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
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.