Transfer line for cryogenic liquid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10113683-B2
Application number	US-201615210810-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2016
Priority date	Feb 13, 2015
Publication date	Oct 30, 2018
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018

Abstract

A transfer line includes a first conduit, a first insulation part, a first protective shield, a second conduit, a second insulation part and a second protective shield. Cryogenic liquid flows through the first conduit. The first insulation part surrounds the first conduit and has a multi-layered film structure. Film layers of the multi-layered film structure are spaced apart from each other. The first protective shield is formed with a predetermined thickness and diameter to surround the exterior of the first insulation part. Coolant for cooling the first protective shield flows through the second conduit. The second conduit is in contact with the first protective shield. The second insulation part surrounds the first protective shield and the second conduit, and has the multi-layered film structure. The second protective shield is formed with a predetermined thickness and diameter to surround the exterior of the second insulation part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transfer line for cryogenic liquid comprising:
a first conduit through which cryogenic liquid flows;
a first insulation part surrounding the first conduit and having a multi-layered film structure in which film layers are spaced apart from each other;
a first protective shield formed with a predetermined thickness and a predetermined diameter to surround an exterior of the first insulation part;
a second conduit through which a coolant for cooling the first protective shield flows, the second conduit being in contact with the first protective shield;
a second insulation part surrounding the first protective shield and the second conduit and having a multi-layered film structure in which film layers are spaced apart from each other; and
a second protective shield formed with a predetermined thickness and a predetermined diameter to surround the exterior of the second insulation part,
wherein each of the first insulation part and the second insulation part comprises an insulation member including the multi-layered film structure, and
wherein the film layers are spirally wound and lengths of the film layers in a longitudinal direction of the first conduit are different from each other.

2. The transfer line for cryogenic liquid of claim 1 , wherein each of the first insulation part and the second insulation part further comprises:
supports configured to be positioned at opposite ends of the insulation member, said each of the supports including a step-shaped connection part formed at one side of said each of the supports to support the film layers, the supports being assembled to the insulation member such that each film layer is positioned at each step of the step-shaped connection part; and
a pipe connecting the supports positioned at the opposite ends of the insulation member, the pipe surrounding the exterior of the insulation member.

3. The transfer line for cryogenic liquid of claim 2 , wherein the supports are assembled to the insulation member such that said each film layer is spaced at a predetermined distance from an end of said each step of the step-shaped connection part.

4. The transfer line for cryogenic liquid of claim 2 ,
wherein said each of the supports has, at a side opposite to the one side at which the step-shaped connection part is formed, an inner surface facing the first conduit and having an interior surface which contacts with an adjacent conduit or an adjacent protective shield, and an outer surface facing a direction opposite to the inner surface and having an exterior surface which contacts with an adjacent conduit or an adjacent protective shield, and
wherein, in the first insulation part, the interior surface is in point-contact with the first conduit and the exterior surface is in point-contact with the first protective shield.

5. The transfer line for cryogenic liquid of claim 4 , wherein, in the second insulation part, the interior surface is in point-contact with the first protective shield and the second conduit, and the exterior surface is in point-contact with the second protective shield.

6. The transfer line for cryogenic liquid of claim 4 , wherein the exterior surface protrudes more than the pipe in a radial direction of the first conduit, and the inner surface and the outer surface have a polygonal shape in a circumferential direction of the first conduit.

7. The transfer line for cryogenic liquid of claim 4 , wherein each of the inner surface and the outer surface comprises a slope along the longitudinal direction of the first conduit.

8. The transfer line for cryogenic liquid of claim 4 ,
wherein the exterior surface protrudes more than the pipe in a radial direction of the first conduit, and each of the inner surface and the outer surface has a cylindrical shape in a circumferential direction of the first conduit, and
wherein the outer surface includes projection parts for reducing a contacting surface with the first or second protective shield, the projection parts being spaced apart from each other.

9. The transfer line for cryogenic liquid of claim 2 ,
wherein a number of the first insulation parts are disposed in a longitudinal direction of the first conduit, the number of the first insulation parts is determined in accordance with a length of the first conduit,
a number of the second insulation parts are disposed in the longitudinal direction of the first conduit, the number of the second insulation parts is determined in accordance with the length of the first conduit, and
wherein an intermediate connection member is disposed in a space between an adjacent first insulation parts and in a space between an adjacent second insulation parts.

10. The transfer line for cryogenic liquid of claim 9 , wherein the intermediate connection member comprises:
a metallic cylinder configured to be coupled to one of the supports facing each other in the space between the adjacent first insulation parts or the space between the adjacent second insulation parts, and configured to extend in the space toward the other of the supports facing each other; and
an elastic member positioned within the metallic cylinder, the elastic member being coupled to said one of the supports facing each other, and extending toward the other of the supports facing each other.

11. The transfer line for cryogenic liquid of claim 9 , wherein the intermediate connection member comprises a soft spacer ring fit in to the space between the adjacent first or second insulation parts.

12. The transfer line for cryogenic liquid of claim 9 , wherein the intermediate connection member disposed in the space between the adjacent first insulation parts and the intermediate connection member disposed in the space between the adjacent second insulation parts are arranged offset from each other along the longitudinal direction of the first conduit.

13. The transfer line for cryogenic liquid of claim 1 , wherein the second conduit comprises two conduits spaced apart from each other, and one of the two conduits is used as a conduit for feeding the coolant and the other of the two conduits is used as a conduit for returning the fed-in coolant.

14. The transfer line for cryogenic liquid of claim 1 ,
wherein a space between the first conduit and the first protective shield is kept in a vacuum state, and
wherein a space between the first protective shield and the second protective shield is kept in a vacuum state or filled with a gas for sealing.

15. A transfer line for cryogenic liquid comprising:
a first conduit through which cryogenic liquid flows;
a second conduit through which the cryogenic liquid flows, the second conduit being disposed adjacent to the first conduit;
two first insulation parts, each having a multi-layered film structure in which film layers are spaced apart from each other, the two first insulation parts respectively surrounding the first conduit and the second conduit;
two first protective shields formed with predetermined thicknesses and predetermined diameters to surround the exteriors of the two first insulation parts respectively;
a third conduit in contact with both of the two first protective shields, wherein a coolant for cooling the two first protective shields flows through the third conduit;
a second insulation part surrounding the two first protective shields and the third conduit, the second insulation part having a multi-layered film structure in which film layers of the multi-layered film structure are spaced apart from each other; and
a second protective shield formed with a predetermined thickness and a predetermined diameter to surround t

Assignees

• Korea Advanced Inst Sci & Tech

Inventors

• Lee Jhinhwan

Classifications

• F16L53/70

  Cooling of pipes or pipe systems · CPC title

• F16L9/19

  Multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies · CPC title

• F16L59/141 Primary

  in which the temperature of the medium is below that of the ambient temperature · CPC title

• F16L59/06

  Arrangements using an air layer or vacuum · CPC title

• F16L9/14

  Compound tubes, i.e. made of materials not wholly covered by any one of the preceding groups (F16L9/16 - F16L9/22 take precedence) · CPC title