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US 2026/0258908 A1Published application
Hydrogen station and refrigerator system for hydrogen station
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsKenji NAKAMICHI, Ryo TAKATA, Motoshi HARADA
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Abstract
This hydrogen station includes a liquid hydrogen supply pipe for supplying liquid hydrogen from a liquid hydrogen reservoir to a liquid hydrogen pump, and a refrigerator. The hydrogen station is configured to cool the liquid hydrogen supply pipe using cold heat generated in the refrigerator.
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A hydrogen station comprising:
- a liquid hydrogen supply pipe for supplying liquid hydrogen from a liquid hydrogen storage tank to a liquid hydrogen pump;
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- a refrigerator,
- wherein the liquid hydrogen supply pipe is configured to be cooled using cooling energy generated by the refrigerator.
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A refrigerator system for a hydrogen station for cooling a liquid hydrogen supply pipe of a hydrogen station, the refrigerator system comprising:
- a refrigerator;
- a first heat exchange unit configured to cool hydrogen gas by exchanging heat with a refrigerant of the refrigerator;
- a cooling hydrogen gas supply pipe configured to supply the hydrogen gas cooled by the first heat exchange unit to the liquid hydrogen supply pipe;
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- a cooling hydrogen gas recovery pipe configured to recover the hydrogen gas passing through the liquid hydrogen supply pipe and return the hydrogen gas to the first heat exchange unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.