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US 2022/0186882 A1Published application
Hydrogen fueling systems and methods
AssigneeIvys Inc.
InventorsDarryl Edward Pollica, Christopher John O'Brien, Bryan Gordon
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Abstract
According to aspects, hydrogen fueling systems and methods are provided, including vehicle-to-vehicle communication techniques, hydrogen cooling techniques and/or hydrogen dispenser control techniques that facilitate improving aspects of a hydrogen fueling station.
Claims24
A hydrogen cooling system comprising:
- a first reservoir comprising a first tank configured to hold first coolant comprising at least one phase-change material;
- a refrigeration unit coupled to the first reservoir to chill the first coolant to cause the phase-change material held by the first tank to change from a first state to a second state;
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- a first heat exchanger configured to thermally couple the first coolant held by the first reservoir and hydrogen gas flowing through the heat exchanger via heat exchange with the first coolant.
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A hydrogen cooling system comprising:
- a first reservoir comprising a first tank configured to hold first coolant comprising at least one phase-change material;
- a second reservoir comprising a second tank configured to hold second coolant;
- a refrigeration unit coupled to the first reservoir to chill the at least one phase-change material to cause the at least one phase-change material to change from a first state to a second state, and coupled to the second reservoir to chill the second coolant;
- a first heat exchanger configured to thermally couple the first coolant and hydrogen gas flowing through the first heat exchanger to chill the hydrogen gas to a first temperature via heat exchange with the first coolant;
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- a second heat exchanger configured to thermally couple the second coolant and the hydrogen gas chilled to the first temperature to chill the hydrogen gas to a second temperature via heat exchange with the second coolant and to provide the chilled hydrogen gas to at least one first dispenser.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.