Patent · US Expired

Catalytic combustion of storage tank off-gases

US6699032B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Motors LLC · US

Inventors

Ingo Hermann · Mainz, DE
Michael Standke · Mainz, DE
Martin Stadie · Langen, DE
Nadine Knoeting · Wiesbaden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 26, 2002
Grant date	Mar 2, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 1, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/32
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Apparatus for storing a combustible gas including a pressure storage vessel, a pressure relief valve communicating with the storage vessel for venting the gas from the vessel when the pressure therein is too high, and a catalytic reactor communicating with the pressure relief valve to catalytically combust the gas exiting the valve and thereby reduce the amount of such gas that enters the environment.

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