Stephen J Mckitish

US Patent:

20090113712, May 7, 2009

Filed:

Jan 9, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/351513

Inventors:

Stephen Joseph McKitish - Allentown PA, US
Kameel Sattouf - Allentown PA, US
Douglas R. Williams - Allentown PA, US
Donald Nelly - Charlotte NC, US
Kent Richard Buzard - Matthews NC, US

Assignee:

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. - Allentown PA

International Classification:

B23P 15/26

US Classification:

29890035

Abstract:

Method of designing a customer station adapted to receive a cryogenic liquid, store the cryogenic liquid, discharge the cryogenic liquid after storage, and either provide the cryogenic liquid as a liquid product to a user or vaporize the cryogenic liquid to provide a gas product to a user. The method comprises selecting design parameters including product type, range of product flow rates, and required pipe diameters and piping types. Standardized piping skids are designed for one or more of the combinations of product type, pipe size, and pipe type. The product requirements of a user are defined, the type of cryogenic liquid storage tank is determined, and a piping skid design for the required service is selected from the standardized piping skid designs. The customer station then is designed using the selected standardized piping skid design and the selected type of cryogenic storage tank.

US Patent:

20090211264, Aug 27, 2009

Filed:

Jan 9, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/351478

Inventors:

Stephen Joseph McKitish - Allentown PA, US
Kameel Sattouf - Allentown PA, US
Douglas R. Williams - Allentown PA, US
Donald Nelly - Charlotte NC, US
Kent Richard Buzard - Matthews NC, US

Assignee:

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. - Allentown PA

International Classification:

F17C 13/00
F17C 13/04

US Classification:

62 507

Abstract:

Industrial gas customer station components comprising a plurality of cryogenic storage tanks each having top and bottom nozzles in flow communication with first and second tank piping connection points, respectively, disposed at a defined distance apart, thereby providing standardized first and second tank piping connection points, and a plurality of piping skids each comprising first and second pipe sections having first and second ends, the first ends thereof defining first and second piping skid connection points disposed at a defined distance apart, thereby providing standardized first and second piping skid connection points. The defined distances between the respective first and second piping skid connection points and the first and second tank piping connection points are essentially equal. The components include a tanker fill connection adapted to receive cryogenic liquid from a cryogenic liquid tanker wherein the connection is in flow communication with the first and second piping skid connection points.

US Patent:

20070181210, Aug 9, 2007

Filed:

Feb 8, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/349811

Inventors:

Stephen McKitish - Allentown PA, US
Robert Hadden - Pennsburg PA, US
Kameel Sattouf - Allentown PA, US
Douglas Williams - Allentown PA, US
Donald Nelly - Charlotte NC, US
Kent Buzard - Matthews NC, US
Brian Jackson - Sellersville PA, US

International Classification:

B65B 1/30

US Classification:

141095000

Abstract:

Piping skid for a cryogenic liquid customer station comprising a frame; a first pipe section mounted on the frame and having a first end, a second end, and a valve disposed between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end is adapted for flow communication with the top of a cryogenic liquid storage tank; a second pipe section mounted on the frame and having a first end, a second end, and a valve disposed between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end is adapted for flow communication with the bottom of a cryogenic liquid storage tank; and a tanker fill connection in flow communication with the second end of the first pipe section and the second end of the second pipe section, wherein the tanker fill connection is adapted to receive cryogenic liquid from a cryogenic liquid tanker.