A liner configuring member configuring a liner includes a main body section which is configured from a resin material and has both ends opened. That is, both ends of the main body section are, respectively, a first open end and a second open end. There is provided in a vicinity of the first open end a first flange section where a first annular recess is formed by a first bottom section and a first side section. On the other hand, there is provided in a vicinity of the second open end a second flange section where a second annular recess is formed by a second bottom section and a second side section.

A gas discharge device, for a vehicle powered by compressed gas, includes: a gas manifold having a hollow body and including at least one port configured to be in fluid communication with a compressed gas tank, and an opening for discharging gas into the atmosphere; and a pipe configured to connect the port to the compressed gas tank. The pipe is freely translatable in the port to enable a first end of the pipe to move translationally along an axis in the port.

A refuelling assistance device that determines one of the following scenarios: (a) that consecutive refuelling operations of a first vehicle at corresponding different fuel stations have taken place without a communication link, and (b) that consecutive refuelling operations at a first fuel station for corresponding different vehicles have taken place without the communication link. In response to determining scenario (a), the control unit causes a communication module of the first vehicle to be checked for establishment of the communication link. In response to determining scenario (b), the control unit causes a communication module of the first fuel station to be checked for establishment of the communication link.

A reinforcement element, suitable for composite pressure vessel, may be configured to be inserted and to fill in a hollow shaft of a plastic liner of the composite pressure vessel, the hollow shaft connecting opposite walls of the liner. The reinforcement element may include a central part and two external parts constituted by a plurality of continuous fibres impregnated with a first resin. The central part of the reinforcement element may have a dimension substantially equal to the dimension of the hollow shaft and being a full part. The two external parts may be able to be unfolded and fixed on the external surface of opposite walls of the liner. A composite pressure vessel may include such a reinforcement element.

The invention relates to a system for checking the function and releasing the excess pressure of a cryogenic container on a vehicle roof, the system comprising a vehicle and the cryogenic container which is mounted on the vehicle roof and has an interior volume for receiving cryogenic fluid, wherein the system furthermore comprises a pressure line which is connected to the interior volume of the cryogenic container and is led from the cryogenic container on the vehicle roof to an accessible point on the vehicle side or in the vehicle interior and opens into a pressure gauge there, wherein a valve and a predetermined breaking point are arranged in the pressure line and the valve is arranged between the predetermined breaking point and the interior volume of the cryogenic container and opens at a predetermined first pressure which is greater than a second pressure at which the predetermined breaking point breaks.

A pressure vessel refuelling system enables fast fill refuelling of CNG fuel tanks by inducing a stratification of gas temperatures inside a tank during refuelling, then re-cycling a portion of the relatively warmer gas out of the tank during refuelling and back to a gas chiller. The system includes a pressure vessel having a lower end, a first gas port and a second gas port, wherein the second gas port is positioned above the lower end of the pressure vessel; and a cooling circuit connecting the first gas port with the second gas port; whereby gas flowing from an interior cavity of the pressure vessel through the second gas port is cooled in the cooling circuit before returning to the pressure vessel through the first gas port; and whereby a temperature of gas inside the pressure vessel varies from a first temperature at a level of the lower end of the pressure vessel to a second temperature, which is higher than the first temperature, at a level of the second gas port.

The invention relates to a gas discharge device (1) for a vehicle powered by compressed gas, comprising: —a gas manifold (11) having a hollow body and comprising: ⋅at least one port (12) configured to be in fluid communication with a compressed gas tank; and ⋅an opening (13) for discharging gas into the atmosphere; —a pipe (14) configured to connect the port (12) to a compressed gas tank; the pipe (14) being freely translatable in the port (12) to enable a first end (141) of the pipe (14) to move translationally along an axis (A) in the port (12).

A method for managing a temperature anomaly in a hydrogen tank includes a temperature checking step for defining temperature values detected by temperature, a temperature comparing step for comparing the temperature values with each other and then checking whether there is a specific temperature difference among the temperature values, a temperature sensor judging step for judging the temperature sensor in which the specific temperature difference is generated as an abnormal temperature sensor, and judging the temperature sensor in which the specific temperature difference is not generated as a normal temperature sensor, and an abnormal temperature sensor managing step for applying the temperature value of the temperature sensor judged as the normal temperature sensor when the hydrogen tank in which the temperature sensor judged as the abnormal temperature sensor is provided is filled or amount of fuel in the hydrogen tank is calculated.

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for fueling a tank of a heavy-duty vehicle having a total volume above 1000 liters with a gaseous hydrogen fuelin an accelerated manner An average slope of the mass flow of a first part of the fueling implemented as a first fueling method is higher than the slope of the mass flow of a second part of the fueling implemented as a second fueling method.

The invention relates to a valve device (100) for a gaseous medium, in particular hydrogen, comprising a valve housing (6) which comprises a closing element (14) that is arranged therein and can be moved in the longitudinal axis (18). The closing element (14) interacts with a seal seat (16) in order to release and close a through-opening (22). The valve housing (6) is equipped with at least one spring element (8) which is supported against the closing element (14) and the valve housing (6). Furthermore, the at least one spring element (8) is made of a bimetal.