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US 10,295,122 B2Granted
Distributed hydrogen refueling cascade method and system
AssigneeNuvera Fuel Cells, LLC
InventorScott Blanchet
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a compressed fuel dispensing station having a compressor configured to compress a fuel source, a plurality of fuel dispensing units, at least one low pressure compressed fuel reservoir fluidly connected to the fuel compressor and the plurality of fuel dispensing units, and a plurality of high pressure compressed fuel reservoirs, wherein each high pressure compressed fuel reservoir is fluidly connected to the fuel compressor and at least one fuel dispensing unit.
Claims13
A method of distributing compressed fuel from a dispensing station, comprising the steps of:
- compressing a fuel source;
- distributing the compressed fuel to at least one low pressure compressed fuel reservoir, at least one medium pressure compressed fuel reservoir, and a plurality of high pressure compressed fuel reservoirs;
- and
- supplying a compressed fuel at low pressure from the at least one low pressure compressed fuel reservoir, then at medium pressure from the at least one medium pressure compressed fuel reservoir, and then at high pressure from one of the plurality of high pressure compressed fuel reservoirs to one of a plurality of fuel dispensing units;
- wherein the at least one low pressure compressed fuel reservoir and the at least one medium pressure compressed fuel reservoirs are fluidly configured to supply compressed fuel to the plurality of fuel dispensing units;
- and
- wherein each of the plurality of fuel dispensing units is fluidly configured to receive compressed fuel from one of the plurality of high pressure compressed fuel reservoirs, which is dedicated to that individual fuel dispensing unit.
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