EP4158299A1 - Dispositif de prelevement de fuite de gaz avec debit eleve - Google Patents
Dispositif de prelevement de fuite de gaz avec debit eleveInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to the detection of gas leaks, for example methane, on infrastructure in which gas circulates.
- the invention relates very particularly to devices which make it possible to detect these leaks and to quantify them by taking gas from these leaks.
- gas transport and processing infrastructure is particularly critical, both with regard to safety and with regard to the limitation of gas emissions to greenhouse effect.
- These infrastructures can for example be LNG terminals, delivery stations, compressor stations, storage sites, etc.
- methane is not the only gas you want to check for leaks, and other infrastructure may involve implementing gas leak detection.
- a difficulty to be overcome relating to safety is compliance with the ATEX (Explosive ATmospheres) standard, defined in particular in European directives 2014/34 / EU and 1999/92 / EC, which imply specific technical characteristics on the devices.
- ATEX Exlosive ATmospheres
- suction means are used to collect the gas from the leak diluted in the ambient medium (air).
- the measurement of the concentration by a detector, here in methane, of this diluted flow combined with knowledge of the suction flow rate of the suction means, makes it possible to deduce the leakage flow rate by the following relation:
- the leaking methane is sucked by means of this pump and a flexible tube fixed near a previously identified leak.
- the tube and the region from which the leak comes are wrapped in a bag such as a canvas or a bag, which makes it possible to limit the influence of external parameters such as wind, direction. leak, etc.
- the pocket remains equipped with a source of fresh air (an opening).
- adhesives are generally used to position the tube away from the source of fresh air.
- the use of the bag allows all of the leak to be aspirated once the steady state is reached, provided that the tube and the opening (s) are sufficiently well positioned.
- the diameter of the tube is generally chosen thin enough to properly mix the leak and the air flow from the outside, before the methane detector is used to measure the concentration of methane.
- the bagging solution has many drawbacks.
- the pump used requires an electrical power supply, which can be tricky to implement in an ATEX context.
- generators it has been proposed to use generators, but these are not compatible with the ATEX standard and must therefore be installed remotely in so-called ATEX2 zones and then use electric extension cords to reach the regions. where the leaks are located (ATEX zones 0 or 1).
- ATEX canvas In particular, it is necessary to use ATEX canvas, scissors, adhesive, pinching and tightening devices for making the pouch and placing it around the area where the leaks are located. Connections such as hoses and valves are required to use the pump. Finally, devices such as the pump, the methane detector, extension cords, and a power supply (possibly with fuel) are necessary.
- the device is also known from the prior art which has been marketed under the name of "Hi-Flow Sampler" by the American company Bacharach. This device has the disadvantage of only offering too low a suction and using a detector limited to a detection of the order of 300 ppm. This device is therefore:
- the pump used by this device has a limited suction capacity which makes it difficult to properly estimate large leaks.
- the invention aims to resolve at least some of the aforementioned drawbacks. Disclosure of the invention
- the invention provides a device for sampling a leak of a gas of interest comprising: a suction line having an upstream suction inlet intended to be brought into the vicinity of a region within which it is desired to sample a leak, a ventilation device generating a flow of gas circulating in the suction pipe from the upstream suction inlet to the downstream side of the suction pipe, downstream of the ventilation device, a device for sampling the gas circulating in the suction pipe.
- the device comprises a reservoir receiving gas sampled by the sampling member.
- This reservoir can be opened when the device sucks and can be closed at the end of the suction, for example by means of a valve.
- the use of a reservoir makes it possible to obtain a smoothing of the instantaneous concentration of the gas of interest over the duration of the sample, and thus to improve the precision of the measurement.
- the ventilation device can generate a gas flow having a flow rate greater than 300 m 3 / H. It has been observed by the inventors that by using a ventilation device having a flow rate greater than 300 cubic meters per hour (m 3 / H), one can not use a pocket (bagging technique). In fact, if this flow rate is sufficiently greater than the flow rate of the leak (which is generally the case beyond 300 m 3 / H), the entire leak is sucked as soon as the upstream suction inlet of the suction line is brought close to the leak (typically at a distance of the order of 10 to 50 cm).
- the ventilation device may be a Venturi effect device or a fan, as explained in more detail below.
- the sampling device can be connected to a detector, or even to a reservoir. Two alternatives are therefore possible: direct measurement of the concentration of the gas of interest by a detector of the device connected to the sampling member, or storage in a reservoir connected to the sampling member to allow subsequent measurement of this. concentration.
- the invention therefore facilitates the quantitative detection of a leak.
- the ventilation device generates a flow of gas having a flow rate greater than 1000, 2000, or 3000 m 3 / H.
- the device is configured so that the speed of the gas flow is between 50 and 130 m / s or between 50 and 100 m / s.
- the device comprises a detector of a concentration of the gas of interest receiving gas sampled by the sampling member.
- detectors capable of detecting concentrations of the gas of interest of the order of hundreds of ppm, or preferably of the order of ppm, will be chosen.
- this detector can be in the reservoir, or between the sampling member and the reservoir.
- the detector is a detector chosen from the list comprising: Herriott cell infrared absorption detector, semiconductor detector, photoionization detector (usually designated by the English acronym PID: “Photolonization Detector”), flame ionization detector (usually referred to by the English acronym FID: “Flame ionization detector”), open circuit laser spectrometer with a Quantum Cascade laser source (in English “OPLS: Open Path Laser Spectrometer ”and“ QLC: Quantum Cascade Laser ”), electrochemical cell, catalytic filament, and katharometer.
- PID Photolonization Detector
- FID flame ionization detector
- open circuit laser spectrometer with a Quantum Cascade laser source in English "OPLS: Open Path Laser Spectrometer ”and“ QLC: Quantum Cascade Laser ”
- electrochemical cell catalytic filament
- catalytic filament and katharometer.
- Some of these detectors can detect gases such as methane at concentrations on the order of ppm. Therefore, by combining these very sensitive detectors with the ventilation device presented above, we can detect a particularly wide range of leaks, from the lightest to the largest in terms of flow.
- the suction line is flared at its upstream suction inlet.
- This particular embodiment makes it possible to facilitate the positioning of the suction line in the vicinity of the leak.
- the device comprises a gas mixer arranged in the suction line downstream of the upstream suction inlet and upstream of the sampling member.
- This mixer makes it possible to improve the homogeneity of the mixture so that the concentration measured, for example by the detector, clearly illustrates the actual concentration.
- the ventilation device is a Venturi effect device comprising an injector for a driving gas arranged in the vicinity of the suction inlet upstream of the suction line.
- Venturi effect devices are particularly well suited to be used in an ATEX context because their operation is purely pneumatic.
- the engine gas injector can be connected to a gas supply (for example compressed air in cylinders) by a device which may be a tube fitted with a valve to initiate the suction.
- the injector of the driving gas is oriented towards the interior of the suction line so that a negative pressure appears in the vicinity of the suction inlet upstream of the suction line, to cause this suction.
- the engine gas injector opens into a constriction or restriction of the suction line located in the vicinity of the suction inlet upstream of the suction line.
- the driving gas is a neutral gas which does not affect a subsequent measurement of the concentration of the gas of interest.
- air can be used since the leak is already mixed with air.
- the ventilation device comprises a fan supplied with electrical energy by a battery.
- the fan is here an electric machine capable of rotating a paddle wheel configured to, during its rotation, cause suction.
- This fan can be of the axial type, with a shaft arranged in the upstream-downstream direction of the suction pipe.
- this fan can be of the radial type, with a shaft arranged in a plane orthogonal to the upstream-downstream direction of the suction pipe.
- the device is a device according to the ATEX standard, for example a device according to European Directive 2014/34 / EU, and / or a device according to AMCA Standard 99-0401 ("AMCA : Air Movement and Control Association ”, American trade association).
- AMCA Air Movement and Control Association
- a device according to the ATEX standard can be provided with an explosion-proof enclosure, can be configured to prevent the production of sparks, can be provided with an encapsulation of electrical circuits, with an immersion of a portion of the device in an oil, of a pulverulent filling, or of an overpressure of a portion of the device.
- the suction line is rigid.
- the device further comprises a, at its upstream suction inlet, a collar or a skirt (for example bell-shaped).
- the skirt can be flexible and can limit the influence of external parameters (for example the wind).
- the skirt or collar reinforces the suction in the region outside the suction line in front of the upstream suction inlet.
- the suction line has a length of between 20 and 200 centimeters, and a diameter of between 3 and 30 centimeters.
- the suction line can be easily transported and handled by an operator.
- the diameter of the suction line can vary within this range, for example if the suction line has a flare extending from the upstream suction inlet.
- the diameter will be chosen with the desired flow rate value, to maintain a gas flow speed of between 50 and 130 m / s or between 50 and 100 m / s.
- the device further comprises a calculator of a leak rate from a concentration delivered by the detector.
- This particular embodiment can be implemented when the device is equipped with the detector.
- This calculator takes into account the flow rate generated by the ventilation device.
- the sampling member is provided with several orifices.
- the reservoir is a flexible bag.
- This flexible bag can advantageously be emptied before use, to facilitate its transport, and filled while it will deform / swell.
- a flexible bag which has a capacity of the order of 1.5L (which can be filled with the gas from the sampling member in about ten seconds for a flow in the pipe of 2500m 3 / H.
- 1.5L can correspond to a pressure inside the bag of a few millibars above atmospheric pressure.
- the flexible bag can be a deformable plastic bag without degradation and without resistance for gas filling applications.
- a flexible bag will provide a good representation of the leak.
- the invention also provides a method of using a device as defined above, in which a leak is taken from the surface of the ground (typically a leak from a pipe buried in the ground), the device further comprising a cover surrounding its upstream suction inlet (with a sealed connection between the cover and the suction inlet), the method comprising: placing the device with its suction inlet in the vicinity of the surface from the ground (typically with the vertical pipe, perpendicular to the ground), so that the tarpaulin defines a suction region of the soil (around the entrance), and a spacing structure is placed between the region on the one hand. suction of the soil, and on the other hand the device and its cover, to leave free air passages between the edges of the cover and the upstream suction inlet, and between the soil suction region and the upstream suction inlet.
- the spacing structure can be a grid.
- Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a device according to an example.
- Figure 2 is a schematic representation of a device similar to that of Figure 1 with an additional gas cylinder and another form of injector.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of a device according to another example.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic representation of a device according to another example.
- Figure 5A is a representation of an example of a collection tube.
- Figure 5B shows the collection tube of Figure 5A in a suction line.
- Figure 6A is a representation of another example of a collection tube.
- Figure 6B shows the collection tube of Figure 6A in a suction line.
- methane is the gas of interest to be detected.
- the invention is by no means limited to the detection of methane and is also intended for the detection of other gases.
- quantitatively detecting is meant both determining that this gas is present, and determining the intensity of the leak, for example by estimating a concentration of this gas or also by estimating a flow rate associated with the leak.
- FIG 1 there is shown a quantitative leak detection device 100 (that is to say a sampling device which can further perform quantitative detection).
- This device comprises a suction pipe 101, here a rigid pipe made for example in a plastic material, aluminum, or cardboard.
- the suction line 101 has a length between 10 and 200 centimeters, and a diameter between 3 and 30 centimeters. Thus, the suction line 101 can be easily handled by an operator.
- the suction line 101 comprises an upstream suction inlet 102 and a downstream end 103.
- the upstream suction inlet 102 is intended to be brought into the vicinity of a region within which it is desired to detect a leak. For example, an operator can manipulate the suction line to bring it to an area where there is a suspected presence of a leak.
- the leak comes from a pipe 200 and it is represented by an arrow 201 which illustrates the flow of methane which escapes from the pipe 200.
- the upstream suction inlet is therefore brought at a small distance from the leak, for example a distance of less than 50 centimeters or even less than 10 centimeters.
- the suction line 101 is flared at the upstream suction inlet 102 to facilitate placement of the suction line in the vicinity of the leak.
- the device 100 is equipped with a ventilation device of the Venturi effect type, which comprises an annular injector 104 formed by a portion of a pipe that is concentric with the suction pipe 101 extending into the suction pipe from The upstream suction inlet 102 to the end of the flared portion of the suction line.
- a ventilation device of the Venturi effect type which comprises an annular injector 104 formed by a portion of a pipe that is concentric with the suction pipe 101 extending into the suction pipe from The upstream suction inlet 102 to the end of the flared portion of the suction line.
- the annular injector 104 injects a gas called motive gas into a restriction of the suction line located between the flared portion and the rest of the suction line, and directed downstream of the suction line.
- the invention is nevertheless in no way limited to annular injectors, any injector opening into a constriction of the suction pipe, placed in the vicinity of the upstream suction inlet, and oriented downstream of the pipe. suction can be used.
- a flow of engine gas 105 is injected by means of the annular injector 104.
- the elements placed upstream in the supply chain for this engine gas will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.
- This injection of engine gas sets in motion a large mass of air, which generates a vacuum in front of the suction inlet upstream of the pipe. Aspiration is thus obtained.
- the geometry of the suction pipe, its dimensions, and the flow rate of the engine gas injection are configured to cause this suction, with a flow rate greater than 300 m 3 .
- the device marketed by the French company LACAYELLE SAS under the trade name VENTU 2450 can be used.
- fresh air is also drawn in a stream represented by the arrows 202.
- a mixer 106 is used downstream of the suction inlet 102 to mix the methane stream 201 with the fresh air stream 202.
- the mixer 106 can be a static mixer.
- a mixed flow 107 is thus obtained which circulates downstream of the suction line.
- the methane can then be detected in this mixed air flow, for example by means of a sampling member, here a tube 108 which extends in the suction line downstream of the mixer and which is connected fluidly to a detector 109.
- a sampling member here a tube 108 which extends in the suction line downstream of the mixer and which is connected fluidly to a detector 109.
- the detector 109 is a Herriott cell infrared absorption detector or a semiconductor detector, and it outputs a concentration of methane contained in the mixed stream 107 with an accuracy of the order of 5 PPM.
- the invention finds application in the detection of leaks other than methane.
- the type of sensors matched with the molecules detected and their sensitivity threshold we can read examples of the type of sensors matched with the molecules detected and their sensitivity threshold:
- Detectors which are suitable for tank use, such as the RES tank described below, are well suited for low dilute mixtures.
- the device 100 is also equipped with a CALC calculator of a leak rate from the concentration delivered by the detector 109.
- the mixed flow 107 is obtained by mixing the methane flow 201, the fresh air flow 202, and the engine gas flow 105. That being said, it has been observed by the inventors of the present invention that the contribution of the engine gas flow is negligible and that the following relation applies to determine the flow rate the flow rate of the methane leak:
- a calibration step can make it possible to verify this relationship.
- the suction flow rate can either be known because it is supplied by the manufacturer of the suction device, or can be calculated from the dimensions of the pipe. suction and flow associated with the additional gas flow, or measurable by a flow sensor.
- the value of the suction flow rate can be deduced from a calibration line obtained by observing various known leak flow rates.
- the CALC computer is equipped with a display making it possible to display the calculated value of the flow rate of the leak.
- FIG 2 there is shown a device similar to that of Figure 1 with the elements necessary for the operation of the Venturi effect ventilation device.
- the device of Figure 2 differs from that of Figure 1 in that it is provided with an injector 104 which opens out at the center of the suction line.
- the injector 104 is connected to a first low pressure valve 110 which makes it possible to control the operation of the suction device.
- a cylinder 111 containing pressurized driving gas for example air, carbon dioxide, or dinitrogen
- This bottle is connected to the low pressure valve by means of a tube 112, a regulator 113 adapted for the lower pressure at which one wishes to release the additional gas, and a high pressure valve 114.
- elements 110-114 may or may not be included in device 100.
- Figure 3 shows a device 100 ’which differs from that of Figures 1 and 2 in that it does not include a Venturi effect ventilation device.
- the ventilation apparatus of the device 100 ′ comprises an axial fan 120. It can be noted that it is also possible to use a radial fan.
- the axial fan is here an electric machine capable of rotating a paddle wheel configured to, during its rotation, cause suction with a flow rate greater than 300 m 3 / H.
- This axial fan is supplied with electrical energy by a battery 121 of the device 100 '.
- the battery 121 and the turbine 100 are preferably compatible with the ATEX standard.
- the device of FIG. 3 is not equipped with a detector but with a RES tank receiving gas from the sampling tube 108. This tank can be initially empty and be filled when the device is switched on. used.
- the device 100 ’ is therefore a sampling device which makes it possible to implement quantitative detection.
- the RES tank can be fitted with a valve to be transported and allow the analysis of the gas it contains subsequently, for example in a laboratory.
- This embodiment makes it possible to carry out analyzes by chromatograph, for example.
- Figure 4 shows the device 100 of Figure 1 in a configuration where it is further equipped with a skirt 130 having a diameter greater than that of the suction pipe, connected to the upstream suction inlet of driving, and flexible. This skirt surrounds a region in which a leak is located to limit the influence of external parameters such as wind.
- a collar could also be used instead of the skirt.
- the flange and the skirt also have the advantage of reinforcing the suction in front of the upstream suction inlet.
- FIG. 5A there is shown a collection tube 108 ′ which can be mounted inside the suction line 101, as shown in Figure 5B.
- the sampling tube 108 ′ can recover part of the mixed flow 107 described above to feed a detector such as the detector 109.
- the sampling tube has the shape of a ring equipped, on its face facing the suction inlet upstream of the suction line 101, with a plurality of orifices OR 'equally distributed and in which the mixed flow can enter.
- the use of a plurality of orifices makes it possible to compensate for a possible lack of homogeneity of the mixed flow 107.
- FIG. 6A there is shown another example of a sampling tube, here a trident-shaped sampling tube with tips configured to be arranged in the general direction of the suction line 101 ( Figure 6B) , with orifices OR ”at the ends of the tips which face the upstream suction inlet of the suction line 101.
- This configuration also makes it possible to compensate for a lack of homogeneity of the mixed flow 107.
- Venturi effect devices have been produced with a mass of the order of 17 kilograms, including compressed air cylinders.
- the devices according to the invention are therefore quite easy to handle.
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