Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas supply system, hydrogen station including the same, accumulator life judgement method, and use method of gas supply system
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Application No.: US15067570Application Date: 2016-03-11
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Publication No.: US10533708B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Takashi Okuno , Kenji Nagura
- Applicant: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Hyogo
- Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hyogo
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JP2015-050744 20150313
- Main IPC: F17C5/06
- IPC: F17C5/06 ; F17C13/02 ; F17C7/00 ; F17C13/12

Abstract:
The present invention is to properly manage life of an accumulator and extend the life of the accumulator.A gas supply system includes a control section, an acquiring section, a classifying section, and a judging section. The acquiring section acquires stress amplitude of accumulators from a pressure difference between first pressure on the gas storage side and second pressure on the gas lead-out side. The classifying section classifies the stress amplitude into a plurality of groups. The judging section divides the calculated acquirement number ni of the stress amplitude for each of the groups by the predetermined breaking cycle number Ni, and determines a fatigue degree Σni/Ni. In a case where this value becomes a predetermined threshold value or more, the judging section judges that the accumulator comes to the end of the life.
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