Y02P90/45

MOBILE GASEOUS AND LIQUID HYDROGEN REFUELING APPARATUS

Disclosed is a mobile gaseous and liquid hydrogen refueling apparatus including a main storage module configured to receive liquid hydrogen from a tank lorry and to generate first gaseous hydrogen from the liquid hydrogen, a liquid pumping and transportation module configured to receive the liquid hydrogen from the main storage module, to generate second gaseous hydrogen from the liquid hydrogen while pumping the liquid hydrogen, and to deliver the second gaseous hydrogen to the main storage module, and a gas compression and storage module configured to receive at least one of the first gaseous hydrogen or the second gaseous hydrogen from the main storage module, to compress the at least one gaseous hydrogen, and to store the compressed gaseous hydrogen.

Gas supply system and hydrogen station

A gas supply system (2) includes a compressor unit (21), an accumulator unit (23), a pre-cooling system (24) and a housing (4). In the gas supply system (2), the compressor unit (21) is vertically arranged and the pre-cooling system (24) is arranged above the accumulator unit (23) in the housing (4). The compressor unit (21) and the accumulator unit (23) are covered by one rectangular parallelepiped housing (4).

Fluid supply apparatus
10794520 · 2020-10-06 · ·

To provide a fluid supply apparatus capable of preventing inconveniences cause by cut of a signal line when a filling hose is separated through an emergency separation pipe joint. The fluid supply apparatus (100: fluid supply apparatus for supplying fluid such as hydrogen gas and gasoline) includes a supply system for transporting fluid such as hydrogen gas and gasoline in a housing main body while measuring flow rate of the fluid; a control mechanism for controlling the supply system; a hose (2) introduced from the supply system and having a nozzle (1) at an end thereof; and a signal line (3) along the hose (2), wherein the signal line (3) is detachable.

HYDROGEN STORAGE TANK COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SEALS

A hydrogen storage tank includes a shell of longitudinal axis, a hydrogen supply and collection duct, and a stack of a plurality of divider elements. Each divider element forms a bottom accepting a hydrogen storage material. The largest transverse dimension of the divider elements is less than the largest transverse dimension of the internal volume of the shell, and the tank includes a plurality of seals in the space formed between the divider element and the shell as a result of the difference in largest transverse dimension.

CONSTANT-PRESSURE STORAGE UNIT

A constant-pressure storage unit and a method for operating a constant-pressure storage unit, for storing and dispensing hydrogen under constant pressure are disclosed. The constant-pressure storage unit has at least one constant-pressure store, which is divided into two regions by a movable separating piston, at least one liquid pump for conveying a liquid, and at least one liquid store, wherein a measuring device measures the liquid level in the liquid store and sends a signal to the liquid pump by means of a control unit. In this way, the liquid pump can be stopped in time when the constant-pressure storage unit is empty.

High-pressure hydrogen filling system with expansion turbine

A high-pressure hydrogen filling system with expansion turbine having a simple configuration, requiring less maintenance and control duties, capable of being operated at low costs including electric power consumption cost, and allowing the use of general-purpose materials for composing the components of a hydrogen gas supply unit, a cold accumulator is installed at the outlet of an expansion turbine in a system performing hydrogen gas enthalpy drop when pressurizing and filling highly-pressurized and accumulated hydrogen gas into a tank.

Combustible gas supply unit and hydrogen station

A combustible gas supply unit includes a high pressure gas facility for handling combustible gas which is compressed and a housing provided with a high pressure gas handling area containing the high pressure gas facility. The housing has a portion that is disposed in a side close to a boundary between premises of a hydrogen station and an outer region of the premises and constitutes the high pressure gas handling area, the portion being substantially composed of a partitioning wall member that resists an impact of an explosion of combustible gas.

Combustible gas supply unit and barrier

A combustible gas supply unit is for supplying compressed combustible gas to a dispenser. The combustible gas supply unit includes a high pressure gas facility for handling compressed combustible gas, a base plate having the high pressure gas facility installed thereon and a barrier supported by the base plate to surround at least a part of an outer periphery of the high pressure gas facility. A barrier is shaped to surround at least a part of an outer periphery of the high pressure gas facility and includes a part to be supported by a base plate having the high pressure gas facility installed thereon.

METHOD FOR MEASURING FLUID LEVEL IN LIQUID HYDROGEN TANK AND LIQUID HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEM

An amount Y of liquid hydrogen that has passed through a first valve and has been volatilized during a predetermined time after first and second valves are opened is calculated by using a pressure P0 in an internal space of a liquid hydrogen tank measured before the two valves are opened, a pressure P1 in the internal space measured after the lapse of the predetermined time since the two valves are opened, and an amount X of the gaseous hydrogen that has passed through the second valve during the predetermined time. A fluid level H of the liquid hydrogen in the liquid hydrogen tank after the lapse of the predetermined time since the two valves are opened is calculated by using a expression showing a relationship between the H and an amount Y1 of the liquid hydrogen that passes through the first valve and drops therefrom, and the Y.

Cooling of a supply pipe in a hydrogen refueling system

A hydrogen refueling system including a hydrogen center enclosure fluidly connected to a dispenser by a supply pipe, a first portion of the supply pipe disposed within the hydrogen center enclosure and a second portion of the supply pipe extending between the hydrogen center enclosure and the dispenser, a cooling system having a first cooling circuit for cooling the supply pipe and a second cooling circuit for cooling the second portion of the supply pipe, and a controller, where the second cooling circuit has a return path fluidly connected to a forward path, where the second cooling circuit is thermally connected to the second portion of the supply pipe, and the controller initiates cooling of the supply line by the forward path or return path of the second cooling circuit when the temperature of the supply line is higher than a threshold value.