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US 10,883,664 B2Granted
Fuel gas distribution method
AssigneeAir Products and Chemicals, Inc.
InventorsEdward Clyde Heydorn, Brian Bernard Bonner
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Abstract
Fuel gas distribution method where residual fuel gas in a mobile fuel gas storage vessel being transported by a transport vehicle is transferred from the mobile fuel gas storage vessel to the transport vehicle for generating power. The fuel gas may be natural gas or hydrogen. The transport vehicle may be a fuel cell vehicle.
Claims14
A fuel gas distribution method comprising:
- transporting a mobile fuel gas storage vessel to a delivery location;
- off-loading fuel gas from the mobile fuel gas storage vessel at the delivery location until the mobile fuel gas storage vessel has been depleted to a depletion level, the mobile fuel gas storage vessel having a residual amount of gaseous fuel gas contained therein;
- providing a connection between the mobile fuel gas storage vessel and a power generator of a transport vehicle for transfer of gaseous fuel gas from the mobile fuel gas storage vessel to the power generator of the transport vehicle;
- transporting the mobile fuel gas storage vessel using the transport vehicle while transferring a portion of the residual amount of gaseous fuel gas from the mobile fuel gas storage vessel to the transport vehicle and consuming the portion of the residual amount of gaseous fuel gas in the power generator to generate power for the transport vehicle.
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