Integrated refueling station
AssigneesBattelle Memorial Institute, Emerald Energy NW, LLC
InventorsJamie D. Holladay, John Barclay
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Abstract
A system that includes: (a) a liquid natural gas storage tank fluidly coupled to a first compressor, (b) a fuel cell having an inlet fluidly coupled to the first compressor and an H2 gas outlet fluidly coupled to a heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger receives compressed liquid natural gas from the first compressor; (c) an active magnetic regenerative refrigerator H2 liquefier that comprises at least one layer of a magnetic refrigerant material, wherein the active magnetic regenerative refrigerator H2 liquefier receives cooled H2 gas from the heat exchanger.
Claims10
A system comprising:
- (a) a liquid natural gas storage tank fluidly coupled to a first compressor;
- (b) a fuel cell having an inlet fluidly coupled to the first compressor and an H2 gas outlet fluidly coupled to a heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger receives compressed liquid natural gas from the first compressor;
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- (c) an active magnetic regenerative refrigerator H2 liquefier that comprises at least one layer of a magnetic refrigerant material, wherein the active magnetic regenerative refrigerator H2 liquefier receives cooled H2 gas from the heat exchanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.