Compressing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9328970-B2
Application number	US-201414219417-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2014
Priority date	Apr 24, 2013
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a compressing device including a compressor with a compressing unit compressing a gas and a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger including: a cooling unit that cools a gas compressed by the compressing unit; a connection path that connects the compressing unit to the cooling unit; and a connection path branch portion that is branched from a part of the connection path. The connection path branch portion includes an attachment portion that is provided in a surface different from a surface facing the compressor in the heat exchanger. An instrumentation device is directly and strongly attached to the attachment portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A compressing device comprising:
a compressor that includes a compressing unit for compressing a gas; and
a heat exchanger,
wherein the heat exchanger includes:
a cooling unit that cools the gas compressed by the compressing unit;
a connection path that connects the compressing unit to the cooling unit; and
a connection path branch portion that is branched from a part of the connection path, the connection path branch portion including an attachment portion to which an instrumentation device is directly attached and which is provided in a first surface of the heat exchanger, the first surface being different from a second surface facing the compressor.

2. The compressing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the heat exchanger further includes:
a supply path that leads a gas from a gas supply source to the compressor; and
a supply path branch portion that is branched from the supply path, and

wherein the supply path branch portion includes a supply path attachment portion to which a supply path instrumentation device is directly attached and which is provided in the first surface.

3. The compressing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the heat exchanger further includes:
a discharge path that leads a gas compressed by the compressing device to a demand device; and
a discharge path branch portion that is branched from the discharge path, and

wherein the discharge path branch portion includes a discharge path attachment portion to which a discharge path instrumentation device is directly attached and which is provided in the first surface.

4. The compressing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the instrumentation device is at least one of a pressure gauge and a safety valve.

5. The compressing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the compressor includes a plurality of the compressing units that are disposed in series, and
wherein the heat exchanger includes:
a plurality of the cooling units that cool the gas compressed by the plurality of compressing units;
a plurality of the connection paths that connect the plurality of compressing units to the plurality of cooling units; and
a single or a plurality of the connection path branch portions that are branched from at least a part of the plurality of connection paths.

6. The compressing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the heat exchanger is disposed at the upper side of the compressor, and
wherein the first surface is the upper surface of the heat exchanger.

7. The compressing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the heat exchanger includes:
a plurality of gas flow passageway groups in which the gas flows from the compressor: and
a plurality of cooling medium flow passageway groups in which a cooling medium flows to cool the gas flowing in the gas flow passageway groups, and

wherein the plurality of gas flow passageway groups and the plurality of cooling medium flow passageway groups are alternately stacked.

8. The compressing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the compressor includes:
a suction valve that suctions the gas into the compressing unit;
a discharge valve that discharges the gas from the compressing unit to the cooling unit; and
a valve accommodation chamber that is disposed between the compressing unit and the heat exchanger and accommodates the suction valve and the discharge valve.

Assignees

• Kobe Steel Ltd

Inventors

• Nagura Kenji
• Takagi Hitoshi
• Uba Takuro
• Hirai Toshio

Classifications

• F04B39/121

  Casings · CPC title

• F04B39/123

  Fluid connections · CPC title

• F04B2015/0822

  Hydrogen · CPC title

• F28F7/02

  Blocks traversed by passages for heat-exchange media {(F28D7/0008 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F04B15/08 Primary

  the liquids having low boiling points · CPC title