Pressure vessel assembly and pressure vessel system
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsLydia Moral Graci, Klaus Szoucsek
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Abstract
A pressure vessel arrangement includes a plurality of pressure vessels configured to store fuel, and a valve arrangement with at least one valve and a plurality of tank connectors. In the pressure vessel arrangement each pressure vessel of the plurality of pressure vessels is connected to one of the tank connectors. Further, in the pressure vessel arrangement the valve arrangement connects the tank connectors directly to one another and to the at least one valve, such that a fluid exchange which is not impaired at any time by way of a valve is brought about between the individual pressure vessels.
Claims12
A pressure vessel arrangement, comprising:
- a plurality of pressure vessels configured to store fuel;
- an external pressure relief apparatus that is disposed outside of the plurality of pressure vessels;
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- a valve arrangement with at least one valve and a plurality of tank connectors, wherein
- each pressure vessel of the plurality of pressure vessels is connected to one of the tank connectors;
- and
- the valve arrangement connects the tank connectors directly to one another and to the at least one valve, such that a fluid exchange between the individual pressure vessels takes place directly and without a valve, wherein
- at a first axial end of the plurality of pressure vessels each pressure vessel is directly connected to the valve arrangement, and
- at a second axial end of the plurality of pressure vessels that is opposite to the first axial end only one of the plurality of pressure vessels is directly connected to the external pressure relief apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.