A waste hydrogen recovery device of an evaluation device of a hydrogen refueling station includes: a buffer container connected to a discharge pipeline of the evaluation device; a flow path switching valve installed at a hydrogen supply side of the hydrogen refueling station and installed to selectively form a flow path flowing hydrogen from one of a hydrogen supply source or the buffer container into the hydrogen refueling station; and a controller provided to control a tank protection valve installed between an inflow pipeline and a discharge pipeline of the evaluation device, and the controller further provided to control a hydrogen tank, a discharge valve installed on the discharge pipeline, the flow path switching valve, and a compressor of the hydrogen refueling station.

Device for storing and for supplying fluid fuel, comprising a reservoir of liquefied fuel gas in equilibrium with a gas phase, in particular hydrogen, a circuit for filling the reservoir, at least one circuit for tapping fluid from the reservoir, and at least one circuit for regulating the pressure in the reservoir, the filling circuit, tapping circuit and pressure-regulating circuit comprising a set of valves arranged in a housing separate from the reservoir, the housing being removably connected to the reservoir via a demountable mechanical coupling system, the tapping circuit, the pressure-regulating circuit and the filling circuit comprising a set of demountable fluidic connectors situated at the junction between the reservoir and the housing and configured to allow the separation between portions of circuits situated in the reservoir and in the housing during the demounting of the housing with respect to the reservoir.

A valve for pressurized fluid including a body having a front face and a rear face and housing an internal fluid circuit having an upstream end configured to be placed in communication with a reserve of pressurized fluid and a downstream end configured to be placed in communication with a user of fluid, the circuit including a collection of valve shutter(s) including at least one shutoff valve shutter allowing the circuit to be closed or opened, the valve including a control lever controlling the collection of valve shutter(s), an end for grasping, the control lever being mounted with the ability to rotate on the valve between a rest position and an active position in which the control lever is away from the body of the valve and actuates the collection of valve shutter(s) into a position in which the circuit is open with a first bore section.

A valve for pressurized fluid including a body housing a fluid circuit having an upstream end configured to be placed in communication with a reserve of pressurized fluid and a downstream end configured to be placed in communication with a user of fluid, the circuit including a collection of valve shutter(s) having at least one shutoff valve shutter allowing the circuit to be closed or opened, the valve having a member for manually controlling the collection of valve shutter(s), the control member being mounted thereby allowing the body to move between a rest position in which the collection of valve shutter(s) is in a position in which the circuit is closed and an active position in which the control member actuates the collection of valve shutter(s) into a position in which the circuit is open with a first bore section.

A system and method for the transfer of cryogenic fluid fuel includes a nozzle positionable with respect to fuel tank inlet, e.g., of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a seal to seal the area where the nozzle and inlet are connected, a collapsible and expandable bellows providing an isolation volume where the fluid is transferred from the nozzle into the inlet; a vacuum is provided in the volume to avoid accumulation of fuel or other species in the volume.

A device for filling and withdrawing gas includes a withdrawing circuit provided with a storage connector that can be connected to a storage container and a withdrawing connector that can be connected to a withdrawing device. The device also includes a filling circuit provided with a filling connector that can be connected to a gas source for filling the container. The filling connector includes a piston internally defining a filling duct and having a drain orifice opening transversely into said filling duct. The piston is movable inside a drain body provided with a drain duct connected to a leakage circuit connected to the outside, between an open position wherein the drain orifice does not coincide with the drain duct and a closed position wherein the drain orifice coincides with the drain duct to establish communication between said filling duct and the leakage circuit.

Device for filling with liquefied gas comprising a fluid circuit provided with a first pipe for liquid transfer comprising a first end that is intended to be connected to a source of liquefied gas and a second end that is intended to be connected to a tank to be filled, a second pipe for gas transfer comprising a first end that is intended to be connected to the source of liquefied gas and a second end that is intended to be connected to said tank to be filled, the circuit comprising at least one third transfer pipe connecting the first and second transfer pipes, and a vent device connected to the first and second transfer pipes via a set of one or more safety valves, the circuit comprising a set of one or more valves for controlling the streams of fluid in the pipes of the circuit, the device comprising a system for gas flushing of the circuit, characterized in that the flushing system comprises a first source of pressurized gas, and a first set of one or more flushing pipes connecting the first source of pressurized gas in parallel both to the first and second transfer pipes via a set of one or more valves.

A system and method for the transfer of cryogenic fluid fuel includes a nozzle positionable with respect to fuel tank inlet, e.g., of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a seal to seal the area where the nozzle and inlet are connected, a collapsible and expandable bellows providing an isolation volume where the fluid is transferred from the nozzle into the inlet; a vacuum is provided in the volume to avoid accumulation of fuel or other species in the volume.

A quantity of gas is introduced into a gas reservoir via a filling station provided with a filling line. The quantity is measured. A signal is generated indicating a corrected quantity of transferred gas. The signal is obtained by adding a predetermined, positive or negative, corrective amount to the measured quantity of gas transferred.

A pressure vessel with a flushing lance, a transport container with pressure vessels and methods of filling and producing this pressure vessel are disclosed which comprises an inner vessel, an outer layer applied on the inner vessel, a valve connection piece arranged on one of the terminal caps of the inner vessel and a hollow flushing lance that is open to the outside and is guided through the valve connection piece and held therein in a sealing manner, wherein the flushing lance protrudes into the storage volume and is provided with a perforation along its entire length up to a first end of the flushing lance facing the terminal cap that lies opposite the valve connection piece in the storage volume for a gas exchange with the storage volume, wherein the flushing lance extends to the terminal cap which lies opposite the valve connection piece.