[특허]Liquid natural gas cryogenic tank leak detection system

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Liquid natural gas cryogenic tank leak detection system

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	G08B-021/00 G08B-021/18
출원번호	US-0888522 (2013-05-07)
등록번호	US-9064401 (2015-06-23)
발명자 / 주소	Grant, Steven Thomas Lombardi, Frank Puckett, Daniel Reese
출원인 / 주소	Caterpillar Inc.
대리인 / 주소	Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 1 인용 특허 : 6

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A method of detecting leakage of a fluid from a tank is disclosed. The method may include determining cumulative commanded fluid consumption of the fluid in the tank over a selected time period, determining an actual change of a volume of the fluid in the tank over the selected time period, and comparing the cumulative commanded fluid consumption to the actual change of volume of the fluid. The method may further include producing a leak warning upon the actual change of volume of the fluid over the selected time period exceeding the cumulative commanded...

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1. A method of detecting leakage of a fluid from a tank, the method comprising: determining cumulative commanded fluid consumption of the fluid in the tank over a selected time period;determining an actual change of a volume of the fluid in the tank over the selected time period;comparing the cumulative commanded fluid consumption to the actual change of volume of the fluid over the selected time period; andgenerating a leak warning upon the actual change of volume of the fluid over the selected time period exceeding the cumulative commanded fluid consumption over the selected time period plus a threshold value. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the leakage of the fluid from the tank is leakage of liquid natural gas from a cryogenic tank, and wherein the method is independent from any method of detecting gas fumes leaking from the cryogenic tank. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining cumulative commanded fluid consumption of the fluid in the tank over the selected time period includes: receiving a plurality of signals indicative of commanded fluid consumption at periodic, time intervals throughout the selected time period;determining commanded volume of fluid consumption for each of the periodic, time intervals;recording values for commanded volume of fluid consumption for each of the periodic, time intervals; andsumming values for all commanded volumes of fluid consumption for each of the periodic, time intervals with all recorded values for commanded volumes of fluid consumption from preceding time intervals during the selected time period to calculate the cumulative commanded fluid consumption of the fluid in the tank. 4. The method of claim 3, further including: receiving the plurality of signals indicative of commanded fluid consumption from a controller configured to determine current demand for the fluid by at least one of automatic determination from a current power demand, and a manual command received from an operator, and wherein the plurality of signals are digital signals indicative of a desired volume flow rate of the fluid. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the actual change of the volume of fluid in the tank over the selected time period includes discounting actual changes of the volume of fluid in the tank resulting from tank venting during low load conditions. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein a change of volume of fluid in the tank resulting from tank venting during low load conditions is calculated and subtracted from an actual change of volume of the fluid in the tank over the selected time period before comparing the cumulative commanded fluid consumption to the actual change of volume of the fluid over the selected time period. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the actual change of the volume of fluid in the tank over the selected time period includes: receiving a plurality of signals, each signal indicative of a level of the fluid in the tank at periodic, time intervals throughout the selected time period; andcalculating a difference between a value corresponding to a first volume of fluid in the tank at the beginning of a time interval and a value corresponding to a second volume of fluid in the tank at the end of the time interval. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the selected time period includes a plurality of said periodic, time intervals, and determining the actual change of the volume of fluid in the tank over the selected time period includes averaging calculated differences in volume of fluid in the tank per each time interval with calculated differences in volume of fluid in the tank per each of a subset of time intervals immediately preceding a most recent time interval to arrive at a moving average of the actual change of volume of fluid in the tank per each time interval. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein a leak warning is produced upon the actual change of volume of the fluid in the tank over the selected time period exceeding the cumulative commanded fluid consumption over the selected time period plus a threshold value equal to zero. 10. A method of detecting leakage of liquid natural gas from a cryogenic tank, the method comprising: determining commanded liquid natural gas consumption from the tank at a selected time;determining an actual rate of change of a volume of the liquid natural gas in the tank at the selected time;comparing the commanded liquid natural gas consumption to the actual rate of change of volume of the liquid natural gas; andproducing a liquid natural gas leak warning upon the actual rate of change of volume of the liquid natural gas at the selected time exceeding the commanded liquid natural gas consumption at the selected time. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein determining commanded liquid natural gas consumption from the tank at a selected time includes receiving a signal from a fuel controller configured to determine current demand for fuel by at least one of automatic determination from a current power demand, and a manual command received from an operator, and wherein the signal is a digital signal indicative of a desired volume flow rate of the liquid natural gas. 12. A system for detecting leakage of a fluid from a tank, the system comprising: a first control module configured for determining cumulative commanded fluid consumption of the fluid in the tank over a selected time period;a second control module configured for determining an actual change of a volume of the fluid in the tank over the selected time period;a comparator configured for comparing the cumulative commanded fluid consumption to the actual change of volume of the fluid; andan alarm configured for producing a leak warning upon the actual change of volume of the fluid over the selected time period exceeding the cumulative commanded fluid consumption over the selected time period plus a threshold value. 13. The system of claim 12, wherein the leakage of the fluid from the tank is leakage of liquid natural gas from a cryogenic tank, and wherein the system is independent from any system for detecting gas fumes leaking from the cryogenic tank. 14. The system of claim 12, wherein the first control module configured for determining cumulative commanded fluid consumption of the fluid in the tank over the selected time period includes: a memory for recording a plurality of values for commanded volume of fluid consumption for each of periodic, time intervals making up the selected time period, each of the plurality of values for commanded volume of fluid consumption being determined from signals indicative of commanded fluid consumption over each of the periodic, time intervals throughout the selected time period; anda summer configured for summing values for all commanded volumes of fluid consumption for each of the periodic, time intervals with all recorded values for commanded volumes of fluid consumption from preceding time intervals during the selected time period to calculate the cumulative commanded fluid consumption of the fluid in the tank. 15. The system of claim 14, wherein the first control module is further configured for receiving the signals indicative of commanded fluid consumption from a power controller configured to determine current demand for the fluid by at least one of automatic determination from a current power demand, and a manual power command received from an operator, and wherein the signals are digital signals indicative of a desired volume flow rate of the fluid. 16. The system of claim 12, wherein the second control module configured for determining the actual change of the volume of fluid in the tank over the selected time period is further configured to discount actual changes of the volume of fluid in the tank resulting from tank venting during low load conditions. 17. The system of claim 16, wherein the second control module is further configured to calculate a change of volume of fluid in the tank resulting from tank venting during low load conditions and subtract that change of volume from an actual change of volume of the fluid in the tank over the selected time period before comparing the cumulative commanded fluid consumption to the actual change of volume of the fluid. 18. The system of claim 12, wherein the second control module configured for determining the actual change of the volume of fluid in the tank over the selected time period is configured for: receiving a plurality of signals, each signal indicative of a level of the fluid in the tank at periodic, time intervals throughout the selected time period; andcalculating a difference between a value corresponding to a first volume of fluid in the tank at the beginning of a time interval and a value corresponding to a second volume of fluid in the tank at the end of the time interval. 19. The system of claim 18, wherein the selected time period includes a plurality of said time intervals, and determining the actual change of the volume of fluid in the tank includes averaging calculated differences in volume of fluid in the tank per each time interval with calculated differences in volume of fluid in the tank per each of a subset of time intervals immediately preceding a most recent time interval to arrive at a moving average of the actual change of volume of fluid in the tank per each time interval. 20. The system of claim 12, wherein the alarm is configured to produce a leak warning upon the actual change of volume of the fluid in the tank over the selected time period exceeding the cumulative commanded fluid consumption over the selected time period by a threshold value equal to zero.

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Ahmad, Farid; Larsen, John F.; Kozole, Karl H., Liquefied petroleum gas tank leak detection systems and methods.

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