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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2019
Applicants:

Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);

Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL (US);

Inventors:

Guillaume Petitpas, Livermore, CA (US);

Kenneth Kriha, Homer Glen, IL (US);

Sandeep Alavandi, Schaumburg, IL (US);

Assignees:

Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);

Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 5/02 (2006.01); F17C 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 5/02 (2013.01); F17C 7/04 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0109 (2013.01); F17C 2201/035 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0323 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0352 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0393 (2013.01); F17C 2260/056 (2013.01); F17C 2265/022 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a system for pressurizing liquid hydrogen (LH2). The system has a pressure vessel for containing an initial quantity of LH2, with the pressure vessel containing an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice. A vaporizer is used which has an inlet and an outlet. A supply tube is used to couple the outlet orifice of the pressure vessel with the inlet of the vaporizer. A discharge tube couples the discharge outlet of the vaporizer with the inlet orifice of the pressure vessel. The vaporizer receives LH2 from the pressure vessel via the supply tube during a pressurization operation, warms the LH2 using an ambient environment, and discharges heated and pressurized H2 back to the pressure vessel through the supply tube.


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