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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Chart Inc., Ball Ground, GA (US);
Inventors:
Terry Johnson, Garfield Heights, OH (US);
Tom Drube, Garfield Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
Chart, Inc., Ball Ground, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 3/00 (2006.01); F17C 7/04 (2006.01); F04B 15/08 (2006.01); F17C 7/02 (2006.01); F17C 13/04 (2006.01); B61C 17/02 (2006.01); F16L 55/10 (2006.01); F17C 13/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 15/08 (2013.01); B61C 17/02 (2013.01); F16L 55/1007 (2013.01); F17C 3/00 (2013.01); F17C 7/02 (2013.01); F17C 7/04 (2013.01); F17C 13/04 (2013.01); F17C 13/06 (2013.01); F04B 2015/081 (2013.01); F17C 2201/035 (2013.01); F17C 2201/054 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0391 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0629 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0379 (2013.01); F17C 2221/033 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0107 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0121 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0135 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0178 (2013.01); F17C 2227/048 (2013.01); F17C 2250/043 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0447 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0636 (2013.01); F17C 2265/031 (2013.01); F17C 2265/066 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0168 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0173 (2013.01); Y10T 137/1624 (2015.04);
Abstract
Disclosed is an liquid natural gas supply and delivery system with a multimode fuel gas delivery system and process. The tender is capable of supplying gaseous methane fuel to an cryogenic tank via direct pumping, pressure transfer, or any combination mode due to a configuration of pumps, heat exchangers, and piping and controls. There is redundancy in the tender and it can operate with saturated or unsaturated liquid.