Invention Grant
- Patent Title: LH2 offloading with auto-purge and pre-cooling
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Application No.: US17813583Application Date: 2022-07-19
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Publication No.: US11598485B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Ghassan Sleiman , Tim Brown
- Applicant: FirstElement Fuel, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Newport Beach
- Assignee: FirstElement Fuel, Inc.
- Current Assignee: FirstElement Fuel, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Newport Beach
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: F17C5/04
- IPC: F17C5/04 ; F17C13/02

Abstract:
A computer-controlled method of automatically purging and precooling a hydrogen fuel line prior to transferring hydrogen fuel from a source to a storage tank includes purging moisture from a hydrogen fuel line. The hydrogen fuel line is configured to fluidically couple a hydrogen tanker storage tank and a fueling station storage tank, the hydrogen storage tanker storage tank and the fueling station storage tank configured to store liquid hydrogen. The method also includes pre-cooling the hydrogen fuel line, causing hydrogen fuel to flow through the hydrogen fuel line to re-fill the fueling station storage tank, and expelling residual hydrogen fuel from the hydrogen fuel line when the fueling station storage tank re-filling is complete.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230022754A1 LH2 OFFLOADING WITH AUTO-PURGE AND PRE-COOLING Public/Granted day:2023-01-26
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