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Kosan Crisplant Refining its Flexspeed Technology

By Kaj Lehmkuhl, Kosan Crisplant

Kosan Crisplant aims to push the limits of what an lpg equipment and system provider can and should do for its customers.

Bottled lpg gas should be made available to users everywhere, irrespective of means and resources, and corporate social responsibility means bringing bottled lp gas to the needy in developing countries, for example.

Governments, international organisations and investors are working closely to establish not only lp gas filling facilities, but also increased safety at plants, depots and households and better utilisation of lpg, creating jobs related to the filling, handling and distribution of lpg gas cylinders, and setting up lpg cylinder distribution networks. The technology to provide for these efforts is here, and is continuously being refined.

Kosan Crisplant recently designed a system for high capacity lp gas filling plants using new thinking and technology to obtain better safety and accuracy and higher capacity, leading to a lower cost per filled unit for plant owners. The design incorporates not only the core lp gas cylinder filling process, but also the adjacent processing units and supporting lpg cylinder handling and conveyance functions, as well as the control system.

Fast systems offer a high throughput and the ability to run at different speeds but often at the expense of other features, whereas slower systems naturally have a limited speed range. Only one system gives the best of both worlds and more – flexible speeds varying from the standard processing capability of conventional equipment to high-speed, lean operation, breaking all known limits for system versatility, including reliable high capacity processing. This flexibility optimises day-to-day production planning at lpg gas filling plants with consideration for varying peak periods, and offers better system and machinery performance.

Flexspeed is continuously being refined and brings the future of lp gas cylinder filling into contemporary plants, servicing all capacities at a reasonable investment.

The standard Flexspeed system configuration includes a multiple post filling carousel, a setup that can operate with any number of filling units on just one carousel rail. The capacity for the system ranges from 1,200 lpg gas cylinders per hour, the average capacity of conventional filling equipment, up to a record-breaking 4,000 lpg cylinders per hour, changing only the number of filling units.

Product upgrades, such as infrared leak detection, automatic camera reading of tare values and grouping all the system controls in the latest version of the Crisplant Universal Controller (CUC) interface unit, are finding their way into existing systems as cost-effective improvements. Fully automatic operation eliminates the human factor in crucial stages of lpg cylinder filling and handling at both large high-tech facilities and small filling sites.

Product advances and refinements include improvement of conventional equipment at no additional cost. This leads to higher benefits for fillers and easier access to useful equipment upgrades. This comes in handy for lp gas filling sites operating on limited budgets, where advanced processing equipment is within financial reach.

Most of these benefits can be adapted for installations in rural areas, and areas where Kosan Crisplant actively works to minimise deforestation by making provision for the use of bottled lp gas instead of charcoal.

Contact Kosan Crisplant on +45 8740 3000 www.kosancrisplant.com

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