Abrégé

An improved liquid vaporization and conditioning system, and associated method, for efficiently vaporizing a liquid sample for accurately determining the constituent components thereof providing enhanced flow rate, pressure and thermal control, the improvement including a combination of a resistance temperature detector, a sweeping bend to, an in-line thermal break, a flow buffering input manifold, enhanced multi-path heater vaporizer construction with four heater units, a vaporizer output mixing manifold and control elements providing a capability for partial shutdown in the event of compromised heating or flow anomalies without risk of flow loss/volume capacity beyond a permissible threshold and an improved, modular heat vaporizer enclosure.

Classes IPC  ?

• F17C 9/02 - Procédés ou appareils pour vider les gaz liquéfiés ou solidifiés contenus dans des récipients non sous pression avec changement d'état, p.ex. vaporisation
• F17C 13/02 - Adaptations spéciales des dispositifs indicateurs, de mesure ou de contrôle

Abrégé

A cryogenic liquid sampling system including a chamber having affixed therein a sample pump to pull a cryogenic liquid sample from an external source and an enclosure. The enclosure includes a supply port to receive an input stream of a gas, an input port connected to the chamber via a vacuum line, a sample pump port connected to the chamber via a pump line and configured to feed therethrough gas received at the supply port to the sample pump, a vacuum device connected to the input port and configured to generate a vacuum within the chamber by pulling air from the vacuum line, and processing circuitry to control the vacuum device and the sample pump to perform transfer of a cryogenic liquid sample from the external source to an external device.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01N 1/14 - Dispositifs d'aspiration, p.ex. pompes; Dispositifs d'éjection

Abrégé

A multi-stage pressure regulation system, device and associated methodology for reducing the pressure of vapor gas passing through the gas sample pressure regulation system, where the system and method rely on a optionally heated housing containing a series of calibratable pressure regulating valve assemblies disposed in an unvented array where each assembly is configured to reduce the pressure of an input vapor sample to a selected reduced pressure while avoiding dew point dropout during passage to thereby ensuring accurate sample analysis at a downstream analyzer.

Classes IPC  ?

• G05D 16/04 - Commande de la pression d'un fluide sans source d'énergie auxiliaire

Abrégé

A gas sample and conditioning device for sampling gas in storage or transport device and conditioning the gas while automatically switching between input lines based on a characteristic of the gas sample. Multiple input lines are provided within allows for flow between different input lines based on the characteristic of the gas sample.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01N 1/22 - Dispositifs pour prélever des échantillons à l'état gazeux
• G01N 1/00 - Echantillonnage; Préparation des éprouvettes pour la recherche
• G01N 1/02 - Dispositifs pour prélever des échantillons
• G01N 30/00 - Recherche ou analyse de matériaux par séparation en constituants utilisant l'adsorption, l'absorption ou des phénomènes similaires ou utilisant l'échange d'ions, p.ex. la chromatographie
• G01N 30/04 - Préparation ou injection de l'échantillon à analyser
• G01N 30/06 - Préparation
• G01N 30/14 - Préparation par élimination de certains composants
• G01N 33/00 - Recherche ou analyse des matériaux par des méthodes spécifiques non couvertes par les groupes

Abrégé

A vaporizer device (100) and associated methodology for providing accurate sampling through substantially efficient, complete and uniform single pass vaporization of a liquid sample by avoiding liquid pre-vaporization and downtime attributable to system damage from incomplete vaporization, particularly in the distribution, transportation, and custody transfer of natural gas. The vaporizer device (100) includes at least one input port (104) for receiving a liquid sample, a channel (120) for directing the liquid to a vaporizer core (130) and a heating assembly (131, 132, 133) within the vaporizer core (130) configured to flash vaporize the liquid sample. The vaporized sample can then be passed to an outlet (118) for sample analysis.

Classes IPC  ?

• F17C 9/02 - Procédés ou appareils pour vider les gaz liquéfiés ou solidifiés contenus dans des récipients non sous pression avec changement d'état, p.ex. vaporisation
• F17C 7/04 - Vidage des gaz liquéfiés avec changement d'état, p.ex. vaporisation
• F17C 9/04 - Récupération de l'énergie thermique
• G01N 30/12 - Préparation par évaporation

Abrégé

A sampling device having at least two inputs each configured to receive samples from a corresponding feedstock input line and a sample accumulator. The device also includes a mass flow controller associated with each feedstock input line, each mass flow controller having a sample output and being configured to receive a signal representative of the flow rate at each input, where each mass flow controller adjusts the flow rate of its respective sample from its respective sample output in response to receiving representative signals. Further the device includes at least a first and second sample output line respectively connected with a sample output of each mass flow controller, each sample output line being connected to an input of the sample accumulator for introduction to the sample accumulator of samples from the output of the mass flow controllers.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01N 1/26 - Dispositifs pour prélever des échantillons à l'état gazeux avec mesures prises pour l'aspiration à partir de plusieurs endroits
• G01N 30/86 - Analyse des signaux

Abrégé

Systems and methods for generating a Methane number for a compressed natural gas fuel by obtaining compositional data from one or more particular analyzers and applying the obtained compositional data to one or more selectable Methane number generation protocols The systems and methods can include refining of the compressed natural gas fuel to meet a predetermined Methane number

Classes IPC  ?

• G01N 33/24 - Matériaux de la terre

Abrégé

Systems and methods for automatically purging by pneumatic ejection with a select pressurized media, gravity-accumulated hydrocarbon liquid dropout from a retrograde vapor waste liquid collection containment reservoir.

Classes IPC  ?

• B67D 7/04 - Appareils ou dispositifs pour transférer des liquides à partir de récipients ou de réservoirs de stockage en vrac vers des véhicules ou des récipients portables, p.ex. pour la vente au détail pour transférer des carburants, des lubrifiants ou leurs mélanges
• B67D 7/72 - Dispositifs appliquant une pression d'air ou d'un autre gaz en vue de forcer le liquide vers l'orifice de distribution
• E03C 1/122 - Systèmes de canalisations pour l'évacuation des eaux usées dans les bâtiments
• F16K 11/056 - Soupapes ou clapets à voies multiples, p.ex. clapets mélangeurs; Raccords de tuyauteries comportant de tels clapets ou soupapes; Aménagement d'obturateurs et de voies d'écoulement spécialement conçu pour mélanger les fluides dont toutes les faces d'obturation se déplacent comme un tout comportant uniquement des soupapes ou des clapets à corps de soupape en forme de sphère
• F17D 1/12 - Transfert des liquides ou des produits visqueux sous l'action de la pression exercée par un autre fluide
• G05D 7/01 - Commande de débits sans source d'énergie auxiliaire
• G05D 9/02 - Commande du niveau, p.ex. en commandant la quantité du matériau emmagasiné dans un réservoir sans source d'énergie auxiliaire

Abrégé

A biogas blending and energy content verification system and method for controlled enhancement of a biogas feedstock stream energy content profile by selective sampling and analysis of the biogas feedstock stream and controlled injection of a refined gas of a known, higher energy content into the biogas feedstock stream to produce a blended biogas having an augmented energy content profile meeting or exceeding a pre-established minimum to meet end user requirements.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01N 33/22 - Combustibles; Explosifs

Abrégé

A system and method for substantially coincidental sample takeoff flow rate verification which detects unstable flow conditions in a pipeline, terminates fluid sample analysis during flow instability, and resumes sample takeoff when a steady flow state is re-established.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01N 1/02 - Dispositifs pour prélever des échantillons
• G01N 1/10 - Dispositifs pour prélever des échantillons à l'état liquide ou fluide
• G01N 1/22 - Dispositifs pour prélever des échantillons à l'état gazeux

Abrégé

A sample take-off system incorporating a small volume pump with a speed loop for pressurizing excess extracted sample for return into the process stream using a single multi-channel probe for both take-off and return of the excess extracted sample is illustrated and described.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01N 1/20 - Dispositifs pour prélever des échantillons à l'état liquide ou fluide pour matériau coulant ou s'éboulant
• G01N 1/02 - Dispositifs pour prélever des échantillons
• G01N 1/10 - Dispositifs pour prélever des échantillons à l'état liquide ou fluide
• G01N 1/24 - Dispositifs d'aspiration

Abrégé

A post-probe upstream metering pump for insuring phase change completion of a multi-phase fluid such as Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) in a sample conditioning system having a pipeline sample take-off probe for fluid extraction, a sample conditioning unit for conditioning the extracted fluid to a select range of temperature and pressure for analysis of the fluid sample by an associated analyzer without dew point dropout or phase separation, and a metering pump disposed in-line between the sample take-off probe and the sample conditioning unit to pressurize the fluid sample to condense into a substantially fully liquid phase and to reduce lag time between extraction and fluid sample conditioning.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01N 30/06 - Préparation
• G01N 1/40 - Concentration des échantillons
• G01N 30/30 - Contrôle des paramètres physiques du fluide vecteur de la température
• G01N 30/32 - Contrôle des paramètres physiques du fluide vecteur de la pression ou de la vitesse

Abrégé

An insertion probe adapter for fluid sample extraction from a pipeline for mounting of an overlying housing element is Illustrated and described. The invention permits disengagement of an insertion probe from the body of the probe adapter without disassembling the body from the pipeline and without disassembling the overlying housing element from the body.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01N 1/02 - Dispositifs pour prélever des échantillons
• G01N 1/22 - Dispositifs pour prélever des échantillons à l'état gazeux
• G01N 33/24 - Matériaux de la terre

Abrégé

A temperature and pressure regulating biogas sample extraction system and method for providing a conditioned biogas sample for constituent analysis.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01D 53/30 - Commande par appareil d'analyse des gaz
• G01N 1/22 - Dispositifs pour prélever des échantillons à l'état gazeux

Abrégé

Provided herein is a system and method for natural gas liquid sample conditioning including an insulated cabinet having a sample input, a vaporizer, a heated regulator, a gas sample outlet, and a control system for preventing phase separation and or re-liquification of the conditioned sample before entry into an associated analyzer and in a specific embodiment, featuring an automatic shutdown system to prevent sample liquid from further processing and passage to an associated analyzer.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01N 1/00 - Echantillonnage; Préparation des éprouvettes pour la recherche

Abrégé

Provided herein is a solar powered system for a gas sampling and analysis for placement and operation remote from conventional infra-structure that utilizes a minimum of power to obtain a sample extracted from a source such as a pipeline or well-head, conditions the extracted sample, transmits the conditioned sample through vacuum jacketed tubing to an analyzer while maintaining the sample at a temperature and pressure preventing phase transition, condensation or component partitioning.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01N 1/22 - Dispositifs pour prélever des échantillons à l'état gazeux
• H02S 40/38 - Moyens de stockage de l’énergie, p.ex. batteries, structurellement associés aux modules PV
• G01N 1/02 - Dispositifs pour prélever des échantillons
• G01N 30/06 - Préparation

Abrégé

A sampling system for collecting periodic composite and/or non- composite samples of vaporized gas during a transfer process from a vaporizer of a cryogenic hydrocarbon liquid including 1) a direct sample pathway to a gas analyzer for instantaneous, real-time vaporized gas analysis, 2) a speed loop pathway for directly collecting fresh vaporized gas samples for subsequent analysis, and 3) a composite sample pathway including a pressurized sample accumulator for collecting a plurality periodically obtained samples of a select volume during the transfer process to create a composite sample of the vaporized gas.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01N 1/24 - Dispositifs d'aspiration
• G01N 1/26 - Dispositifs pour prélever des échantillons à l'état gazeux avec mesures prises pour l'aspiration à partir de plusieurs endroits
• G01N 30/06 - Préparation

Abrégé

A liquid gas vaporization and measurement system, and associated method, for efficiently vaporizing a continuous sample of liquid gas, such as liquid natural gas (LNG), and accurately determining the constituent components of the gas. A constant flow of liquid gas sampled from a mass storage device is maintained in a vaporizing device. Within the vaporizing device the liquid gas is flash vaporized within heated narrow tubing. The liquid gas is converted to vapor very quickly as it enters one or more independently operating vaporizer stages within the vaporizing device. The vapor gas is provided to a measuring instrument such as a chromatograph and the individual constituent components and the BTU value of the gas are determined to an accuracy of within +/- 0.5 mole percent and 1 BTU, respectively.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01N 1/00 - Echantillonnage; Préparation des éprouvettes pour la recherche
• F17C 9/02 - Procédés ou appareils pour vider les gaz liquéfiés ou solidifiés contenus dans des récipients non sous pression avec changement d'état, p.ex. vaporisation
• G01N 25/02 - Recherche ou analyse des matériaux par l'utilisation de moyens thermiques en recherchant le frittage

Abrégé

A gas sample and conditioning device (1) for sampling gas in a storage or transport device and conditioning the gas to avoid dew point dropout of the gas. A chamber for regulating the temperature and the pressure of the gas is provided with external A.C. or D.C. power using the leads of existing heat tracing cables (5) to avoid the need for additional power sources to power the temperature and pressure regulating devices (4) within the chamber.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01N 1/00 - Echantillonnage; Préparation des éprouvettes pour la recherche