Skid-mounted cold box and its prefabricated structure and assembly method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11079177-B2
Application number	US-201616474121-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2016
Priority date	Dec 30, 2016
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

The present invention relates to a skid-mounted cold box and its prefabricated structure and assembly method. Each prefabricated structure includes a framework and a first panel that is used to enclose sides of the framework. Ring beams of two adjacent prefabricated structures are connected through bolts on site. A second panel connected through bolts encloses the gap between ring beams of the two adjacent prefabricated structures from sides. The present invention cancels all field welding seams and omits the field welding and nondestructive testing operations. The crane can be dismissed after the upper prefabricated structure of the cold box is lifted into place and bolts corresponding to columns on ring beams are connected. The present invention guarantees the connection strength of steel structures relying on bolt-based connection between ring beams and the second panel connected through bolts guarantees the airtightness of the cold box. This effectively reduces field assembly work and saves time and cost.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A skid-mounted cold box prefabricated structure comprising a framework, wherein multiple columns running through the framework are set, and several first panels connecting an outer side of the framework, wherein the several first panels fully enclose the framework and outer sides of the multiple columns;
a frame structure that is fixed on an inner side of edges of the first panels at a joining end of the prefabricated structure, wherein a ring beam is fixed and mounting holes for bolts are set on the ring beam so that the ring beam can be connected to a similar ring beam of another prefabricated structure for joining through bolts during assembly; and
mounting holes for bolts are set at the joint between the frame structure and the first panel so as to connect a second panel through bolts during assembly, and through the second panel, a gap formed at the two ring beams after an adjacent prefabricated structure is joined is completely enclosed on an outer side of the first panel.

2. The skid-mounted cold box prefabricated structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
a vertical section of the ring beam is I-shaped and has a vertical beam, a joining surface and a non-joining surface, the joining surface and the non-joining surface are fixed on the vertical beam and are parallel to each other, and a vertical section of the frame structure is L-shaped and has a first surface and a second surface that are perpendicular to each other; and
the first surface is connected to the inner side of edges of the first panel, mounting holes for bolts are set at the joint so that the second panel can be fixed on the outer side of the first panel through the bolts, and the second surface is connected to the non-joining surface of the ring beam and extends towards an inner side of the framework.

3. The skid-mounted cold box prefabricated structure according to claim 2 , wherein a connecting plate is set on an outer side of a location corresponding to a column on the ring beam and the connecting plate extends from the joining surface of the ring beam to the non-joining surface so that the assembled second panel can cover the connecting plate of the ring beam that is joined.

4. The skid-mounted cold box prefabricated structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
mounting holes are set for a first bolt and a second bolt on the joining surface of the ring beam, the mounting hole for the first bolt is in a location corresponding to a column on the joining surface of the ring beam and the mounting hole for the second bolt is in another location on the joining surface of the ring beam; and
a spacing of the mounting hole for the first bolt is smaller than the spacing of the mounting hole for the second bolt.

5. The skid-mounted cold box prefabricated structure according to claim 1 , wherein the framework further comprises:
several beams that are set between adjacent columns, wherein both ends of each beam are connected to corresponding columns;
several inter-beam supports that are parallel to beams and are set between adjacent beams, wherein both ends of each inter-beam support are connected to corresponding columns; and
several oblique supports, wherein one end of each oblique support is connected to the middle of an inter-beam support and the other end is connected to a joint between a corresponding column and a beam or ring beam.

6. A skid-mounted cold box, wherein the skid-mounted cold box has two or more prefabricated structures connected through bolts on site;
any one prefabricated structure comprises a framework, wherein multiple columns running through the framework are set, and several first panels connecting outer sides of the framework, wherein the several first panels fully enclose the framework and outer sides of its columns;
a frame structure that is fixed on an inner side of edges of the first panel at a joining end of the prefabricated structure, wherein a ring beam is fixed and mounting holes for bolts are set on the ring beam so that the ring beam can be connected to a similar ring beam of another prefabricated structure for joining through bolts during assembly; and
mounting holes for bolts are set at the joint between the frame structure and the first panel so as to connect a second panel through bolts during assembly, and through the second panel, a gap formed at the two ring beams after an adjacent prefabricated structure is joined is completely enclosed on an outer side of the first panel.

7. The skid-mounted cold box according to claim 6 , wherein: in each prefabricated structure,
a vertical section of the ring beam is I-shaped and has a vertical beam, a joining surface and a non-joining surface, the joining surface and the non-joining surface are fixed on the vertical beam and are parallel to each other, and a vertical section of the frame structure is L-shaped and has a first surface and a second surface that are perpendicular to each other; and
the first surface is connected to the inner side of edges of the first panel, mounting holes for bolts are set at the joint so that the second panel can be fixed on the outer side of the first panel through the bolts, and the second surface is connected to the non-joining surface of the ring beam and extends towards an inner side of the framework.

8. The skid-mounted cold box according to claim 7 , wherein on two adjacent prefabricated structures, a connecting plate is set on an outer side of the location corresponding to a column on each ring beam and the connecting plate extends from the joining surface of the ring beam to the non-joining surface so that the assembled second panel can cover outer sides of the connecting plates for the two prefabricated structures that are joined.

9. The skid-mounted cold box according to claim 6 , wherein a washer made of neoprene is set between the second panel and the first panel.

10. The skid-mounted cold box according to claim 7 , wherein bolts connecting ring beams in two adjacent prefabricated structures are friction-type high-strength bolts; and a spacing of the bolt in a location corresponding to a column on the joining surface of any one ring beam is smaller than a spacing of bolts in other locations on the joining surface of the ring beam.

11. The skid-mounted cold box according to claim 6 , wherein any one prefabricated structure further comprises:
several beams that are set between adjacent columns, wherein both ends of each beam are connected to corresponding columns;
several inter-beam supports that are parallel to beams and are set between adjacent beams, wherein both ends of each inter-beam support are connected to corresponding columns; and
several oblique supports, wherein one end of each oblique support is connected to a middle of an inter-beam support and the other end is connected to the joint between a corresponding column and a beam or ring beam.

12. A method for assembling the skid-mounted cold box according to claim 6 , the method comprising the steps of:
transporting upper and lower prefabricated structures of the cold box to the predetermined site;
installing the lower prefabricated structure;
lighting the upper prefabricated structure so that joining surfaces of ring beams of the upper and lower prefabricated structures are aligned and in contact;
installing and fastening bolts in locations corresponding to columns on the joining surfaces of the ring beams;
installing and fastening bolts in other locations on the joining surfaces of the ring beams and completing framework connection of the upper and lower prefabricated structures; and
connecting the second panel to the outer side of the first panel for the upper and lower prefabricated

Assignees

• Air Liquide

Inventors

• Gao Chenxi
• Kurtz Remy
• Briglia Alain
• Ding Jia

Classifications

• E04H5/10

  Buildings forming part of cooling plants · CPC title

• F25J3/04945 Primary

  Details of internal structure; insulation and housing of the cold box · CPC title

• F25J2290/42

  Modularity, pre-fabrication of modules, assembling and erection, horizontal layout, i.e. plot plan, and vertical arrangement of parts of the cryogenic unit, e.g. of the cold box · CPC title

• B65D90/16

  Skids · CPC title

• E04B2001/2418

  Details of bolting · CPC title