Airport installation including a plurality of dihydrogen storage tanks
AssigneesAirbus SAS, Airbus Operations GmbH
InventorsJean-Philippe Dutheil, Jonathan Landolt
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Abstract
An airport installation including a plurality of types of aircraft in which each aircraft of one type includes a tank containing dihydrogen at a saturation pressure in a first range different from the other first ranges, for each type of aircraft a storage tank at a saturation pressure in a second range associated with the type of aircraft, and for each storage tank pumps or other devices fill from the storage tank the tank of the aircraft of the type for which the first range corresponds to the storage tank.
Claims8
A method of providing hydrogen to one or more aircraft at an airport installation, the method comprising:
- providing an installation including a first storage tank with dihydrogen at a first pressure range, a second storage tank with dihydrogen at a first pressure range, a third storage tank with dihydrogen at a first pressure range, and a fourth storage tank with dihydrogen at a fourth pressure range, the first pressure ranges of the first storage tank, the second storage tank, the third storage tank, and the fourth storage tank being different from each other;
- and,
- filling a tank of an aircraft with dihydrogen,
- wherein when the first storage tank is at a first degree of filling, the first storage tank is at a saturation pressure in a second range of 1.05 bar to 1.2 bar, the second storage tank is at a second degree of filling such that second storage tank is at a saturation pressure in a second range of 2 bar to 3 bar, the third storage tank is at a third degree of filling such that the third storage tank is at a saturation pressure in a second range of 4 bar to 5 bar, the fourth storage tank is at a fourth degree of filling such that the fourth storage tank is at a saturation pressure higher than 5 bar, such that each storage tank passes successively and in parallel from the first degree of filling with a saturation pressure in the second range of 1.05 bar to 1.2 bar to the second degree of filling with a saturation pressure in the second range of 2 bar to 3 bar to the third degree of filling with a saturation pressure in the second range of 4 bar to 5 bar to the fourth degree of filling with a saturation pressure higher than 5 bar and to the first degree of filling with a saturation pressure in the second range of 1.05 bar to 2 bar.
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