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Gas generation system with pressurized reactant reservoirs

US7220504B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 18, 2002
Grant dateMay 22, 2007
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E60/50
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A gas generation system includes a reservoir for a reactant, a compressor configured to pressurize the reactant in the reservoir using an operating medium delivered into the reservoir, a gas generation component fed with the reactant using a reactant feed line, and a metering element disposed in the reactant feed line between the reservoir and the gas generation component. In addition, a method for operating a gas generation system includes controlling the delivery of compressed operating medium so as to maintain a pressure in the reservoir at a level corresponding to a pressure of the reactant downstream of the reservoir and metering the reactant in a feed line between the reservoir and the gas generation component.

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