Method and apparatus for adaptively adjusting the storage of fuels for use in a fuel blending process. First and second fuels are stored in storage vessels at an initial volumetric fuel storage ratio. A storage controller executes a performance strategy to adaptively adjust at least one storage parameter in response to a predicted or detected change in operating conditions of the system. The performance strategy can include increasing a storage pressure of at least one of the fuels and/or changing a total number of storage vessels used to store the respective fuels. A dispensing mechanism transfers a blended fuel formed from the first and second fuels in accordance with the execution of the performance strategy. The fuels can take a variety of forms including hydrogen (H2), oxygen (O.sub.2), hydrocarbons, etc. The blended fuel may be dispensed by a fueling station to a motor vehicle.

Method and apparatus for blending first and second fuels for use by a combustion mechanism, such as a motor vehicle. The first and second fuels are stored in storage vessels of a fuel storage pod in a fuel storage ratio of total respective volumes established by a storage controller circuit of a storage module responsive to a predicted demand level. A blended fuel ratio is selected by a blend controller circuit of a blend module in response to an imminent demand parameter of a selected combustion mechanism, with the blended fuel ratio being different from the fuel storage ratio. A blend of the first and second fuels is thereafter dispensed to the selected combustion mechanism at the blended fuel ratio. The first fuel may be hydrogen (H2), and the second fuel may be a selected hydrocarbon, such as propane, butane, methane, hexane, gasoline or diesel.

Apparatus and method for continuous power generation. Natural gas from a source conduit is flowed as a primary fuel to a power generation mechanism to generate motive power for conversion to electrical power. A secondary fuel is accumulated in a storage structure adjacent the power generation mechanism. A continuous operation controller maintains a steady-state operation of the power generation mechanism by throttling a subsequent flow of the natural gas from the source conduit to the power generation mechanism and blending the subsequent flow with a flow of the secondary fuel from the storage structure to output a blended fuel to the power generation mechanism. The secondary fuel may also be natural gas that is obtained from the source conduit and compressed for storage at a storage pressure. The storage structure may be an arrangement of subterranean pods each having a plurality of vessels suspended in a well bore.

A production and transportation system for natural gas hydrates includes a gas storage reservoir, a plurality of hydrate storage and transportation tanks, a refrigerator, a pressure regulating valve, a liquid storage tank, a living quarter/surrounding user, a hydrate storage reservoir, a plurality of connecting pipes, a plurality of one-way gas valves, one-way liquid valves, and optional liquid pumps. The plurality of hydrate storage and transportation tanks are connected in parallel through the connecting pipes and then connected with an output end of the gas storage reservoir through the pressure regulating valve, the liquid storage tank is connected with the optional liquid pump and then sequentially connected with the plurality of hydrate storage and transportation tanks, and the plurality of hydrate storage and transportation tanks are connected in parallel and then connected with an input end of the living quarter/surrounding user through the optional liquid pump.