Bulk storage and dispensing system for fluids
AssigneeAdvanced Technology Materials, Inc.
InventorsJames V. McManus, Dennis F. Brestovansky, Peter S. Kirlin
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Abstract
A fluid storage and dispensing system includes a storage and dispensing vessel containing a solid-phase physical sorbent material for holding a sorbable fluid, and a motive transport assembly associated with the storage and dispensing vessel. The storage and dispensing vessel is arranged for selectively flowing fluid into the vessel for storage, and out of the vessel for dispensing. The sorbable fluid physically adsorbed on the solid-phase physical sorbent medium may be selectively desorbed by pressure differential desorption and/or thermal desorption, to dispense gas when the vessel is in motive transport and/or when the vessel is at rest.
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A bulk vehicular transport fluid storage and dispensing system, comprising:
- a storage and dispensing vessel constructed and arranged for holding a solid-phase physical sorbent medium, and for selectively flowing a gas reagent out of said vessel, without a simultaneous flow of gas into the vessel;
- a solid-phase physical sorbent medium disposed in said storage and dispensing vessel;
- a gas reagent physically adsorbed on said solid-phase physical sorbent medium and stored thereon, without flow of gas into or out of said vessel;
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- a wheeled motive transport vehicular assembly of elongate form with a length and width, structurally coupled to the storage and dispensing vessel, and constructed and arranged for powered vehicular motive transport of the storage and dispensing vessel;
- wherein the storage and dispensing vessel is substantially coextensive in length and width to the wheeled motive transport vehicular assembly.
A bulk vehicular transport fluid storage and dispensing system, comprising a vessel containing a sorbent material having sorptive affinity for a gas reagent which is desorbable by pressure-mediated desorption and/or thermally-mediated desorption of the gas reagent from the sorbent material, said vessel being constructed and arranged for flowing gas reagent out of said vessel without a simultaneous flow of gas into the vessel, with a gas reagent physically adsorbed on said sorbent material, and stored thereon without flow of gas into or out of said vessel, a motive transport vehicular assembly mounting the vessel thereon, an on-board refrigeration source on the motive transport vehicular assembly, an on-board heat source on the motive transport vehicular assembly, and means for selectively chilling and heating the sorbent material in the vessel with the on-board refrigeration source and the on-board heat source, respectively, wherein the motive transport assembly comprises a wheeled support structure for the vessel and is of elongate form having a length and width, the vessel is of elongate form, supported on said wheeled support structure along the length of the vessel, and substantially coextensive in length and width to the wheeled support structure.
A bulk vehicular transport fluid storage and dispensing system, comprising:
- a vehicle;
- a storage and dispensing vessel mounted on said vehicle for transport by said vehicle during vehicular travel, said storage and dispensing vessel being constructed and arranged for holding a solid-phase physical sorbent medium, and for selectively flowing gas out of said vessel, without a simultaneous flow of gas into the vessel;
- a solid-phase physical sorbent medium disposed in said storage and dispensing vessel;
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- a gas physically adsorbed on said solid-phase physical sorbent medium, and stored thereon without flow of gas into or out of said vessel,
- wherein the vehicle is of elongate form having a length and width, the vessel is of elongate form, supported on said vehicle along the length of the vessel, and substantially coextensive in length and width to the wheeled support structure.
A bulk vehicular transport fluid storage and dispensing system, comprising:
- a trailer unit constructed and arranged for coupling with a tractor unit to form a tractor-trailer, said trailer unit being of elongate form and comprising a wheeled support structure having a length and width;
- an elongate storage and dispensing vessel mounted on said trailer unit for transport by said tractor-trailer, said storage and dispensing vessel being substantially generally horizontally aligned and substantially coextensive in length and width with the trailer unit, and said storage and dispensing vessel being constructed and arranged for holding a solid-phase physical sorbent medium, and for selectively flowing gas out of said vessel, without a simultaneous flow of gas into the vessel;
- a solid-phase physical sorbent medium disposed in said storage and dispensing vessel;
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- a gas physically adsorbed on said solid-phase physical sorbent medium and stored thereon without flow of gas into or out of said vessel, said gas being selected from the group consisting of silane, germane, ammonia, phosphine, arsine, stibine, hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen telluride, hydrogen selenide and gaseous halide compounds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.