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Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Vincent Fairy, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 7/80 (2010.01); B67D 7/36 (2010.01); B67D 7/70 (2010.01); B67D 7/72 (2010.01); F17C 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 7/80 (2013.01); B67D 7/36 (2013.01); B67D 7/70 (2013.01); B67D 7/72 (2013.01); F17C 9/02 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0135 (2013.01); F17C 2250/043 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hydrogen refilling station for filling tanks of fuel cell electric vehicles includes a liquid hydrogen tank that feeds liquid hydrogen to an upstream end of a filling circuit that also includes a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger exchanges heat between the liquid hydrogen and heat transfer fluid flows to thereby cool the heat transfer fluid and vaporize the liquid hydrogen to provide a supply of high pressure hydrogen gas for filling hydrogen-fueled vehicle tanks at a downstream end of the circuit. Because the liquid hydrogen is surrounded by the heat transfer fluid inside the heat exchanger, little if any fogging occurs.


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