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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2008
Laurent Allidieres, Saint Martin d'Uriage, FR;
Thomas Charbonneau, Westmount, CA;
Sebastian Sequeira, Vourey, FR;
Thomas Vinard, Sassenage, FR;
Laurent Allidieres, Saint Martin d'Uriage, FR;
Thomas Charbonneau, Westmount, CA;
Sebastian Sequeira, Vourey, FR;
Thomas Vinard, Sassenage, FR;
Abstract
A method for filling a gas tank at a pressure Pfrom at least one gas source at a pressure Pi, Pbeing higher than V, said container and said at least one gas source being connected by a duct allowing the passage of gas from one to the other, the filing being carried out at a flow rate which is, at the end of the filling, lower than the initial flow rate, wherein said method comprises several successive filling stepsto i, each of the steps being carried out with a filling flow rate Dto Di for a time tto ti, i being an integer higher than or equal to 2, the flow rate of a step i-being higher than the flow rate of the step i,; characterized in that the successive filling stepsto i are adapted for producing a controlled heating of the container that maximizes the heat dispersal in said container without increasing the temperature inside the container beyond the maximum accepted temperature for the container, and in that the sum of ti is between 1 and 7 minutes, preferably between 1 min 30 sec and 5 minutes, and more preferably between 2 and 4 minutes.