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US 2009/0288713 A1Published application
Storage tank system and method of decompressing the storage tank system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShuji Hirakata
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Abstract
A tank system includes a high-pressure tank, a detection unit for detecting a temperature increase in at least a portion of the high-pressure tank, a decompression unit for decompressing the high-pressure tank, and a control unit for controlling the decompression unit to decompress the high-pressure tank when a temperature increase in at least a part of the high-pressure tank is detected by the detection unit.
Claims16
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A decompression method for a tank system, comprising:
- detecting a temperature increase in at least a portion of a high-pressure tank;
- and
- decompressing the high-pressure tank when a temperature increase in the at least a portion of the high-pressure tank is detected.
A tank system comprising:
- a high-pressure tank;
- a detection device that detects a temperature increase in at least a portion of the high-pressure tank;
- a decompression device that decompresses the high-pressure fuel tank;
- and
- a control device that controls the decompression device to decompress the high-pressure tank when a temperature increase in the at least a portion of the high-pressure tank is detected by the detection device.
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