Liquid hydrocarbon fluid transfer system
OwnerKenneth R. Soerriesinventor
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Abstract
A fluid transfer system within a berm surrounding at least one bulk fluid storage tank includes: a rotary positive displacement pump; and an air motor adapted to be in fluid communication with an air supply and in operable communication with the rotary positive displacement pump, for driving the pump, the air supply provided by an air compressor outside of the berm, wherein the rotary positive displacement pump is adapted to pump from a first bulk fluid storage tank to a second bulk fluid storage tank, wherein the second bulk fluid storage tank may have a greater potential energy than the first bulk fluid storage tank.
Claims14
A fluid transfer system comprising:
- a rotary positive displacement pump, said pump containing an inlet and an outlet;
- and
- an air motor adapted to be in fluid communication with a compressed air supply and in operable communication with said rotary positive displacement pump, for driving said pump,
- said rotary positive displacement pump adapted to pump 0-250 gallons per minute from a first bulk fluid storage tank to a second bulk fluid storage tank, said pump and at least one of said first and second bulk fluid storage tanks surrounded by a berm,
- wherein said rotary positive displacement pump is a hydrocarbon or oil pump, and said compressed air supply is located outside of said berm and spaced away from said rotary positive displacement pump, in operable communication therewith.
A fluid transfer system within a berm surrounding at least one bulk fluid storage tank comprising:
- a rotary positive displacement pump;
- and
- an air motor adapted to be in fluid communication with an air supply and in operable communication with said rotary positive displacement pump, for driving said pump, said air supply provided by an air compressor outside of said berm,
- wherein said rotary positive displacement pump is adapted to pump from a first bulk fluid storage tank to a second bulk fluid storage tank, and
- wherein said second bulk fluid storage tank has a greater second potential energy of a second bulk fluid therein, as compared to a first potential energy of a first bulk fluid in said first bulk fluid storage tank.
A method of pumping a hydrocarbon fluid comprising the following steps:
- providing an air-driven rotary positive displacement pump having a pumping capacity of 0-250 gallons per minute;
- providing an air-supply in fluid communication with the pump, to drive the pump;
- providing a hydrocarbon fluid to an inlet of the pump;
- and
- pumping the hydrocarbon fluid through the pump and out an outlet of the pump.
A fluid transfer system comprising:
- a rotary positive displacement pump, said pump containing an inlet and an outlet;
- and
- an air motor adapted to be in fluid communication with a compressed air supply and in operable communication with said rotary positive displacement pump, for driving said pump,
- said rotary positive displacement pump adapted to pump 0-250 gallons per minute from a first bulk fluid storage tank to a second bulk fluid storage tank, said pump and at least one of said first and second bulk fluid storage tanks surrounded by a berm,
- wherein said rotary positive displacement pump is a hydrocarbon or oil pump, and said compressed air supply is located outside of said berm and spaced away from said rotary positive displacement pump, in operable communication therewith, and
- wherein said rotary positive displacement pump is adapted to pump fluid from a first storage tank to a second storage tank, and said second storage tank may have a greater potential energy as compared to said first storage tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.