressure intensifying apparatus comprises:
the outlet valve mechanism is conveniently accessible for servicing or replacement when the valve body remains installed in the intensifier.
the inlet poppet is guided in such a way as to ensure nearly perfect parallelism of the sealing surfaces at the position of contact. This is important since contact of the poppet on an edge prior to flat contact causes heat build-up, erosion and a short operating life.
An intensifier arrangement utilizes hydraulic working fluid (oil) to drive a high pressure-low pressure piston assembly to produce a high pressure water flow.
the intensifier shown in Figures 1 and 5 is double-acting. In comprises a housing 10 in the form of an elongated steel cylinder. One half, the right half, is shown in Figure 1 and the left end is shown in Figure 5. The left half is a duplicate, a mirror image with the exception for the left hand retainer ring, as will be described and explained hereinafter.
This intensifier assembly is described in greater detail in my U.S. Patent No. 4,747,758, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by this reference.
Each end of the housing mounts an end retainer ring, the right hand retainer ring being designated 12 and the left hand retainer ring 12a, the end of housing 10 being internally threaded to mate with external threads on the retainer rings 12, 12a.
a low pressure chamber 14 is provided by a steel cylinder 16 fitted onto a cylindrical end cap 18 at each end (the right hand cap being shown; the left hand end cap is an opposite hand duplicate).
a right hand and a left hand high pressure chamber are provided (the right hand high pressure chamber 30 being shown in Figure 1 and the left hand high pressure chamber 30a being shown in Figure 5), each by an elongated steel barrel cylinder 22, 22a fitted at its inner end into end cap 18 and at its outer end onto a valve body 24, 24a of an inlet/outlet water check valve assembly 25, 25a.
Valve body 24, 24a is provided with a machined external rim 2, 2a which is engaged by a corresponding inner rim of retainer ring 12, 12a.
a cylinder sleeve or liner 20, 20a is confined within the high pressure cylinder 22, 22a and defines the cylindrical periphery of the high pressure chamber 30, 30a.
End retainer ring 12, 12a acting through valve body 24, 24, centers the outer end of cylinder 22, 22a, and consequently, the inner liner 30, 30a, so that the cylinder rod 31, 31a will have an exactly axially-aligned chamber 30, 30a within which to reciprocate.
the retainer ring 12a on the left hand side is fixed, when snugged up to the housing 10, it establishes the proper axial orientation of the high pressure module relative to the housing 10.
the right hand retainer ring 12 is snugged up to the right hand end of the housing 10; then a second preload ring 61 with six bolts hole 63, which match six threaded holes 65 in the retainer ring 12, is screwed onto the end of the retainer ring 12.
the six bolts 59 are torqued producing a force exerted on the flange of the right hand check valve body 24, transmitted axially through the components of the high pressure module, and seated by the left hand retainer ring 12a at the left end of the housing 10.
the torque value applied to each of the six preload bolts produces a load greater than that force generated internally by the pressurized water exerted on the area at the end of the high pressure barrel.
the retainer ring 12a on the left hand side is the same geometric configuration as the right hand retainer ring 12 but with a flange projection through which the left hand check valve body 24a protrudes.
the left hand retainer ring 12a has a sufficiently small insider diameter to provide a flat annular area which the shoulder of the left hand check valve body 24a can contact and which can react to the preload produced by the preload ring 61 on the right hand side.
end cap 18 conforms to the inner surface of housing cylinder 10, with a small allowance for a slip-fit clearance. Tightening the end of preload ring 61 places the pressure chamber elements in longitudinal compression and the housing cylinder 10 in longitudinal tension. When one or both end retainers are removed, however, these elements may be removed from the housing in a very expeditions manner.
the low pressure and high pressure cylinders, 16 and 22, 22a are mounted in axial alignment with the housing cylinder 10 by the end caps 18 and the retainer rings at both ends. Because of the relative dimensions of the elements thus far described, the pressure chamber elements are confined against any lateral or longitudinal movement.
the low pressure-high pressure piston assembly comprises a low pressure piston 26 and left and right hand high pressure pistons 31a, 31.
the low pressure piston is a cylindrical disk contained with low pressure chamber 14. Its outer surface conforms to the inner surface of low pressure cylinder 16, with a small allowance for a slip-fit clearance, and mounts appropriate hydraulic pressure seals 32 to seal one side of low pressure chamber 14 from the other.
the high pressure pistons 31, 31a are ground and polished carbide rods connected to opposite faces of the low pressure piston 26 and extended through the respective cylinder end block 18 into the high pressure chamber sleeve 20, 20a.
Reciprocation of the high pressure piston is effected as a consequence of hydraulic working fluid being pumped into low pressure chamber 14 on one side of low pressure piston 26 or the other.
Each end cap 18 is ported as at 60 to provide for hydraulic fluid flow into and out of low pressure chamber 14.
An inlet tube 62 is screwed into port 60 for connection to a hydraulic fluid supply.
the outer end of high pressure cylinder 22, 22a fits over a pilot or shoulder that protrudes from the check valve body 24.
Valve body 24 is machined to provide a stepped cylindrical pilot 3 for that purpose.
a Delrin polycarbonate ring 5 is pressed onto the outer shoulder of the pilot 3 at the inner side of the valve body 24. The face of the ring 5 enters the high pressure barrel 22 and, being softer, prevents damage to the very critical surface finish of the inner bore of the high pressure barrel 22.
the end of the pilot is machined to provide a smaller cylindrical end surface which is externally threaded to accept a valve body nose 4 as a seat for a high pressure static seal group 44.
the stepped transition between the high pressure cylinder-mounting pilot and the high pressure seal seat afforded by nose 4 provides a metal back-up for seal group 44.
the nose 4 restrains the inner edges of the static seal group, and houses the return spring 106 for the low pressure poppet 100 and poppet guide 102.
Inlet/outlet check valve assembly 25 comprises valve body 24, low pressure water inlet manifold 51 communicating with low pressure water inlet passages 50 through an annular water-distributing interface 55 between the outer face of valved body 24 and the inner face of manifold 51, outlet water poppet subassembly 52, inlet water poppet subassembly 53, high pressure outlet water line adapter 58 communicating with high pressure water outlet passage 54, and manifold lock nut 59 sealing manifold 51 to the valve body 24.
the outer end of valve body 24 is externally threaded and manifold lock nut 59 is screwed thereon to water-tightly seal manifold 51 to the outer face of the valve body.
Low pressure water inlet line 56 is attached to manifold 51 and high pressure water outlet line 57 is attached to adapter 58.
the inner face of manifold 51 is counter bored to provide annulus 55 for distribution of inlet water from inlet line 56 to inlet passages 50.
the check valve assembly as shown in enlarged detail in Figure 2, comprises an inlet disk poppet 100, an inlet poppet guide tube 102 inserted into an axial bore 104 extending axially through the valve body 24 as shown, inlet poppet closing spring 106 and nose 4.
Inlet water passages 50 are bored through valve body 24 to open at the outer surface of the protrusion, pilot 3, as shown.
Inlet disk poppet 100 has a planer inner surface that mates with the circular outer end surface of pilot, or protrusion, 3 to seat thereagainst and seal off the inlet water passages 50.
Nose 4 is a metal end cap having a cylindrical inner diameter large enough to permit inlet poppet 100 to reciprocate to and from contact with the pilot end face.
the end of the nose cap is bored to provide several apertures for passage of water into and out of the nose 4.
the outer end surface of inlet poppet 100 is counterbored to receive a coil compression spring 106, and the inner end of the nose cap is likewise counterbored to receive the opposite end of spring 106.
Spring 106 urges inlet poppet against the end face of pilot 3 to seal off the inlet water passage 50.
Guide tube 102 is inserted into the valve body outlet water passage 104 and extends through inlet poppet 100 and terminates in a hollow flange 108.
Guide tube 102 protrudes from the end face of pilot 3 a sufficient distance that the inlet poppet can travel between the pilot end face and the adjacent annular surface of the flange 108 to expose the inlet water passages 50.
the force of the inlet water will act against the inner annular surface of the inlet popper 100 and force it away from sealing engagement with the end face of pilot 3 so that water can pass from the inlet water passages 50, around poppet 100 and into the chamber of nose 4 and out through the apertures into the end of the nose cap into the intensifier high pressure chamber 30.
the build-up of water pressure in the compression cycle will cause the inlet poppet 100 to closes against the end face of pilot 3 thereby sealing the water inlet passages 50 to prevent high pressure water form entering the low pressure inlet water system.
the check valve assembly as shown in enlarged detail in Figure 2, and with certain elements further shown in Figures 3-4, comprises an outlet ball poppet 110, an outlet poppet valve seat 112, an outlet valve seat retainer sleeve 114, an outlet poppet ball retainer cage 116, and a ball return spring 118.
the valve body 24 is machined to provide an axial cylindrical counterbore that terminates in a hemispherical inner end as shown.
the ball poppet valve seat 112 is configured with a hemispherical surface at one end to mate with the hemispherical inner end of the valve body counter bore just mentioned. The edge of the opposite end of the ball valve seat 112 is chamfered 45°.
the center of the flat surface inside the inner edge of the chamber has a hemispherical seat for the ball poppet.
the leftward end of the valve seat 112 is hemispherical and the rightward end is flat with the chamfered edge.
the outlet ball 110 has a spherical configuration designed to seat within and against the rightward hemispherical surface of the valve seat.
the ball valve seat 112 is bored to provide an axial passage 113 communicating with the axial bore 104 through the valve body, bore 104 terminating at the axial base of the valve body hemispherical inner end aforementioned.
Valve seat retainer sleeve 114 is a cylindrical sleeve inserted into the valve body counterbore and chamfered to provide a 45° frusto-conical inner edge that bears against the rightward chamfered conical surface of the valve seat 112.
Valve seat retainer sleeve 114 is contacted by the inner end of the adapter 58 and forced into engagement with the valve seat 112 so as to retain the valve seat 112 firmly against the hemispherical end of the valve body counterbore with its axial passage aligned with the valve body axial bore 104.
valve sear retainer sleeve 114 The inner edge of the frusto-conical inner end of the valve sear retainer sleeve 114 is coplaner and, consequently, when the retainer is forced against the valve seat frusto-conical surface, any misalignment of the valve seat with respect to the axis of the valve body and its axial bore 104 will be corrected by causing the valve seat 112 to rotate until seated accurately. Since adapter 58 is threaded into the valve body, screwing the adapter into the valve body will automatically force the valve seat 112 to be properly seated in the correct axial attitude.
the outlet valve ball retainer cage 116 has a cylindrical configuration with a diameter machined to provide a small allowance between it and the inner surface of the retainer sleeve 114 so that a sliding fit is achieved.
the inner end of the cage 116 is machined to provide a conical surface 116a which captures the ball poppet and maintains alignment of the ball poppet 110 with the spherical seat in the rightward end of the seat.
the retainer cage 116 is shorter than the passage within which it sets so that a small gap exists between the inner end of adapter 58 and the rightward end of the cage 116.
Compression spring 118 fits into axial counterbores in the adjacent ends of the adapter 58 and the cage 116 to urge the cage 116 leftward to force the ball poppet 110 to seat into the recess provided therefor in the rightward end of the valve seat 112.
the retainer cage 116 is provided with several longitudinal slots 116b in it's outer surface to provide fluid passages between it and the valve seat retainer sleeve 114, and the rightward end of the cage is also slotted to provide radial cross-slots 116c connecting with the longitudinal peripheral slots.
the sealing surfaces associated with the ball outlet poppet 110 incur much more sever stress. This stress is debilitating and can causes premature failure of the valve seat 112, the ball poppet 110 or the retainer cage 116. This stress on the valve seat 112 is considerably minimized by the provision of the valve seat retainer 114 being wedged against the valve seat when the adapter 58 is screwed into position as aforementioned. This relationship of the chamfered edge of the retainer 114 bearing against the chamfered surface of the seat 112, creates a compression stress field within the seat 112 which minimizes the possibility of a fatigue failure within the seat. This is so because the compression stress thus created will cause the maximum value of the cyclic stress fluctuation, caused by fluctuating water pressures, to remain below the endurance limit of the material of the seat 112.
Incoming low pressure water enters the manifold 55, passes through the angled passages 50 through the body 24, unseating the low pressure poppet 100 against the spring force of spring 106, passes through the annular area between the inside bore of the nose 4 and the outside of the poppet 100, and out through the holes in the end of the nose into the high pressure barrel chamber 30.
the high pressure fluid in the outlet passage 57 maintains sealing between the ball poppet 110 and the sealing seat 112 during charging of the high pressure barrel chamber.
the adapter 58 When the outlet valve mechanism requires servicing, the adapter 58 is unscrewed and removed. The, the spring 118, ball poppet retainer 116, ball poppet 110, valve seat retainer sleeve 114, and the valve seat 112 may be removed and polished, resurfaced or replaced, as may be required. These high pressure outlet valve elements are the most likely to require periodic maintenance. When reinserted, the hemispherical surfaces of the valve seat cavity and the valve seat itself facilitate the automatic alignment of the valve seat 112 so that the valve seat passage 113 and the valve body passage 104 are exactly aligned.
valve seat retainer 114 When the valve seat retainer 114 is positioned and the adapter 58 screwed back into position, the valve seat 12 must align properly, automatically, because the frusto-conical edge of the valve seat retainer 114 will force realignment until it uniformly contacts the chamfered surface of the valve seat 112.
the intensifier assembly end cap 12, 12a is unscrewed and removed, after removing the six preload bolts 59. Then, the valve body 24, 24a can be removed and the nose 4 can be unscrewed to expose the inlet valve elements.

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PCT/US1993/002379 WO1994020754A1 (en)	1993-03-12	1993-03-12	Fluid pressure intensifying apparatus
CA002135613A CA2135613C (en)	1993-03-12	1993-03-12	Fluid pressure-intensifying apparatus

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EP0644984A1 EP0644984A1 (en)	1995-03-29
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EP0644984B1 true EP0644984B1 (en)	1997-10-15

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AT (1)	ATE159324T1 (da)
CA (1)	CA2135613C (da)
DE (1)	DE69314635T2 (da)
DK (1)	DK0644984T3 (da)
ES (1)	ES2109485T3 (da)
GR (1)	GR3025559T3 (da)
NO (1)	NO303846B1 (da)
WO (1)	WO1994020754A1 (da)

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CA2135613A1 (en)	1994-09-13
DK0644984T3 (da)	1998-04-20
WO1994020754A1 (en)	1994-09-15
DE69314635T2 (de)	1998-02-12
NO944319D0 (no)	1994-11-11
EP0644984A4 (en)	1996-01-24
ES2109485T3 (es)	1998-01-16
CA2135613C (en)	2005-01-04
NO303846B1 (no)	1998-09-07
DE69314635D1 (de)	1997-11-20
EP0644984A1 (en)	1995-03-29
NO944319L (no)	1995-01-12
AU671113B2 (en)	1996-08-15
ATE159324T1 (de)	1997-11-15
AU3920593A (en)	1994-09-26
GR3025559T3 (en)	1998-03-31

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