Modular Cryogenic Pump Platform for Rapid Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The installation of cryogenic fluid pumps at filling stations is time-intensive and costly due to the need for on-site assembly of piping, instrumentation, and accessories from various vendors, which complicates procurement and navigation in confined spaces.
Innovation Solution
A portable, cryogenic fluid pump apparatus with associated instrumentation, conduit legs, and accessories is pre-assembled onto a modular supporting platform, allowing for plug and play installation and on-site inspection and maintenance, thereby reducing installation time and costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If cryogenic fluid pump apparatus is pre-assembled on modular supporting platform, then installation time and cost are reduced, but device complexity increases due to integration of multiple components
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into modular supporting platform segments, each capable of independent assembly and installation. The platform is segmented into base structure, vertical support structures, and component mounting sections, allowing for factory pre-assembly and standardized on-site integration, thereby reducing installation time while managing complexity through modularity
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple components including cryogenic fluid pump apparatus, instrumentation, conduit legs, and accessories are merged into a single pre-assembled modular platform unit. This integration consolidates what would otherwise be separate installation processes into one unified installation event, reducing total installation time and complexity despite the increased internal complexity of the merged system
2Adaptability or versatility
If on-site assembly of piping, instrumentation, and accessories is performed, then adaptability to specific filling station requirements is improved, but installation time and procurement complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The modular supporting platform is pre-assembled in a controlled factory environment with all necessary piping, instrumentation, and accessories pre-configured and pre-tested. This preliminary action allows for standardization and quality control while maintaining adaptability through modular design that can be configured for different filling station requirements during the selection and arrangement phase rather than during installation
Solution Approach 2:
The modular supporting platform is designed with universal mounting interfaces and standardized connection points that can accommodate various configurations of cryogenic fluid pump apparatus and associated components. This universality allows the same pre-assembled platform design to be adapted to different filling station requirements without requiring custom on-site assembly, thereby reducing installation time while maintaining adaptability
3Ease of repair
If components are pre-assembled on modular platform, then ease of on-site inspection and maintenance is improved, but manufacturing and assembly complexity before deployment increases
Solution Approach 1:
The modular supporting platform is segmented into distinct functional modules that can be independently accessed, inspected, and maintained. Each segment contains specific components grouped by function, allowing technicians to isolate and service individual modules without disassembling the entire system, thereby improving ease of maintenance while the segmentation itself provides a structured manufacturing approach
Solution Approach 2:
The modular supporting platform structure serves as an intermediary framework that provides standardized access points, mounting interfaces, and service corridors between the cryogenic fluid pump apparatus and surrounding infrastructure. This intermediary design facilitates easier inspection and maintenance by creating organized access paths and standardized connection points, while the framework itself can be manufactured using conventional modular construction techniques
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AI summary
A portable, cryogenic fluid pump apparatus with associated instrumentation, conduit legs and accessories, are optimally configured on a modular supporting platform for plug and play installation at a filling station and on-site inspection and maintenance at the filling station. Each of the associated instrumentation, conduit legs and accessories are positioned onto a condensed footprint such that access to the platform is possible. The plug and play connection system allows for the rapid connection or disconnection of the various instrumentation, conduit legs and accessories on the modular supporting platform to a vaporizer and a source tank at a filling station. The connections or disconnections may be made safely, quickly and, easily in advance.