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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2008
Farshad Alexander Bavarian, Houston, TX (US);
Dennis J. Benedetto, Spring, TX (US);
John Michael Brady, Houston, TX (US);
Daniel Glenn Casey, Kingwood, TX (US);
Dean Alan Kenefake, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Charles Franklin Perdue, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Hongqiao Bruce Sun, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Farshad Alexander Bavarian, Houston, TX (US);
Dennis J. Benedetto, Spring, TX (US);
John Michael Brady, Houston, TX (US);
Daniel Glenn Casey, Kingwood, TX (US);
Dean Alan Kenefake, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Charles Franklin Perdue, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Hongqiao Bruce Sun, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Texaco Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
In order to increase the hydrogen utilization rate of the cascade storage system, after dispensing gaseous hydrogen to a hydrogen vehicle, gaseous hydrogen is transferred via a compressor from at least one storage vessel at a lower pressure to at least one storage vessel at a higher, dispensable pressure. The methods of the present invention economically and efficiently increase the utilization rate of gaseous hydrogen stored in a cascade storage system by managing the storage of gaseous hydrogen and increasing the utilization rate of gaseous hydrogen stored in a cascade storage system.