Piping system with leak detection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10330221-B2
Application number	US-201715692755-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2017
Priority date	Sep 5, 2016
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

A piping system includes a first and a second inner tube assembled end to end and a hot fluid detector. For each inner tube, a first peripheral tube into which the inner tube is introduced and fixed. For each first peripheral tube, a second peripheral tube into which the first peripheral tube is introduced and fixed. A sleeve has a first section which surrounds the ends of the second two peripheral tubes facing one another and a second section which extends between the two ends up to the walls of the first two peripheral tubes. A pipe crosses the sleeve and opening out, on the one hand, into the space between the inner tubes and the first peripheral tubes and, on the other hand, in the vicinity of the hot fluid detector. A piping system of this kind is therefore thermally insulated and allows detection in the event of a leak.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A piping system comprising:
a first inner tube and a second inner tube assembled end to end;
a hot fluid detector;
for each of the first and second inner tubes, a first peripheral tube into which the inner tube is introduced and radially spaced, the, ends of the first two peripheral tubes being spaced apart one from each other;
for each first peripheral tube, a second peripheral tube into which the first peripheral tube is introduced and radially spaced, the, ends of the second two peripheral tubes being spaced apart one from the other; and
a sleeve a first section which surrounds the ends of the second two peripheral tubes facing one another and a second section on the inside of the first section which extends between the ends of the second two peripheral tubes down to the walls of the first two peripheral tubes, and a pipe extending through the sleeve and opening out at a first end into the space between the inner tubes and the first two peripheral tubes and at a second end in a vicinity of the hot fluid detector.

2. The piping system of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve comprises two sections fixed one to another by hinges.

3. The piping system of claim 2 , wherein the first and second inner tubes and the first and second peripheral tubes which surround the first and second inner tubes are 3D printed.

4. The piping system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second inner tubes and the first and second peripheral tubes which surround the first and second inner tubes are 3D printed.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Verseux Olivier
• Blain David

Classifications

• F16L59/075

  the air layer or the vacuum being delimited by longitudinal channels distributed around the circumference of a tube · CPC title

• F16L9/18

  Double-walled pipes; Multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies · CPC title

• F16L59/06 Primary

  Arrangements using an air layer or vacuum · CPC title

• F16L9/19 Primary

  Multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies · CPC title

• G01M3/002

  by using thermal means · CPC title