阅读说明：本技术 一种lng加注装备的控制方法、加注工艺和加注装备 (Control method of LNG filling equipment, filling process and filling equipment ) 是由 吕洁印 唐晓勇 杨鸿兆 周受钦 段战归 于 2019-10-17 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种LNG加注装备的控制方法、加注工艺和加注装备,加注装备包括储液罐、进液口、回气口、加气枪、回气插枪口和控制系统,控制方法包括：控制加注装备至少以预冷模式和加气模式运行；在预冷模式中,控制加注装备将储液罐中的LNG从进液口泵送至回气口,其中,LNG经过加气枪和回气插枪口后从回气口返回储液罐。根据本发明的LNG加注装备的控制方法,使整个加气管路均进行预冷,避免了因加气枪和管路的温度不均造成的LNG运行不稳定,使得加气能顺畅进行,具有安全性高的有益效果。(The invention provides a control method, a filling process and filling equipment of LNG filling equipment, wherein the filling equipment comprises a liquid storage tank, a liquid inlet, an air return port, an air filling gun, an air return gun inserting port and a control system, and the control method comprises the following steps: controlling the filling equipment to at least operate in a precooling mode and a gas filling mode; in the precooling mode, the filling equipment is controlled to pump the LNG in the liquid storage tank to the air return port from the liquid inlet, wherein the LNG returns to the liquid storage tank from the air return port after passing through the air filling gun and the air return gun inserting port. According to the control method of the LNG filling equipment, the whole gas filling pipeline is precooled, the unstable operation of LNG caused by the uneven temperature of the gas filling gun and the pipeline is avoided, the gas filling can be smoothly carried out, and the control method has the advantage of high safety.)

1. A control method of LNG filling equipment is characterized in that the filling equipment comprises a liquid storage tank, a liquid inlet, a gas return port, a gas filling gun, a gas return gun inserting port and a control system,

the control method comprises the following steps:

controlling the filling equipment to operate at least in a pre-cooling mode and a gas filling mode;

in the precooling mode, the filling equipment is controlled to pump the LNG in the liquid storage tank to the air return port from the liquid inlet, wherein the LNG returns to the liquid storage tank from the air return port after passing through the air filling gun and the air return gun inserting port.

2. The control method according to claim 1, wherein in the gas filling mode, an in-cylinder pressure of a gas cylinder to be filled is acquired, and when the in-cylinder pressure is less than a preset value, the filling equipment is controlled to fill the gas cylinder with LNG.

3. The control method of claim 2, wherein the filling equipment comprises a return air gun, the control method comprising: in the gas-filling mode, the gas-filling device is arranged in the gas-filling mode,

acquiring the inlet quality of LNG entering the gas cylinder from the gas filling gun;

acquiring the discharge mass of gas entering the gas filling gun from the gas storage cylinder;

and determining the filling quality of the LNG to the gas storage bottle according to the difference value of the inlet quality and the outlet quality.

4. The control method of claim 3, wherein the priming apparatus comprises a card swipe, the control method further comprising: controlling the filling equipment to operate at least in a settlement mode in which,

and controlling the card reader to deduct the IC card of the customer according to the filling quality.

5. The control method of claim 4, wherein the filling equipment comprises a display panel, the control method comprising: in the settlement mode, in which the settlement mode is set,

and controlling the display panel to display filling information, wherein the filling information at least comprises the information of filling quality, unit price information and total amount information.

6. The control method according to claim 5, wherein the filling equipment includes a printer, the control method including: in the settlement mode, in which the settlement mode is set,

and controlling the printer to print the receipt according to the filling information.

7. The LNG filling equipment comprises a gas filling gun, a gas return gun inserting port, a grounding lead and a main control board, wherein a precooling key, a gas filling key and a stopping key are arranged on the main control board, and the LNG filling equipment filling process is characterized by comprising the following steps executed by an operator:

purging the air gun;

connecting the air gun to the air return bayonet;

pressing the pre-cooling key to enable the filling equipment to operate in a pre-cooling mode;

connecting the ground lead to a gas cylinder to be filled;

purging the air return gun and an air outlet of the air storage bottle;

connecting the air return gun to an air outlet of the gas cylinder;

after the pre-cooling is finished, the air filling gun is taken down from the air return gun inserting port;

purging an air inlet of the gas cylinder;

connecting the air gun to the air inlet;

pressing the gas filling key to enable the filling equipment to operate in a gas filling mode;

after the gas filling is finished or the stop button is pressed down, taking down the gas return gun and the gas filling gun from the gas storage cylinder;

purging the air gun, the air return gun, the air inlet and the air outlet.

8. An LNG filling plant, comprising a gas filling system and a control system configured to implement the control method of any one of claims 1 to 6 or the filling process of claim 7.

9. Filling equipment according to claim 8,

the control system comprises a wireless transmission module, wherein the wireless transmission module is configured to interact with a mobile terminal of a customer, transmit filling information to the mobile terminal and carry out fee deduction through the mobile terminal.

10. The filling apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a power supply system configured to supply power to the gas filling system and the control system, the power supply system comprising an electrical storage device for providing backup power to the filling apparatus.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of machinery, in particular to a control method of LNG filling equipment, a filling process and the filling equipment.

Background

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is used as a novel clean energy source and is applied more and more widely in the field of new energy automobiles. With the popularization of domestic LNG gas stations, the demand of LNG refueling control equipment is continuously rising. The safety and stability of the filling control equipment are therefore of increasing importance.

LNG filling equipment is mainly used for dumping LNG under-pressure to a vehicle gas storage bottle, and an internal equipment pipeline generally adopts a double-layer vacuum heat insulation structure. LNG plants operate at lower pressures and at very low operating temperatures (below-100 c). This also causes unstable operation of the filling equipment due to severe temperature changes during the filling process, and the ice blockage phenomenon occurs as the moisture in the air is frozen.

There is therefore a need for a method of controlling an LNG filling plant and a filling plant to at least partially solve the problems of the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

In this summary, concepts in a simplified form are introduced that are further described in the detailed description. This summary of the invention is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.

To at least partially solve the above problems, a first aspect of the present invention provides a control method for an LNG refueling apparatus, the refueling apparatus including a liquid storage tank, a liquid inlet, a gas return port, a gas filling gun, a gas return bayonet, and a control system, the control method including:

controlling the filling equipment to operate at least in a pre-cooling mode and a gas filling mode;

in the precooling mode, the filling equipment is controlled to pump the LNG in the liquid storage tank to the air return port from the liquid inlet, wherein the LNG returns to the liquid storage tank from the air return port after passing through the air filling gun and the air return gun inserting port.

According to the control method of the LNG filling equipment, the whole gas filling pipeline is precooled, the unstable operation of LNG caused by the uneven temperature of the gas filling gun and the pipeline is avoided, the gas filling can be smoothly carried out, and the control method has the advantage of high safety.

Further, in the gas filling mode, the in-cylinder pressure of a gas cylinder to be filled is obtained, and when the in-cylinder pressure is smaller than a preset value, the filling equipment is controlled to fill LNG into the gas cylinder.

Further, the filling equipment comprises an air return gun, and the control method comprises the following steps: in the gas-filling mode, the gas-filling device is arranged in the gas-filling mode,

acquiring the inlet quality of LNG entering the gas cylinder from the gas filling gun;

acquiring the discharge mass of gas entering the gas filling gun from the gas storage cylinder;

and determining the filling quality of the LNG to the gas storage bottle according to the difference value of the inlet quality and the outlet quality.

Further, the filling equipment comprises a card reader, and the control method further comprises the following steps: and controlling the filling equipment to operate at least in a settlement mode, and controlling the card reader to deduct fees for the IC card of the customer according to the filling quality in the settlement mode.

Further, the filling equipment comprises a display panel, and the control method comprises the following steps: and in the settlement mode, controlling the display panel to display filling information, wherein the filling information at least comprises information of filling quality, unit price information and total amount information.

Further, the filling equipment comprises a printer, and the control method comprises the following steps: and in the settlement mode, controlling the printer to print the receipt according to the filling information.

The second aspect of the invention provides a filling process of LNG filling equipment, wherein the LNG filling equipment comprises a gas filling gun, a gas return gun inserting port, a grounding lead and a main control board, a precooling key, a gas filling key and a stopping key are arranged on the main control board, and the filling process comprises the following steps executed by an operator:

purging the air gun;

connecting the air gun to the air return bayonet;

pressing the pre-cooling key to enable the filling equipment to operate in a pre-cooling mode;

connecting the ground lead to a gas cylinder to be filled;

purging the air return gun and an air outlet of the air storage bottle;

connecting the air return gun to an air outlet of the gas cylinder;

after the pre-cooling is finished, the air filling gun is taken down from the air return gun inserting port;

purging an air inlet of the gas cylinder;

connecting the air gun to the air inlet;

pressing the gas filling key to enable the filling equipment to operate in a gas filling mode;

after the gas filling is finished or the stop button is pressed down, taking down the gas return gun and the gas filling gun from the gas storage cylinder;

purging the air gun, the air return gun, the air inlet and the air outlet.

According to the filling process of the LNG filling equipment, the filling gun, the air return gun, the air inlet and the air outlet are purged before and after filling, so that the pipeline can be effectively prevented from being blocked by ice, and the safety is improved.

A third aspect of the invention provides LNG filling equipment comprising a gas filling system and a control system configured to implement the control method of the first aspect or the filling process of the second aspect.

Further, the control system comprises a wireless transmission module, wherein the wireless transmission module is configured to interact with a mobile terminal of a customer, transmit filling information to the mobile terminal, and deduct fees through the mobile terminal.

Further, the filling apparatus further comprises a power supply system configured to supply power to the gas filling system and the control system, the power supply system comprising an electricity storage device for providing backup power to the filling apparatus.

According to the filling equipment disclosed by the invention, the whole gas filling pipeline is precooled in a precooling mode, so that the unstable operation of LNG (liquefied natural gas) caused by the uneven temperature of a gas filling gun and the pipeline is avoided, the gas filling can be smoothly carried out, and the filling equipment has the beneficial effect of high safety

Drawings

The following drawings of embodiments of the invention are included as part of the present invention for an understanding of the invention. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a control system of a filling apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic workflow diagram of a filling apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic flow diagram of a method of controlling LNG filling equipment according to a first aspect of the present invention; and

fig. 4 is a schematic flow diagram of a filling process of an LNG filling plant according to a second aspect of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

1: liquid storage tank

2: air gun

3: air return gun inserting port

4: control system

5: gas storage cylinder

6: air return gun

7: card reader

8: display panel

9: printer with a movable platen

10: main control board

11: pre-cooling key

12: air-entrapping key

13: stop button

14: wireless transmission module

15: power supply system

16: liquid phase electromagnetic valve

17: liquid phase flowmeter

18: gas-phase electromagnetic valve

19: gas phase flowmeter

20: immersed pump

21: pressure transmitter

22: circuit board

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without one or more of these specific details. In other instances, well-known features have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the embodiments of the invention.

In the following description, a detailed structure will be presented for a thorough understanding of embodiments of the invention. It is apparent that the implementation of the embodiments of the invention is not limited to the specific details familiar to those skilled in the art.

A control method of an LNG refueling apparatus, a refueling process, and a refueling apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1 to 4.

Referring to fig. 2, the filling equipment includes a gas filling system and a control system 4. The gas filling system comprises a liquid storage tank 1 arranged in the gas filling station, an immersed pump 20 is arranged in the liquid storage tank 1, and a liquid inlet (not shown) and a gas return opening (not shown) are arranged on the liquid storage tank 1. Preferably, the liquid inlet is located below the air return opening. The filling equipment further comprises a gas return gun 6 and a gas filling gun 2, wherein the gas filling gun 2 is used for being in butt joint with a gas inlet (not shown) of the gas storage bottle 5 to be filled, and the gas return gun 6 is used for being in butt joint with a gas outlet (not shown) of the gas storage bottle 5 to be filled. The immersed pump 20 is used for pumping LNG from the liquid storage tank 1 to the gas filling gun 2 and finally into the gas storage cylinder 5.

In addition, the filling equipment is also provided with a gas return gun inserting opening 3. The air return bayonet 3 is preferably arranged at an air return port, or the air return bayonet 3 is detachably connected to the air return gun 6, so that the air adding gun 2 is in butt joint with the air return gun 6 during precooling, and precooling of all pipelines is completed.

A liquid phase flowmeter 17 and a liquid phase electromagnetic valve 16 are arranged on a pipeline for the LNG flowing from the liquid storage tank 1 to the gas storage tank 5, and a gas phase flowmeter 19 and a gas phase electromagnetic valve 18 are arranged on a pipeline for the natural gas flowing from the gas storage tank 5 to the liquid storage tank 1.

The control system 4 is electrically connected with the liquid phase flowmeter 17, the liquid phase electromagnetic valve 16, the gas phase flowmeter 19, the gas phase electromagnetic valve 18 and the immersed pump 20. So as to regulate the filling process according to the amount of the LNG to be filled.

Referring now to fig. 1, the control system 4 includes a wireless transmission module 14, and the wireless transmission module 14 is configured to interact with a mobile terminal of a customer, transmit filling information to the mobile terminal, and deduct fees through the mobile terminal. For example, when a customer fills gas, the mobile phone is connected to the wireless transmission module 14 through the App or the two-dimensional code, the wireless transmission module 14 transmits the filling information to the mobile phone of the customer, and the mobile phone pays to deduct the fee.

The filling equipment further comprises a power supply system 15, wherein the power supply system 15 is configured to supply power to the gas filling system and the control system 4, specifically, the power supply system 15 is externally connected with 220V mains supply, and the mains supply is converted into voltages required by each module and each device. The power supply system 15 comprises an electrical storage device for providing back-up power for the filling equipment. The power storage device is preferably a lithium battery, and provides a spare store for filling equipment when the power supply interruption occurs in the external power supply.

The control system 4 further includes a main control board 10 and a circuit board 22. The main control panel 10 is provided with a pre-cooling key 11, a gas filling key 12 and a stop key 13, which are respectively used for starting a pre-cooling mode, starting a gas filling mode and stopping a gas filling process. The main control board 10 is also electrically connected with the card reader 7 and the wireless transmission module 14, and is used for controlling the main filling process.

The circuit board 22 is electrically connected to the display board 8, the printer 9, the liquid phase flow meter 17 and the gas phase flow meter 19 as an auxiliary of the main control board 10 to perform auxiliary control of the filling process.

The card reader 7 is configured to interact with the customer's IC card and to make a fee depending on the amount of LNG to be filled. The display panel 8 is configured to display priming information. The printer 9 is configured to print tickets.

According to the filling equipment disclosed by the invention, the whole gas filling pipeline is pre-cooled in the pre-cooling mode, so that the unstable operation of LNG (liquefied natural gas) caused by the uneven temperature of the gas filling gun 2 and the pipeline is avoided, the gas filling can be smoothly carried out, and the filling equipment has the beneficial effect of high safety.

The control method of the LNG refueling apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention includes:

controlling the filling equipment to at least operate in a precooling mode and a gas filling mode;

in the precooling mode, the filling equipment is controlled to pump the LNG in the liquid storage tank 1 to the return air port from the liquid inlet, wherein the LNG returns to the liquid storage tank 1 from the return air port after passing through the filling gun 2 and the return air insertion gun port 3.

According to the control method of the LNG filling equipment, the whole gas filling pipeline is precooled, the unstable operation of the LNG caused by the uneven temperature of the gas filling gun 2 and the pipeline is avoided, the gas filling can be smoothly carried out, and the control method has the beneficial effect of high safety.

Specifically, please refer to fig. 3. The control method of the LNG filling equipment comprises the following steps:

s1: controlling the filling equipment to operate in a precooling mode. The LNG in the liquid storage tank 1 flows out from the liquid inlet, passes through the air filling gun 2 and the air return gun inserting port 3 and then returns to the liquid storage tank 1 from the air return port.

S2: the filling equipment is controlled to operate in a gas filling mode.

In the air-entrapping mode, the method specifically comprises the following steps:

s21: and acquiring the in-cylinder pressure of the gas storage cylinder 5 to be filled, and controlling the filling equipment to fill LNG into the gas storage cylinder 5 when the in-cylinder pressure is smaller than a preset value.

Specifically, the control system 4 comprises a pressure transmitter 21, and the pressure transmitter 21 is used for detecting the pressure in the bottle and converting a pressure signal into an electric signal to be transmitted to the control system 4. The filling of LNG is started when the pressure in the gas cylinder 5 drops to 0.8 MPa.

S22: the intake mass of LNG entering the gas cylinder 5 from the gas gun 2 and the exhaust mass of gas entering the gas gun 2 from the gas cylinder 5 are obtained.

S23: the filling quality of the LNG to the gas bomb 5 is determined from the difference between the intake mass and the discharge mass.

S3: controlling the filling equipment to operate at least in a settlement mode. In the settlement mode, the method comprises the following steps:

s31: and controlling the fee of the card reader 7 for the IC card of the customer according to the filling quality.

S32: the display panel 8 is controlled to display the filling information. The filling information at least comprises filling quality information, unit price information and total amount information.

S33: and controlling the printer 9 to print the receipt according to the filling information.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a filling process of LNG filling equipment, please refer to fig. 4, wherein an operator of the filling equipment performs the following steps:

s101: purging the air gun 2. Blowing is carried out by using a gun head connected with high-pressure nitrogen, and condensed water in the air adding gun 2 is blown out to prevent ice blockage.

S102: the air gun 2 is connected to the return air bayonet 3.

S103: pressing the pre-cooling button 11 causes the priming apparatus to operate in a pre-cooling mode.

S104: the ground lead is connected to the gas cylinder 5 to be filled.

S105: and air outlets of the air returning gun 6 and the air storage bottle 5 are swept.

S106: the air return gun 6 is connected to the air outlet of the air cylinder 5.

S107: and after the pre-cooling is finished, the air filling gun 2 is taken down from the air return gun inserting opening 3.

S108: and blowing the air inlet of the air storage bottle 5.

S109: the air gun 2 is connected to the air inlet.

S110: the air entrainment button 12 is pressed to cause the filling equipment to operate in an air entrainment mode.

S111: after the air charging is finished or the stop button 13 is pressed, the air return gun 6 and the air charging gun 2 are taken down from the gas bomb 5.

S112: the blowing air gun 2, the air returning gun 6, the air inlet and the air outlet.

According to the filling process of the LNG filling equipment, the gas filling gun 2, the gas return gun 6, the gas inlet and the gas outlet are purged before and after gas filling, so that ice blockage of pipelines can be effectively avoided, and the safety is improved.

Unless defined otherwise, technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Features described herein in one embodiment may be applied to another embodiment, either alone or in combination with other features, unless the feature is otherwise inapplicable or otherwise stated in the other embodiment.

The present invention has been described in terms of the above embodiments, but it should be understood that the above embodiments are for purposes of illustration and description only and are not intended to limit the invention to the scope of the described embodiments. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that many variations and modifications may be made to the teachings of the invention, which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.