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Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2019
Applicants:

China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, Beijing, CN;

National Institute of Clean-and-low-carbon Energy, Beijing, CN;

Inventors:

Xianming Jimmy Li, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jeff Pickles, Mountain View, CA (US);

Edward Youn, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jeff Allen, Mountain View, CA (US);

Anthony Ku, Mountain View, CA (US);

Cullen Hall, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 7/04 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2221/033 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0135 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0393 (2013.01); F17C 2265/065 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0142 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for dispensing liquefied fuel, the method including: providing a non-petroleum fuel as a liquefied fuel to a storage tank; increasing pressure of the liquefied fuel to a target pressure using a pump disposed within the storage tank, where a first portion of the liquefied fuel is bypassed around or at least partially around a heat exchanger, and a second portion of the liquefied fuel is discharged to the heat exchanger, where the heat exchanger is configured to warm the second portion of the liquefied fuel. A dispenser is provided that incorporates a control system that allows coordinated fueling of one or more vehicles simultaneously, where the heat exchanger uses only the fuel itself without external refrigeration to manage final dispensing temperature and the fueling station does not include a storage subsystem disposed between the pump and the dispenser.


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