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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2017
Applicant:

L'air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour I'etude ET L'exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude, Paris, FR;

Inventors:

Thomas Bourgeois, Paris, FR;

Fouad Ammouri, Massy, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 5/06 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0109 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0119 (2013.01); F17C 2201/035 (2013.01); F17C 2201/054 (2013.01); F17C 2201/056 (2013.01); F17C 2201/058 (2013.01); F17C 2205/013 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0123 (2013.01); F17C 2223/036 (2013.01); F17C 2225/0123 (2013.01); F17C 2225/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2225/036 (2013.01); F17C 2225/041 (2013.01); F17C 2225/043 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0157 (2013.01); F17C 2227/04 (2013.01); F17C 2250/032 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0615 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0636 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0694 (2013.01); F17C 2260/023 (2013.01); F17C 2260/025 (2013.01); F17C 2260/026 (2013.01); Y02E 60/321 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method for filling a tank with pressurized gas to a target pressure from at least one pressurized gas source via a transfer pipe provided with at least one valve, the tank having a predetermined inner length and predetermined inner diameter, the end of the transfer pipe forming an injector with a predetermined injection diameter; said method comprises a step for transferring pressurized gas from the source to the tank at a predetermined flow rate, the method comprising a step of controlling the transfer of gas from the source to the tank to reduce the heat produced in the tank, the step of controlling the transfer of gas comprising at least one of: sizing of the injection diameter, and sizing of the flow rate of the transferred gas; the control step being carried out according to the ratio L/D between the length and the diameter of the tank.


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