# US 11,761,587 B1 · Mobile hydrogen storage, transportation, and refueling system and method of using the same

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- Number: US 11,761,587 B1
- Document ID: US11761587B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 17/719,699
- Filed: 2022-04-13
- Granted: 2023-09-19
- Earliest claimed: 2022-04-13
- Assignees: First Mode IPP Limited
- Applicants: First Mode IPP Limited
- Inventors: James A. Percy-Hughes
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11761587B1

## CPC

- F17C 5/06: for filling with compressed gases
- F17C 7/00: Methods or apparatus for discharging liquefied, solidified, or compressed gases from pressure vessels, not covered by another subclass
- F17C 2201/0104: cylindrical
- F17C 2201/0138: tubular
- F17C 2201/035: with substantially horizontal main axis
- F17C 2201/054: medium (>1 m3)
- F17C 2201/056: Small (<1 m3)
- F17C 2203/03: Thermal insulations
- F17C 2205/0107: Frames
- F17C 2205/0111: Boxes
- F17C 2205/013: Two or more vessels
- F17C 2205/0142: bundled in parallel
- F17C 2205/0169: stackable
- F17C 2221/012: Hydrogen
- F17C 2223/0123: gaseous, e.g. CNG, GNC
- F17C 2223/0161: cryogenic, e.g. LNG, GNL, PLNG
- F17C 2223/033: Small pressure, e.g. for liquefied gas
- F17C 2223/036: Very high pressure (>80 bar)
- F17C 2225/0123: gaseous, e.g. CNG, GNC
- F17C 2225/0161: cryogenic, e.g. LNG, GNL, PLNG
- F17C 2225/033: Small pressure, e.g. for liquefied gas
- F17C 2225/036: Very high pressure, i.e. above 80 bars
- F17C 2227/0157: Compressors
- F17C 2227/0337: by cooling
- F17C 2227/0355: in a closed loop
- F17C 2227/0388: separate
- F17C 2227/043: by pressure cascade
- F17C 2250/043: Pressure
- F17C 2260/02: Improving properties related to fluid or fluid transfer
- F17C 2265/065: for refuelling vehicle fuel tanks
- F17C 2265/07: Generating electrical power as side effect
- F17C 2270/0171: Trucks
- Y02E 60/32: Hydrogen storage
- F17C: VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES (storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth B65G5/00; construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil-engineering techniques E04H7/00; variable-capacity gas-holders F17B; liquefaction or refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25)
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

An apparatus for mobile hydrogen refueling includes a heavy equipment vehicle having a size exceeding highway size constraints and a platform coupled to the vehicle. A hydrogen storage module and a compression module are removably coupleable to the platform. The storage module is configured to store a number of hydrogen tanks. The compression module is configured to compress a flow of hydrogen from a hydrogen tank in the storage module via a manifold to produce a flow of high-pressure hydrogen. A refueling interface is configured to engage a refueling interface of a hydrogen powerplant and to selectively convey a flow of high-pressure hydrogen from the compression module. In some implementations, the compression module can include a chiller configured to cool the high-pressure hydrogen provided to the refueling interface. In some implementations, a power module is configured to provide electric power to at least the compression module and/or the vehicle.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method, comprising:
loading a storage module including a plurality of hydrogen tanks on a mobile hydrogen refueling platform, the mobile hydrogen refueling platform including a power module having a hydrogen powerplant, the power module configured to provide electric power to at least a compressor and a chiller of the mobile hydrogen refueling platform, the mobile hydrogen refueling platform having a size that exceeds at least one constraint associated with traveling on a highway;
conveying, via a manifold, a first flow of hydrogen from a hydrogen tank from the plurality of hydrogen tanks in the storage module;
compressing and cooling the first flow of hydrogen to produce cooled, high-pressure hydrogen;
conveying the cooled, high-pressure hydrogen to a refueling interface of the mobile hydrogen refueling platform;
conveying a second flow of hydrogen from the refueling interface of the mobile hydrogen refueling platform to a refueling interface of a hydrogen powerplant included in a heavy equipment vehicle, the second flow of hydrogen having a volumetric flow rate of at least 4 kg/min; and
conveying a third flow of hydrogen from the chiller to the hydrogen powerplant included in the power module.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the heavy equipment vehicle is a mining truck.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile hydrogen refueling platform is coupled to a mining truck operable to move the mobile hydrogen refueling platform to or from the at least one refueling location at a mining site.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the loading the storage module includes loading the storage module with the plurality of hydrogen tanks containing more than 10,000 kilograms (kg) of hydrogen.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the first flow of hydrogen is at a first pressure between 200 bar and 400 bar.