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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2023
Zeroavia, Inc., Hollister, CA (US);
Valery Miftakhov, San Carlos, CA (US);
ZEROAVIA, INC., Hollister, CA (US);
Abstract
A liquid hydrogen (LH) fuel storage system for a fuel cell-powered vehicle, and method includes a main LHstorage fuel tank configured for close to ambient pressure storage of LH, and one or more gas accumulator tanks (GATs) smaller than the main LHstorage fuel tank and configured for elevated pressure storage of LHand for feeding pressurized LHto the fuel cell, wherein the one or more GATs each have a cooling interface configured to cool the GAT employing LHfrom the main LHstorage fuel tank, and a heating interface configured to heat contents of the GAT with warm working fluid from the fuel cell-powered vehicle whereby to raise pressure of the LHin the GAT to a working pressure for feeding the LHto the fuel cell.