EP2275731A1 - Evacuation of liquefied petroleum gas bottles - Google Patents
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- the liquefied petroleum gas industry uses a large number of portable tanks for the distribution of these gases; during the life of these packages, it is necessary to remove the valve or the valve equipping them for operations such as periodic retest, dent removal, defective valve change.
- the present invention is directed to a method and an installation for emptying liquefied petroleum gas cylinders, suppressing any emission of liquefied petroleum gas into the atmosphere by allowing recovery or reuse of the liquefied petroleum gas which has been removed bottles.
- nitrogen and carbon dioxide can be used in particular.
- the pressure of the inert gas is, in general, between 1.5 and 3 bar although higher pressures can be used.
- the bottle of liquefied petroleum gas can be cooled to be emptied in any suitable manner.
- a convenient way is to immerse in a bath of a liquid at low temperature and leave it there for a bottle with a capacity of 13 Kg for a period of between 5 and 10 min.
- the bottle Once the bottle emptied of liquefied petroleum gas and filled with inert gas, it can either store it or make it undergo various operations before filling it again.
- the withdrawn gas can be sent directly to the annealing furnace of the liquefied petroleum gas bottles with, in this case, preferably the interposition of an anti-flame device.
- Liquefied petroleum gas can also be sent to a tank.
- the conveyor is a roller conveyor, inclined by 1 to 5 degrees from the cooling station to the discharge station, so that the bottles in side-by-side contact go down along the inclined plane while remaining the time. necessary in the tank, the descent being carried out step by step because the bottle the most downstream is out of the tank.
- the conveyor does not need drive means at a low temperature. But the conveyor can be as horizontal and pushes the bottles after the bottle downstream has been removed from the tank
- magnets are placed in the conveyor or under the conveyor in the tank, to overcome the hydrostatic pressure and to keep the bottles on the conveyor.
- the installation can be according to claim 5.
- the installation comprises an insulated tank 1 comprising an inlet 2 of brine at -10 ° C. and an outlet 3 of this same fluid which, conveyed by a pump 4, passes into a refrigeration unit with heat exchange to return to the tank 1 through the inlet 2.
- roller conveyor 4 inclined by 3 ° from the portion to the inlet 2 to the portion to the outlet 3.
- bottles B butane gas at 20 ° C under a relative pressure of 2 bar.
- the first bottle B at the entrance is placed at the top in the bath, it will move from right to left in the drawing until below a position 6 of unscrewing the tap of the bottle B, the travel time of the bottle on the conveyor 4 until it comes below the station 6 is 6 min.
- the valve unscrewing station 6 the bottle B is sufficiently cooled so that the remaining butane gas is at a temperature of -8 ° C while being in liquid form at atmospheric pressure.
- the valve of the bottle B is unscrewed at the position 6 of unscrewing.
- the bottle B is open, butane does not come out, since it is in liquid form.
- the bottle B then passes under a delivery station 7 comprising a device sealingly applied to the neck 8 of the bottle and having an orifice 9 communicating with a source 11 of nitrogen at a pressure of 1.5 bar and a rod 11 to the bottom 12 of the bottle and communicating with a use 13 of gas.
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L'industrie des gaz de pétrole liquéfiés utilise un grand nombre de réservoirs portatifs pour la distribution de ces gaz ; au cours de la vie de ces emballages, il est nécessaire de retirer le robinet ou la valve les équipant pour des opérations telles que réépreuve périodique, débosselage, changement de robinets défectueux.The liquefied petroleum gas industry uses a large number of portable tanks for the distribution of these gases; during the life of these packages, it is necessary to remove the valve or the valve equipping them for operations such as periodic retest, dent removal, defective valve change.
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En règle générale, il est très difficile de vider complètement les réservoirs, car, d'une parut, la vaporisation des gaz liquéfiés se fait lentement et, d'autre part, il subsiste toujours des produits lourds qui continuent à dégazer, ce qui occasionne le rejet dans l'atmosphère de composés organiques volatils interdits par la réglementation et des dangers d'explosion. On a proposé des dispositifs faisant appel au "tirage au vide", mais ces derniers sont complexes et coûteux et peu adaptés à des cadences industrielles.As a general rule, it is very difficult to completely empty the tanks, since, at first, the vaporisation of the liquefied gases is slow and, on the other hand, there are still heavy products that continue to degass, which causes the release into the atmosphere of volatile organic compounds prohibited by regulation and explosion hazards. Vacuum drawing devices have been proposed, but these are complex and expensive and poorly adapted to industrial rates.
La présente invention vise un procédé et une installation de vidange de bouteilles de gaz de pétrole liquéfié, supprimant toute émission de gaz de pétrole liquéfié dans l'atmosphère en permettant de récupérer ou de réutiliser le gaz de pétrole liquéfié que l'on a fait sortir des bouteilles.The present invention is directed to a method and an installation for emptying liquefied petroleum gas cylinders, suppressing any emission of liquefied petroleum gas into the atmosphere by allowing recovery or reuse of the liquefied petroleum gas which has been removed bottles.
Le procédé suivant l'invention est caractérisé en ce que :
- on refroidit la bouteille de pétrole liquéfié entre -5 et -10°C, lorsqu'elle contient du butane, et entre -50 et -55°C, lorsqu'elle contient du propane, dans une cuve remplie d'un liquide refroidi
- on enlève le robinet de la bouteille refroidie,
- on adapte au col de la bouteille un dispositif étanche ayant un orifice d'injection de gaz inerte et une canne débouchant au bas de la bouteille de refoulement de gaz de pétrole liquéfié à l'extérieur,
- on injecte du gaz inerte sous pression en refoulant le gaz de pétrole liquéfié à l'extérieur par la canne,
- on retire le dispositif d'étanchéité de la bouteille.
- the liquefied petroleum bottle is cooled to between -5 and -10 ° C, when it contains butane, and between -50 and -55 ° C, when it contains propane, in a tank filled with a cooled liquid
- the tap of the cooled bottle is removed,
- a sealed device is fitted to the neck of the bottle having an inert gas injection orifice and a cane opening at the bottom of the liquefied petroleum gas delivery bottle on the outside,
- pressurized inert gas is injected by pushing the liquefied petroleum gas out of the cane,
- the sealing device is removed from the bottle.
Comme gaz inerte sous pression, on peut utiliser notamment l'azote et le dioxyde de carbone. La pression du gaz inerte est, en général, comprise entre 1,5 et 3 bars bien que l'on puisse utiliser des pressions supérieures.As inert gas under pressure, nitrogen and carbon dioxide can be used in particular. The pressure of the inert gas is, in general, between 1.5 and 3 bar although higher pressures can be used.
On peut refroidir la bouteille de gaz de pétrole liquéfié à vider de toute façon appropriée. Une façon commode consiste à la plonger dans un bain d'un liquide à basse température et à l'y laisser pour une bouteille d'une capacité de 13 Kg pendant une durée comprise entre 5 et 10 min.The bottle of liquefied petroleum gas can be cooled to be emptied in any suitable manner. A convenient way is to immerse in a bath of a liquid at low temperature and leave it there for a bottle with a capacity of 13 Kg for a period of between 5 and 10 min.
Une fois la bouteille vidée du gaz de pétrole liquéfié et emplie du gaz inerte, on peut soit la stocker, soit lui faire subir diverses opérations avant de la remplir à nouveau.Once the bottle emptied of liquefied petroleum gas and filled with inert gas, it can either store it or make it undergo various operations before filling it again.
Le gaz prélevé peut être envoyé directement au four de recuit des bouteilles de gaz de pétrole liquéfié avec dans ce cas, de préférence, interposition d'un dispositif anti-flammes. On peut aussi envoyer le gaz de pétrole liquéfié dans un réservoir.The withdrawn gas can be sent directly to the annealing furnace of the liquefied petroleum gas bottles with, in this case, preferably the interposition of an anti-flame device. Liquefied petroleum gas can also be sent to a tank.
L'invention vise aussi une installation de vidange de bouteilles de gaz de pétrole liquéfié, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend :
- une cuve remplie d'un liquide ayant un point de solidification inférieure à -20°C, lorsque les bouteilles de gaz contiennent du butane, et à -65°C, lorsqu'elles contiennent du propane,
- un dispositif de refroidissement du liquide contenu dans la cuve à une température de -5 à -10°C, lorsque les bouteilles contiennent du butane, et à une température de -55°C, lorsqu'elles contiennent du propane,
- un convoyeur de bouteilles dans la cuve faisant successivement passer les bouteilles à un poste de refroidissement pendant un temps suffisant pour que le gaz contenu dans les bouteilles prenne ladite température, à un poste de dévissage du robinet et à un poste de refoulement du gaz contenu dans la bouteille vers l'extérieur par du gaz inerte.
- a tank filled with a liquid having a solidification point below -20 ° C, when the gas cylinders contain butane, and at -65 ° C, when they contain propane,
- a device for cooling the liquid contained in the tank at a temperature of -5 to -10 ° C, when the bottles contain butane, and at a temperature of -55 ° C, when they contain propane,
- a bottle conveyor in the tank successively passing the bottles to a cooling station for a time sufficient for the gas contained in the bottles to take said temperature, at a valve unscrewing station and at a gas delivery station contained in the bottle to the outside by inert gas.
De préférence, le convoyeur est un convoyeur à rouleaux, incliné de 1 à 5 degrés du poste de refroidissement au poste de refoulement, de sorte que les bouteilles en contact côte à côte descendent d'elles même le long du plan incliné en restant le temps nécessaire dans la cuve, la descente s'effectuant pas à pas parce que la bouteille la plus en aval est sortie de la cuve. Le convoyeur n'a pas besoin de moyens d'entraînement se trouvant à basse température. Mais le convoyeur peut être aussi horizontal et on y pousse les bouteilles après que la bouteille la plus en aval a été retirée de la cuvePreferably, the conveyor is a roller conveyor, inclined by 1 to 5 degrees from the cooling station to the discharge station, so that the bottles in side-by-side contact go down along the inclined plane while remaining the time. necessary in the tank, the descent being carried out step by step because the bottle the most downstream is out of the tank. The conveyor does not need drive means at a low temperature. But the conveyor can be as horizontal and pushes the bottles after the bottle downstream has been removed from the tank
Suivant un mode de réalisation, on dispose des aimants dans le convoyeur ou sous le convoyeur dans la cuve, pour vaincre la pression hydrostatique et bien maintenir les bouteilles sur le convoyeur.According to one embodiment, magnets are placed in the conveyor or under the conveyor in the tank, to overcome the hydrostatic pressure and to keep the bottles on the conveyor.
L'installation peut être suivant la revendication 5.The installation can be according to claim 5.
La figure unique du dessin annexé illustre schématiquement une installation suivant l'invention.The single figure of the accompanying drawing schematically illustrates an installation according to the invention.
L'installation comprend une cuve 1 calorifugée comprenant une entrée 2 d'eau glycolée à -10°C et une sortie 3 de ce même fluide qui, véhiculé par une pompe 4, passe dans un groupe 5 frigorifique avec échange de chaleur pour revenir à la cuve 1 par l'entrée 2.The installation comprises an insulated tank 1 comprising an inlet 2 of brine at -10 ° C. and an outlet 3 of this same fluid which, conveyed by a
Au fond de la cuve 1 emplie d'eau glycolée est monté un convoyeur 4 à rouleaux incliné de 3° de la partie se trouvant vers l'entrée 2 à la partie se trouvant vers la sortie 3.At the bottom of the tank 1 filled with brine is mounted a
Sur ce convoyeur 4, sont placées côte à côte et se touchant, bien que cela ne soit pas représenté au dessin par souci de clarté, des bouteilles B de gaz de butane à 20°C sous une pression relative de 2 bars. La première bouteille B à l'entrée est mise par le haut dans le bain, elle va se déplacer de droite à gauche au dessin jusqu'en dessous d'un poste 6 de dévissage du robinet de la bouteille B, la durée de trajet de la bouteille sur le convoyeur 4 jusqu'à ce qu'elle vienne en dessous du poste 6 est de 6 min. Lorsqu'elle arrive au poste 6 de dévissage du robinet, la bouteille B est suffisamment refroidie pour que le gaz butane qui y reste se trouve à une température de -8°C en étant sous forme liquide à la pression atmosphérique. Le robinet de la bouteille B est dévissé au poste 6 de dévissage. Bien que la bouteille B soit ouverte, du butane n'en sort pas, puisqu'il est sous forme liquide.On this
La bouteille B passe ensuite sous un poste 7 de refoulement comprenant un dispositif appliqué de manière étanche au col 8 de la bouteille et ayant un orifice 9 communiquant avec une source 11 d'azote sous une pression de 1,5 bar et une canne 11 allant jusqu'au fond 12 de la bouteille et communiquant avec une utilisation 13 de gaz.The bottle B then passes under a delivery station 7 comprising a device sealingly applied to the neck 8 of the bottle and having an orifice 9 communicating with a
Lorsque la bouteille B arrive contre la paroi de la cuve où se trouve la sortie 3, on la retire.When the bottle B arrives against the wall of the tank where the outlet 3 is located, it is removed.
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