US 2026/0266430 A1Published application

Safe Transportation System Operations Including Fueling, Transfer and Charging

OwnerDaniel McNicholasinventor

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Abstract

Multiply redundant safety system(s) that protects humans and assets while fueling vehicles, and/or transferring/fueling/tank exchanging of on road/off road, marine, aircraft, spacecraft, rockets, and all other vehicles/vessels utilizing Compressed and/or Liquefied Gas Fuels/compound(s), utilizing Hydrogen and/or Natural Gas Chemical Family of Natural Gas/Propane/Butane/ethane/ammonia/and/or any/all compound(s)/mixtures along with and/or without, oxidizer(s), such as Liquefied Oxygen, Oxygen Triplet {O3)/ozone/hydrogen peroxide/peroxide/solid oxidizer(s). One or more processors in combination with one or more system(s)/one or more sensor(s); in combination with one or more micro switches/one or more outputs/actuator(s) which combine to detect any leaks/fire(s)/explosion/voltage(s)/hazards/vehicle position/motion/vessel motion(s)/reusable tank/exchange tank/position(s)/arc's, spark(s)/and/or other hazards for rapid mitigation by locking out/stopping fueling/gas transfers/vehicle releasing/transfer line releasing. For different levels of safety, multiple combination(s) of various sensor(s)/detector(s)/input(s)/output(s)/device(s)/system(s)/action(s)/actuators, all may be standing alone and/or in any combination can be utilized.

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Dependent claims

A multiple redundant safety control system for use with gas transfer, vehicle fueling, or fuel storage operations, wherein the safety system comprises at least two independent, operational, isolated control systems with separate power sources, comprising:

one or more of the following for use with each of the two or more control systems:
a processor;
a network;
a sensor set;
an actuator set;
a human interface;
and a peripheral;
two or more redundant seismic or vehicle omni-vector movement systems, wherein each movement system utilizes one or more first sensors for detecting one or more of the following conditions:
vehicular movement during fueling;
seismic activity;
fuel transfer events;
two or more gas detection systems, wherein each gas detection system utilizes one or more second sensors from one or more of the following groups:
magnetic sensors;
catalytic sensors;
optical sensors;
chemical sensors;
and
two or more fire and/or explosion systems, wherein each system utilizes one or more third sensors of one or more of the following types:
magnetic;
optical;
ultrasonic;
infrasonic;
pressure;
and sound waves;
wherein, at least one of the two independent operational isolated control systems is configured to shut down or disable gas transfer or fueling, upon detection of one or more of the following conditions:
vehicle motion at a greater than a predetermined value;
gas concentration above a predetermined level;
fire or explosion;
the exceeding of a predetermined sensor input limit;
or seismic activity greater than a predetermined level.

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