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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2013
Applicants:
Ron C. Lee, Bloomsbury, NJ (US);
Paul Jarrett, Leeds, GB;
Stephen Foster, Birchgrove, AU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 7/04 (2010.01); F17C 5/02 (2006.01); F17C 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 7/04 (2013.01); F17C 5/02 (2013.01); F17C 5/04 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0109 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0119 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0165 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0323 (2013.01); F17C 2221/033 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2223/047 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0121 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for fueling the onboard storage tank of a vehicle with liquefied natural gas. A liquid cryogen such as liquid nitrogen is fed to a condensing unit to condense natural gas present in a fueling system. Liquefied natural gas is fed into the fueling system and natural gas vapor is recovered from the onboard storage tank of the vehicle and fed to the condensing unit. When the pressure of the onboard storage tanks is sufficient, the liquefied natural gas is fed from the fueling system to the onboard storage tanks.