Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for compressing gas in a plurality of stages to a storage tank array having a plurality of storage tanks
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Application No.: US17492847Application Date: 2021-10-04
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Publication No.: US11892125B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Walter H. Killeen , Bryan Killeen , Carl Guichard
- Applicant: New Gas Industries, L.L.C.
- Applicant Address: US LA Mandeville
- Assignee: New Gas Industries, L.L.C.
- Current Assignee: New Gas Industries, L.L.C.
- Current Assignee Address: US LA Mandeville
- Agency: Roy Kiesel Ford Doody & North, APLC
- Agent Brett A. North
- Main IPC: F17C5/06
- IPC: F17C5/06 ; F16K11/08 ; F17D3/00 ; F16K11/07 ; F16K11/085 ; F16K11/074

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for compressing gases and supplying fuel to a gaseous fuel consuming device, such as a gaseous fueled vehicle or the like. One embodiment includes a gas compressor for compressing the gaseous fuel to an array of tanks having predetermined initial set points which are increasing for tanks in the array. One embodiment provides a selecting valve having first and second families of ports wherein the valve can be operated to select a plurality of ports from the first family to be fluidly connected with a plurality of ports with the second family, and such fluid connections can be changed by operation of the valve.
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