System and method for compressed gas fuel handling
US9051880B2 · kind B2 · utility
0Cited by
4References
20Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 19, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 9, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/6416
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system includes a cooler configured to cool a first gas portion of a compressed gas fuel and discharge a cooled fluid. The cooled fluid comprises a cooled gas portion and a cooled liquid portion. The system also includes a separator configured to separate the cooled fluid into the cooled gas portion and the cooled liquid portion and a mixing tank configured to mix a second gas portion of the compressed gas fuel with the cooled gas portion in direct contact with one another to produce a superheated gas fuel. The superheated gas fuel comprises a degree of superheat above a lower threshold for a combustion system.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.