Method and apparatus for transporting, storing and delivering dangerous chemicals
AssigneeAir Products and Chemicals, Inc.
InventorNaser Mahmud Chowdhury
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for transporting, storing and delivering dangerous chemicals in a high pressure stacked tube array configuration. Tubes are divided into sub-groups with outside tubes containing inert gases and inside tubes containing chemicals. Inside and outside tubes in each sub-group are manifolded to permit off loading of dangerous chemicals into outside tubes in the event of a leak in an inside tube or tubes in the sub-group. The apparatus includes a manifold system for segregation of source chemicals to provide two independent outlets.
Claims11
A method for transporting, storing and dispensing dangerous chemicals utilizing high pressure tubes disposed in a stacked vertical array comprising the steps of:
- segregating the tubes into at least two separate banks, each bank consisting of outside tubes and adjacent inside tubes;
- establishing valved flow communication only between the outside tubes and the adjacent inside tubes in a bank;
- filling said outside tubes in each bank with an inert gas, and filling said inside tubes in said banks with said dangerous chemical.
An apparatus for storing dangerous chemicals comprising in combination:
- at least two rows of generally elongated high pressure chemical storage tubes having a first end and a second end disposed in a stacked array;
- manifold means on said first end of said array to connect outside tubes on each side of said array with adjacent inside tubes in said array to divide said array into at least two separate interconnected banks containing adjacent outside and inside tubes wherein said dangerous chemicals are stored in said inside tubes;
- said manifold means so constructed and arranged to permit movement of stored fluids between said inside and outside tubes on said first end of said array and
- product delivery means on said second end of said array to permit removal of stored dangerous chemicals only from said second end of said array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.