System of fuel vapor recovery and use
AssigneeFuel Management Technologies, S.L.
InventorRichard Viladot Gene
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Abstract
The system of fuel vapor recovery and use comprises a condensation module (10) that can connect to a fuel tank (2) of a service station by means of ventilation pipe (1), through which the fuel vapors are displaced to the cryogenic condensation module (10), wherein they are condensed, further comprising the cryogenic condensation module (10) and a return pipe (18) for the condensed vapors to the fuel tank (2), wherein that said cryogenic condensation module (10) comprises a cryogenic vaporizer (11) that lowers the temperature of the vapors by condensing them and a processing element (22) that processes the vapors that have not been condensed in said cryogenic vaporizer (11).
Claims19
A system of fuel vapor recovery and use comprising:
- a cryogenic condensation module capable of connecting to a fuel tank of a service station by means of a ventilation pipe and a return pipe, wherein a shunt is arranged between the ventilation pipe and an outlet pipe, the shunt capable of blocking fuel vapors from entering a chamber of the cryogenic condensation module, and wherein the cryogenic condensation module comprises:
- a cryogenic vaporizer that lowers a temperature of the fuel vapors to condense the fuel vapors into fuel, the cryogenic vaporizer comprising a first module for fractionated condensation of water vapor and a second module for condensation of volatile elements of the fuel vapors, wherein the first module and the second module are at different temperatures;
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- a processing element that processes the fuel vapors that have not been condensed in the cryogenic vaporizer.
A method of fuel recovery and use, the method comprising:
- receiving fuel vapors comprising water vapor and volatile elements at a cryogenic vaporizer within a cryogenic condensation module;
- blocking the fuel vapors from entering a chamber of the cryogenic condensation module via a shunt that is arranged between a ventilation pipe and an outlet pipe;
- condensing the fuel vapors into fuel, using the cryogenic vaporizer, by reducing a first temperature of the water vapor and reducing a second temperature of the volatile elements, wherein the first temperature and the second temperature are different temperatures;
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- processing the fuel vapors that have not been condensed in the cryogenic vaporizer.
A system of fuel vapor recovery and use comprising:
- a cryogenic condensation module capable of connecting to a fuel tank of a service station via a ventilation pipe, wherein a shunt is arranged between the ventilation pipe and an outlet pipe, the shunt capable of blocking vapors from entering a chamber of the cryogenic condensation module, and wherein the cryogenic condensation module comprising:
- a cryogenic vaporizer that condenses the vapors comprising water vapor and volatile elements of fuel vapor, the cryogenic vaporizer comprising a first module for fractionated condensation of the water vapor and a second module for condensation of the volatile elements of fuel vapor, wherein the first module and the second module condense vapors at different temperatures;
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- a processing element that processes the vapors that have not been condensed in the cryogenic vaporizer.
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