US 2026/0309277 A1 · A HYDROGEN REFUELING SYSTEM

Abstract

The invention relates to a hydrogen refueling system (HRS) comprising: a mobile gas supply (MGS) comprising two or more mobile gas supply vessels (GSV1-GSV2); a hydrogen refueling station comprising: a common outlet connectable to a receiving vessel; a compression arrangement including compression stages connected to said common outlet (CO), wherein at least one compression stage (CS1) is configured to establish an outlet pressure substantially equal to an inlet pressure of a second compression stage (CS2); a supply conduit arrangement (SCA) comprising supply conduits (SC1,SC2) each comprising a supply valve (SV1,SV2), and wherein each supply conduit are separately connected to a respective mobile gas supply vessel and to a respective compression stage; one or more controllers (CTR) controlling said compression stages and supply valves to establish a gas supply flow from said mobile gas supply to said receiving vessel (RV) via each respective supply conduits, said compression arrangement and said common outlet,

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Dependent claims

A hydrogen refueling system comprising:

a mobile gas supply comprising two or more mobile gas supply vessels;
a hydrogen refueling station comprising:
a common outlet fluidly connectable to a receiving vessel;
a compression arrangement including two or more compression stages each having an inlet and an outlet;
and wherein said two or more compression stages are fluidly connected to said common outlet, and wherein at least one compression stage of said two or more compression stages is configured to establish an outlet pressure substantially at least equal to an inlet pressure of a second compression stage of said two or more compression stages;
a supply conduit arrangement comprising two or more supply conduits each comprising a supply valve and each having an upstream end and a downstream end, and wherein each said upstream end is separately fluidly connected to a respective mobile gas supply vessel of said two or more mobile gas supply vessels, and wherein each said downstream end is separately fluidly connected to a respective compression stage of said two or more compression stages;
one or more controllers configured to control said two or more compression stages and said supply valves to establish a gas supply flow from said mobile gas supply to said receiving vessel via each respective supply conduits of said two or more supply conduits, said compression arrangement and said common outlet, when said receiving vessel is fluidly connected to said common outlet.

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A method of filling a receiving vessel;

wherein said method comprises:
providing a first mobile gas supply vessel of a mobile gas supply;
fluidly connecting said first mobile gas supply vessel to a first supply conduit fluidly connected to a receiving vessel via a first compression stage and a common outlet;
providing a second mobile gas supply vessel of a mobile gas supply;
fluidly connecting said second mobile gas supply vessel to a second supply conduit fluidly connected to said receiving vessel via a second compression stage and said common outlet;
establishing a gas supply flow from said mobile gas supply to said receiving vessel, wherein said gas supply flow comprises one or more gas supply flows, including at least a first gas supply flow and a second gas supply flow, and wherein said first gas supply flow from said first mobile gas supply vessel to said receiving vessel via said first gas supply conduit, said first compression stage and said common outlet and wherein said second gas supply flow from said second mobile gas supply vessel to said receiving vessel via said second gas supply conduit, said second compression stage and said common outlet;
controlling a flow rate of said first gas supply flow in said first supply conduit and a flow rate of said second gas supply flow in said second supply conduit to be different;
and
wherein said first compression stage is configured to establish an outlet pressure substantially at least equal to an inlet pressure of said second compression stage.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

A hydrogen refueling system

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A hydrogen refueling system

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