Tank system including multiple tanks and control method thereof

Details Tank system including multiple tanks and control method thereof Tank system including multiple tanks and control method thereof

2004-08-03

2009-02-03

Lee, Kevin L (Department: 3753)

Fluid handling

Processes

Involving pressure control

C137S266000, C137S487500, C137S899000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07484521

ABSTRACT:
A tank system of the invention with multiple tanks makes a joint flow of a fluid released from the multiple tanks and supplies the joint flow to a downstream device, which is located downstream of the multiple tanks. The tank system includes: primary pressure measurement modules that individually measure internal pressures of the multiple tanks as primary pressures; a secondary pressure measurement module that measures a pressure of the joint flow of the fluid as a secondary pressure; flow rate regulation modules that individually regulate release flow rates of the fluid to be released from the multiple tanks; and a pressure control module that estimates a supply flow rate to be supplied to the downstream device from the measured secondary pressure, and then sets an allocation of the supply flow rate of the fluid to be released from each of the multiple tanks corresponding to the measured primary pressure with regard to the tank. This arrangement ensures adequate regulation of the release flow rates from the multiple tanks.

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