Fluid supply system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12044179-B2
Application number	US-202117176372-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2021
Priority date	Aug 31, 2018
Publication date	Jul 23, 2024
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024

Abstract

A fluid supply system includes: a centrifugal pump; a starting pump that is connected to the centrifugal pump in series, is provided downstream of the centrifugal pump, and has a discharge flow rate less than that of the centrifugal pump; a measuring valve that is provided downstream of the centrifugal pump and the starting pump, measures an amount of fluid discharged from the centrifugal pump or the starting pump, and discharges the fluid to a downstream each time the fluid reaches a predetermined flow amount; a differential pressure valve that is provided downstream of the centrifugal pump and the starting pump, and is driven based on a differential pressure between an upstream pressure and a downstream pressure of the measuring valve; and a flow rate control valve that is provided downstream of the centrifugal pump and upstream of the differential pressure valve and has a valve opening speed that is set slower than that of the differential pressure valve.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fluid supply system comprising:
a centrifugal pump;
an inlet shut-off valve provided upstream of the centrifugal pump and configured to allow or shut off an inflow of a fuel into the centrifugal pump by opening and closing;
a starting pump that is connected to the centrifugal pump in series, is provided downstream of the centrifugal pump, and has a discharge flow rate less than that of the centrifugal pump;
a measuring valve that is provided downstream of the centrifugal pump and the starting pump, measures an amount of fluid discharged from the centrifugal pump or the starting pump, and discharges the fluid to a downstream each time the fluid reaches a predetermined flow amount;
a differential pressure valve that is provided downstream of the centrifugal pump and the starting pump, and is driven based on a differential pressure between an upstream pressure and a downstream pressure of the measuring valve; and
a flow rate control valve that is provided downstream of the centrifugal pump and upstream of the differential pressure valve and has a valve opening speed that is set slower than that of the differential pressure valve,
wherein the valve opening speed of the flow rate control valve is 1/5 to 1/10 of the valve opening speed of the differential pressure valve.

2. The fluid supply system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the flow rate control valve is provided between a discharge port of the centrifugal pump and a suction port of the starting pump.

3. The fluid supply system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the flow rate control valve is configured to be opened after the centrifugal pump is driven.

4. The fluid supply system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the flow rate control valve is provided in a bypass flow channel that connects an upstream side and a downstream side of the starting pump to each other.

5. The fluid supply system according to claim 4 ,
wherein the flow rate control valve is configured to be opened after the centrifugal pump is driven.

6. The fluid supply system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the flow rate control valve is configured to be opened after the centrifugal pump is driven.

Assignees

• Ihi Corp

Inventors

• Masuda Seiei

Classifications

• F04B53/10

  Valves; Arrangement of valves · CPC title

• F04B23/14

  at least one pump being of the non-positive-displacement type · CPC title

• F04B13/00

  Pumps specially modified to deliver fixed or variable measured quantities · CPC title

• F04B2205/09

  Flow through the pump · CPC title

• F04C2270/21

  Pressure difference · CPC title