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Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2015
Applicants:

Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;

Dale Hoover, McConnellsburg, PA (US);

Inventor:

Dale Hoover, McConnellsburg, PA (US);

Assignee:

Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/077 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B60K 15/035 (2006.01); B60K 15/067 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/077 (2013.01); B60K 15/03 (2013.01); B60K 15/035 (2013.01); B60K 15/067 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03118 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03138 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03144 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pressurized liquid fuel tank system arranged to contain a first mass of liquid fuel such as Dimethyl-Ether (DME) is provided. The system includes a first tank having a first volume, a second tank having a second volume, a first conduit between a top of the first tank and a top of the second tank, and a second conduit between the first tank and a bottom of the second tank, wherein a sum of the first volume and the second volume is designed to equal a sum of a first mass volume of the first mass of liquid fuel plus an expansion volume equal to at least 5% of the first mass volume. A vehicle with such a fuel tank system is also disclosed.


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