Vented compartment inerting system
AssigneeL'Air Liquide - Societe Anonyme a'Directoire et Conseil de Surveillance pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
InventorKarl S. Beers
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Abstract
1. An inerting system for a vented controlled atmosphere container, for inerting a flammable gas comprising a flammable vapor and oxygen, comprising: (i) a container; (ii) an outlet in the container for the flammable gas; (iii) a compressor, in fluid communication with the outlet, which compresses the flammable gas from the container; (iv) a separator, in fluid communication with the compressor, for removing oxygen from the flammable gas to produce an oxygen-depleted flammable gas; (v) an inlet in the container, which is in fluid communication with the separator; through which the oxygen-depleted flammable gas is fed into the container.
Claims21
An inerting system for a vented controlled atmosphere container, for inerting a flammable gas comprising a flammable vapor and oxygen, comprising:
- (i) a container;
- (ii) an outlet in said container for said flammable gas;
- (iii a compressor, in fluid communication with said outlet, which compresses the flammable gas from the container;
- (iv) a separator, in fluid communication with said compressor, for removing oxygen from said flammable gas to produce an oxygen-depleted flammable gas;
- (v) an inlet in said container, which is in fluid communication with said separator, through which said oxygen-depleted flammable gas is fed into said container.
A method of inerting a flammable gas, comprising a flammable vapor and oxygen, in a vented controlled atmosphere container comprising the steps of:
- (i) removing said flammable gas from said container;
- (ii) compressing said gas;
- (iii) removing an amount of oxygen from said flammable gas to produce an oxygen-depleted gas;
- (iv) feeding said oxygen-depleted gas into said container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.