Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for transporting fluid
- Patent Title (中): 运输流体的方法
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Application No.: US12523620Application Date: 2008-03-14
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Publication No.: US08496731B2Publication Date: 2013-07-30
- Inventor: Atsuhiro Yukumoto , Hiroyuki Osora , Yoshio Seiki , Akira Oguchi , Shuichi Kashima , Haruaki Hirayama
- Applicant: Atsuhiro Yukumoto , Hiroyuki Osora , Yoshio Seiki , Shuichi Kashima , Haruaki Hirayama , Hiroko Oguchi , Noboru Oguchi , Sachiko Oguchi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2007-066286 20070315
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/054791 WO 20080314
- International Announcement: WO2008/111673 WO 20080918
- Main IPC: B01D61/36
- IPC: B01D61/36 ; B01D53/22

Abstract:
There is provided a method for transporting a fluid, in which even if the fluid is transported for a long period of time, dehydration after transportation is not needed, and the transported fluid can be used immediately after transportation. Specifically, there is provided a method for transporting a fluid, comprising steps of: dehydrating some of the transportation fluid during transportation by using a dehydration system comprising a separation membrane through which water permeates, and returning the dehydrated fluid to the transportation fluid so as to keep water content in the transportation fluid in a fixed range. In one embodiment, the transportation fluid is a liquid, and the dehydration system comprises a heater for heating the liquid to a temperature in a range in which the liquid does not boil, and a membrane separation apparatus for dehydrating the heated liquid, wherein the membrane separation apparatus is a PV method apparatus comprising a primary side chamber extending in an up and down direction to introduce the liquid from a lower portion thereof and discharge it from an upper portion thereof, a separation membrane in contact with the primary side chamber to allow water in the liquid to permeate through as a gas, and a secondary side chamber being located on the opposite side to the primary side chamber with the separation membrane held therebetween and being under a pressure lower than that in the primary side chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100258197A1 METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING FLUID Public/Granted day:2010-10-14
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