Valves and valve actuation – Heat or buoyancy motor actuated
Patent
1996-07-26
1998-08-04
Fox, John
Valves and valve actuation
Heat or buoyancy motor actuated
251 66, F16K 3102
Patent
active
057882126
ABSTRACT:
A pressure relief device that is thermally triggered by a shaped memory alloy element. The pressure relief device has a valve body with a passageway that is exposed on one end to a high pressure fluid and on another end to a low pressure fluid. A closure element is moveably mounted with respect to the valve body and operates between an open position and a closed position. In the closed position, the closure element preferably prevents communication between the high pressure fluid and the low pressure fluid. In the open position, the high pressure fluid is in communication with the low pressure fluid. The shaped memory alloy element either directly or indirectly interferes with movement of the closure element. The shaped memory alloy element preferably interferes with the closure element to retain the closure element in the closed position. Upon thermal activation, the shaped memory alloy element deforms and allows the closure element to move from the closed position toward the open position.
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Groeneveld Thomas P.
Hackman Donald J.
Ingle William D.
Fox John
Gas Research Institute
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