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Secondary containment leak prevention and detection system and method

a detection system and leak prevention technology, applied in the direction of instruments, fluid-tightness measurement, liquid transferring devices, etc., can solve the problems of detection alarm generated, fuel piping outer wall leakage, and shutting down of stp

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-07-07
GILBARCO
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If the outer annular space cannot maintain a pressure or vacuum level over a given amount of time after being pressurized, this is indicative that the outer wall of the fuel piping contains a breach or leak.
If the STP cannot restore the vacuum level to the defined initial threshold vacuum level in a defined amount of time, a catastrophic leak detection alarm is generated and the STP is shut down.

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[0026] This patent application is a continuation-in-part application of patent application Ser. No. 10 / 238,822 entitled “Secondary Containment System and Method,” filed on Sep. 10, 2002, which is incorporated herein by reference in this application in its entirety. Patent application Ser. No. 10 / 390,346 entitled “Fuel Storage Tank Leak Prevention and Detection System and Method,” filed on Mar. 17, 2003 and including the same inventors as included in the present application is related to the present application and is also incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[0027] The embodiments set forth below represent the necessary information to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention and illustrate the best mode of practicing the invention. Upon reading the following description in light of the accompanying drawing figures, those skilled in the art will understand the concepts of the invention and will recognize applications of these concepts not particularly ad...

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A pump housing that contains a pump that draws fuel from an underground storage tank containing fuel to deliver to fuel dispensers in a service station environment. The pump is coupled to a double-walled fuel pipe that carries the fuel from the pump to the fuel dispensers. The double-walled fuel piping contains an inner annular space that carries the fuel and an outer annular space that captures any leaked fuel from the inner annular space. The outer annular space is maintained through the fuel piping from the pump to the fuel dispensers so that the outer annular space can be pressurized by a pump to determine if a leak exists in the outer annular space or so that fuel leaked from the inner annular space can be captured by a leak containment chamber in the pump housing.

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RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This patent application is a continuation-in-part application of patent application Ser. No. 10 / 238,822 entitled “SECONDARY CONTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD,” filed on Sep. 10, 2002.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to detection of a leak or breach in the secondary containment of fuel piping in a retail service station environment. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] In service station environments, fuel is delivered to fuel dispensers from underground storage tanks (UST), sometimes referred to as fuel storage tanks. USTs are large containers located beneath the ground that contain fuel. A separate UST is provided for each fuel type, such as low octane gasoline, high-octane gasoline, and diesel fuel. In order to deliver the fuel from the USTs to the fuel dispensers, a submersible turbine pump (STP) is provided that pumps the fuel out of the UST and delivers the fuel through a main fuel piping conduit that runs beneath the ground in th...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65D90/50B67D7/32B67D7/68B67D7/66B67D7/78F04D7/02
CPCB65D90/503B67D7/78B67D7/66B67D7/3209B65D88/76
Inventor HUTCHINSON, RAY J.HALLA, DONALD D.HART, ROBERT P.DOLSON, RICHARD G.LUCAS, RICHARD K.REID, KENT D.
Owner GILBARCO
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