US20210317952A1 - Device and method for filling pressurized gas tanks - Google Patents

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US20210317952A1
US20210317952A1 US17/227,162 US202117227162A US2021317952A1 US 20210317952 A1 US20210317952 A1 US 20210317952A1 US 202117227162 A US202117227162 A US 202117227162A US 2021317952 A1 US2021317952 A1 US 2021317952A1
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  • the invention relates to a device and to a method for filling pressurized gas tanks.
  • the invention relates to a device for filling pressurized gas tanks, in particular hydrogen tanks for vehicles, comprising a fluid transfer circuit comprising an upstream end provided with a plurality of pressurized fluid sources and a downstream end comprising at least two distribution terminals, each intended to be connected to separate tanks to be filled, each source comprising a first fluid outlet connected to a first respective outlet valve, each first outlet valve being connected to each of the at least two distribution terminals via parallel transfer ducts, each of the transfer ducts comprising at least one respective isolation valve.
  • Hydrogen stations allow the tanks on board fuel cell vehicles to be filled quickly. These stations typically comprise a hydrogen source, a compressor (and/or a system for storing liquefied gas and for pumping and for vaporizing) that fills intermediate buffer tanks arranged in parallel.
  • the filling operations are typically carried out by successive balancing actions between the buffer tanks of the station and the one or more tanks of the vehicle (optionally supplemented and/or completed and/or initiated by filling by the compressor). Therefore, filling also can be carried out by direct compression of the gas in the vehicle.
  • additional filling terminals i.e. a plurality of filling ends provided with a nozzle (“dispenser”) intended to be connected to the inlet of a tank to be filled.
  • one or more terminals may be rendered unusable. Indeed, for each addition of a terminal, in order to ensure independent gas distribution from one terminal to the next, as many valves need to be added as there are source buffer tanks. All the valves have a precise function in normal operation. In the event of a fault in a valve, all or part of the station is stopped.
  • An aim of the present invention is to overcome all or some of the aforementioned disadvantages of the prior art.
  • the device according to the invention which also complies with the generic definition provided in the above preamble, is basically characterized in that each of the distribution terminals is fluidly connected to each first outlet valve of a source via a first direct fluid path passing through a single transfer duct and via at least one second alternative indirect fluid path successively passing through a plurality of transfer ducts.
  • the invention allows the reliability of stations with a plurality of terminals to be increased without adding specific equipment.
  • embodiments of the invention can comprise one or more of the following features:
  • the plurality of pressurized fluid sources comprises a plurality of pressurized fluid containers
  • the invention also relates to a method for filling a tank using a filling device according to any one of the above or following features, the method comprising a step of detecting a faulty valve in the circuit and a step of transferring fluid via an alternative path of the circuit that avoids said faulty valve.
  • the invention can also relate to any alternative device or method comprising any combination of the features mentioned above or below within the scope of the claims.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic and partial view showing an example of the structure and operation of a filling device according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows the filling device in a first operating configuration
  • FIG. 3 shows the filling device in a second operating configuration
  • FIG. 4 shows the filling device in a third operating configuration
  • FIG. 5 shows the filling device in a fourth operating configuration
  • FIG. 6 shows the filling device in a fifth operating configuration.
  • the device 1 for filling pressurized gas tanks illustrated in FIG. 1 is, for example, a station 6 , 7 for filling hydrogen tanks for vehicles.
  • the device 1 comprises a fluid transfer circuit comprising an upstream end provided with a plurality of pressurized fluid sources 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 and a downstream end comprising at least two distribution terminals 10 , 11 each intended to be connected to separate tanks 6 , 7 to be filled.
  • the device 1 comprises three pressurized gas buffer containers 2 , 3 , 4 and one compressor 5 (or pump).
  • the compressor 5 can be fed with fluid (gas or respectively liquid) by a supply source 17 (network, electrolyser, liquefier, container, etc.).
  • Each source 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 comprises a first fluid outlet connected to a first respective outlet valve 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 .
  • Each first outlet valve 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 is connected to each of the at least two distribution terminals 10 , 11 via respective parallel transfer ducts 22 , 23 , 24 , 32 , 33 , 34 .
  • a first valve 12 of a first source 2 is connected to the two terminals 10 , 11 respectively via two separate and parallel transfer ducts 22 , 32 .
  • Each of the transfer ducts 22 , 23 , 24 , 32 , 33 , 34 preferably comprises at least one respective isolation valve 42 , 43 , 44 , 52 , 53 , 54 .
  • each distribution terminal 10 , 11 comprises an isolation valve 8 , 9 located downstream of the transfer ducts 22 , 23 , 24 , 32 , 33 , 34 (i.e. on the terminal portion 10 , 11 where the transfer ducts 22 , 23 , 24 or 32 , 33 , 34 are connected).
  • Each distribution terminal 10 , 11 is fluidly connected to each first outlet valve 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 of the sources 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 via, on the one hand, a first direct fluid path passing through a single transfer duct 22 or 23 or 24 or 32 or 33 or 34 and, on the other hand, via at least one second alternative indirect fluid path successively passing through a plurality of transfer ducts 22 , 23 , 24 , 32 , 33 , 34 .
  • the first direct fluid path passes through a single transfer duct directly connected to the relevant terminal.
  • FIG. 2 thus shows an example of a first operating configuration, called normal configuration, in which a buffer container 3 directly feeds a first terminal via the first valve 13 and the relevant transfer duct 23 .
  • the second alternative indirect fluid path for its part successively passes through a plurality of transfer ducts, including at least one transfer duct directly connected to another terminal.
  • this architecture allows valves to be used in order to fulfil the function of another faulty valve.
  • the device 1 can be placed in or be arranged in a degraded filling mode by using the valves of another path of the circuit in order to compensate for the fault of the affected valve.
  • the station can still continue to be used to supply gas.
  • FIG. 3 shows a first operating configuration, in which the isolation valve 43 used in the first configuration of FIG. 2 is broken down (shown in black).
  • the second fluid path passes through a first transfer duct 33 , then a second transfer duct 32 of the other terminal, in order to subsequently pass through another transfer duct 22 of the terminal 10 to be fed (open corresponding isolation valves 52 , 53 and 43 ).
  • the pressurized fluid containers 2 , 3 , 4 each preferably comprise a second fluid inlet/outlet connected to a second respective outlet valve 112 , 113 , 114 .
  • Each of the second outlet valves 112 113 , 114 of the fluid containers 2 , 3 , 4 can be connected to the distribution terminals 10 , 11 via at least the same transfer ducts 22 , 23 , 24 , 32 , 33 , 34 .
  • the compressor outlet 5 can be connected to the first and second fluid outlets of the fluid containers 2 , 3 , 4 and also to at least one of the transfer ducts 22 , 23 , 24 , 32 , 33 , 34 of each terminal 10 , 11 .
  • the fluid transfer from said container 3 to a terminal 10 can be achieved by opening the second corresponding outlet valve 113 and via a direct path via a transfer duct 24 ( FIG. 4 ) and/or via an indirect path via one of the second transfer ducts 33 , 34 of the other terminal 11 , then a transfer duct 23 of the considered terminal ( FIG. 5 ).
  • the indirect path could pass through two transfer ducts 33 , 34 of the other terminal 11 , then one of the transfer ducts 23 of the considered terminal ( FIG. 5 ).
  • said container 3 can be filled by the compressor 5 either directly by the first relevant fluid outlet (opening the first corresponding outlet valve 13 ) or, and as illustrated in FIG. 6 , via an indirect path via two transfer ducts 34 , 33 of another terminal 11 .
  • the indirect path could use two transfer ducts 34 , 33 of the first terminal 10 (or another in the case of more than two terminals).
  • the arrangement (station) remains available at its nominal capacity, in particular for cascade filling operations from containers 2 , 3 , 4 .
  • first and second outlets have been designated for each pressurized fluid container.
  • the term “outlet” must not be understood as only allowing fluid to be extracted from the container, but also that it allows it to be filled.
  • the first outlet 12 , 13 , 14 can be preferred for extracting from the container, while the second outlet can be preferred for filling the container.
  • “Comprising” in a claim is an open transitional term which means the subsequently identified claim elements are a nonexclusive listing i.e. anything else may be additionally included and remain within the scope of “comprising.” “Comprising” is defined herein as necessarily encompassing the more limited transitional terms “consisting essentially of” and “consisting of”; “comprising” may therefore be replaced by “consisting essentially of” or “consisting of” and remain within the expressly defined scope of “comprising”.
  • Providing in a claim is defined to mean furnishing, supplying, making available, or preparing something. The step may be performed by any actor in the absence of express language in the claim to the contrary.
  • Optional or optionally means that the subsequently described event or circumstances may or may not occur.
  • the description includes instances where the event or circumstance occurs and instances where it does not occur.
  • Ranges may be expressed herein as from about one particular value, and/or to about another particular value. When such a range is expressed, it is to be understood that another embodiment is from the one particular value and/or to the other particular value, along with all combinations within said range.

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