WO2015089347A1 - Source well divider suitable for curved source wells - Google Patents
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- G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
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- G01F23/28—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water by measuring the variations of parameters of electromagnetic or acoustic waves applied directly to the liquid or fluent solid material
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- the present invention relates to nuclear level sensing gauges used in industrial process control and similar environments.
- N uclear density gauges are often used to measure liquids (the term liquid, when used in this application for patent, includes slurries) in a vessel at places such as oil refineries.
- a nuclear density gauge often includes a source well that extends into the vessel from the top thereof, so that a nuclear source can be installed into the source well and then radiation from the source can be detected, e.g. with a scintillation detector, from outside of the vessel to determine factors such as level a nd density of the liquid in the vessel.
- a scintillation detector e.g., a scintillation detector
- the mass of the liquid When passing through a liquid in a vessel, the mass of the liquid a bsorbs some of the radiation.
- the radiation In addition to the liquid, if the source, the detector, or both, are located outside the vessel, the radiation must also pass through at least one of the vessel walls. Since the a bsorption of the radiation by the walls is constant, and the distance between a source and a detector is constant, the amount of radiation reaching the detector is indicative of the presence of liquid between the source and detector, and of the density of the liquid it passes through. As the density of the liquid changes, the amount of radiation reaching the detector changes. The greater the density of the liquid, the less radiation reaches the detector.
- the detector typically provides density measurement in the form of a current output.
- detectors are almost always located outside the vessel.
- the source can be durably packaged, and more easily placed inside the vessel.
- a source well enables the source to be placed within the vessel, hanging on the end of a cable, and separated from the liquid. This allows maintenance, calibration and testing of the source on an appropriate schedule by withdrawing the source from the well using the cable.
- multiple sources are placed in the well at varying heights, to allow measurement of level and density at multiple points within the vessel for better process control.
- Each source is typically hung in the well on its own cable so that the sources can be separately withdrawn for maintenance, and their heights can be separately controlled.
- These problems are exacerbated when the source well 18 is curved along its length, like the one shown in Fig. 1. Curved source wells are necessary for some implementations; for example, vessels with broad curved shoulders like vessel 24 seen in Fig. 1 require the source well nozzle to be positioned far from a vessel wall. In such applications, a curved well can be used to bring the radiation sources closer to a vessel wall, and thus increase the amount of radiation that reaches the external detectors and create more accurate readings.
- a flexible source well divider which comprises several, e.g. four, lengths of flexible interlocked metallic tubing that extend into the source well and form plural independent wells for placement of each of the independent sources.
- the source well is curved along its length, the plural lengths of tubing being curved in conformity to the source well along their lengths.
- the lengths of tubing extend for at least a portion of the length of the source well, with one length of tubing extending for the entire length of the source well.
- the interlocked metallic tubing itself is comprised of interlocking strips coiled in a spiral fashion.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a source well assembly 10 and process vessl utilizing principles of the present invention
- FIGs. 2A, 2B and 2C illustrates the manner in which the source well assembly of Fig. 1 is assembled, and source holders are lowered on cables into the flexible hoses in the assemblage;
- FIG. 3 is a disassembled perspective view of the assembly Fig. 1;
- FIG. 4 is an alternate disassembled perspective view of the assembly of Fig. 1;
- FIG. 5 is an assembled perspective view of the assembly of Fig. 1;
- Fig. 6 is an illustration of the construction details of the flexible hoses used in the assembly of Fig. 1.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a source well assembly 10 utilizing principles of the present invention, mounted to a vessel 24 incorporating a vessel nozzle having clamped thereto a source well 22, flexible hose flange 20 and attached flexible hoses 18 each aligned with a source holder having sub-well openings 14, so that source holders 12 can be lowered on their respective cables into each sub-well opening 14 and related tubing section 18 to an appropriate position inside the vessel within the source well.
- Fig. 2A illustrates the assembly of the source holder 12 to the assembly of the source holder (which supports sub-well openings 14), flexible hose flange 20, flexible hoses 18, source well and flange 22, and vessel nozzle in the vessel wall 24.
- the flexible hoses 18 are mounted to a fitting 16 which inserts into the flexible hose flange 20 to retain the hoses 18 positioned in the source well.
- Fig. 2B illustrates the vertical insertion of the source holders 12 into the completed assembly of the source holder and its well openings 14.
- the top plate is mounted in a stack including the flexible hose flange 20 and source well flange 22.
- the flexible hoses 18 are supported by the end flange 16 in the source well, and the source well is supported by flange 22 on the vessel nozzle in the vessel wall 24.
- Fig. 2C illustrates the manner in which the source holders 12 are lowered on the cables into the flexible hoses 18 in the assemblage described above.
- Fig. 3 is a disassembled perspective view of the assembly discussed above.
- a source well assembly 10 is built to receive a source carrier 12 which hangs from an extending cable.
- the sources are each suspended on the cables from the four source sub-well openings 14 integrally mounted on the source holder.
- the source holder is clamped to flexible hose flange 20, which includes the flexible hose fitting 16 that clamps to the four flexible hoses 18 that extend into the source well 22.
- the source well 22 flange bolts to a mating flange on the vessel nozzle which is mounted to the top wall of the vessel 24.
- the flexible hoses 18 act as dividers which extend into the source well 22 and provide independent pathways for the plural sources 12 to hang into the source well, controlling the source and cable around bends in the source well to prevent entanglement of the sources and cables with each other, thus ameliorating the difficulties explained above.
- Fig. 4 is an embodiment of the invention in a disassembled state.
- Fig. 5 is the embodiment of Fig. 4 when assembled.
- Fig. 6 is a cross section and perspective illustration of the interlocked flexible metal tubing used for hoses 18.
- the tubing wall is formed of a spiral wound interlocking metal strip, with the cross section of the interlocking strip shown in Fig. 6.
- the interlocked metal tubing generally comprises interlocking strips of between 0.018 to 0.020 inch thickness in galvanized or stainless steel, coiled in spiral fashion into a flexible tube, as seen in Fig. 6.
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| EP3290878A1 (en) | 2016-08-30 | 2018-03-07 | Berthold Technologies GmbH & Co. KG | Device for determining the fill level of a medium in a container and attachment of such a device to a container |
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