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Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2021
Applicant:

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Inventor:

Klaus Szoucsek, Zirndorf, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 13/04 (2006.01); H01M 8/04082 (2016.01); H01M 8/04225 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 13/04 (2013.01); H01M 8/04201 (2013.01); H01M 8/04225 (2016.02); F17C 2205/0323 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2250/03 (2013.01); F17C 2250/043 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0184 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control unit is provided for a pressure vessel system having at least one pressure vessel with a pressure vessel valve designed to convey fuel from the pressure vessel into a discharge line in order to supply an energy converter. The control unit is configured to determine that a reduced-power operating mode of the energy converter is present, wherein, in the reduced-power operating mode, the fuel mass flow for supplying the energy converter is less than or equal to a predefined mass flow threshold value. The control unit is further configured to cause the pressure vessel valve to be intermittently opened during the execution of the reduced-power operating mode, in order to convey in each case a surge of fuel from the pressure vessel into the discharge line.


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