Apparatus and systems for separating phases in liquid hydrogen pumps
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsErnst Stautner Wolfgang, Constantinos Minas
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that include a cryogenic pump system comprising: a cryogenic liquid tank; a cryogenic pump including a suction adapter, the suction adapter connected to the cryogenic liquid tank via a liquid supply line and a gaseous return line; and a phase separator connected downstream of the cryogenic liquid tank and upstream of the cryogenic pump, the phase separator including a filtration structure integrated into the liquid supply line to separate vapor from cryogenic liquid, the phase separator connected to the gaseous return line to direct the vapor to the cryogenic liquid tank.
Claims16
A cryogenic pump system comprising:
- a cryogenic liquid tank;
- a cryogenic pump including a suction adapter, the suction adapter connected to the cryogenic liquid tank via a liquid supply line and a gaseous return line;
- a phase separator connected downstream of the cryogenic liquid tank and upstream of the cryogenic pump, the phase separator including a filtration structure integrated into the liquid supply line to separate vapor from cryogenic liquid, the phase separator connected to the gaseous return line to direct the vapor to the cryogenic liquid tank, the gaseous return line including a first portion connected to the cryogenic liquid tank, a second portion connected to the phase separator and the first portion, and a third portion connected to the suction adapter and the first portion;
- a gaseous tank connected to the second portion via a first regulator valve and connected to the third portion via a second regulator valve;
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- a first pressure sensor in the cryogenic liquid tank, a second pressure sensor in the second portion, and a third pressure sensor in the third portion.
A vehicle including:
- a gas turbine engine;
- a cryogenic liquid tank to fluidly coupled to the gas turbine engine;
- a cryogenic pump including a suction adapter, the suction adapter connected to the cryogenic liquid tank via a liquid supply line and a gaseous return line;
- a phase separator connected downstream of the cryogenic liquid tank and upstream of the cryogenic pump, the phase separator including a filtration structure integrated into the liquid supply line to separate vapor from cryogenic liquid, the phase separator connected to the gaseous return line to direct the vapor to the cryogenic liquid tank, the gaseous return line including a first portion connected to the cryogenic liquid tank, a second portion connected to the phase separator and the first portion, and a third portion connected to the suction adapter and the first portion;
- a gaseous tank connected to the second portion via a first regulator valve and connected to the third portion via a second regulator valve;
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- a first pressure sensor in the cryogenic liquid tank, a second pressure sensor in the second portion, and a third pressure sensor in the third portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.