WO2024256034A1 - Ensemble récipient de stockage et procédé - Google Patents

Ensemble récipient de stockage et procédé Download PDF

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WO2024256034A1
WO2024256034A1 PCT/EP2024/025174 EP2024025174W WO2024256034A1 WO 2024256034 A1 WO2024256034 A1 WO 2024256034A1 EP 2024025174 W EP2024025174 W EP 2024025174W WO 2024256034 A1 WO2024256034 A1 WO 2024256034A1
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Petya TONEVA
Julia KLEINER
Thomas Hofmeister
Harald Zenz
Daniel West
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Definitions

  • the invention relates to a storage container arrangement for supplying a fuel cell with hydrogen at constant pressure and a method for operating such a storage container arrangement.
  • Storage tanks for liquid hydrogen have a liquid zone with liquid hydrogen and a gas zone with gaseous hydrogen arranged above the liquid zone.
  • a storage tank can have a pressure build-up circuit.
  • Using such a pressure build-up circuit can cause a thermodynamic imbalance between the liquid hydrogen and the gaseous hydrogen due to superheated steam in the gas zone.
  • Due to movements of the storage tank, particularly when it is used mobile a mixture of the liquid hydrogen and the gaseous hydrogen within the storage tank can lead to a drop in pressure within the storage tank.
  • a consumer such as a fuel cell requires an almost constant supply pressure, which cannot be guaranteed by such a pressure build-up circuit. This needs to be improved.
  • the storage container arrangement comprises a storage container for holding a cryogenic hydrogen, the storage container having a gas zone and a liquid zone, an evaporator arranged outside the storage container for converting a liquid phase of the hydrogen into a gaseous phase of the hydrogen, a liquid pump for conveying the liquid phase from the liquid zone to the evaporator and a feed device for feeding a mixture which comprises a part of the liquid phase conveyed by the liquid pump and a part of the gaseous phase converted by the evaporator to the liquid zone.
  • the storage container and a gas line via which the evaporator is in fluid communication with the supply device and which establishes a fluid connection between the evaporator and the fuel cell.
  • the storage container arrangement can also be referred to as a hydrogen storage container arrangement. Accordingly, the storage container can also be referred to as a hydrogen storage container.
  • a phase boundary is preferably provided in the storage container between the gas zone and the liquid zone.
  • the gas zone is characterized in particular by the fact that it can absorb the gaseous phase.
  • the liquid zone is characterized in particular by the fact that it can absorb the liquid phase.
  • the liquid phase of the hydrogen is therefore located in the liquid zone within the storage container.
  • the gaseous phase of the hydrogen is therefore located in the gas zone.
  • the phase boundary separates the gaseous phase from the liquid phase.
  • the gaseous phase is arranged above the liquid phase when viewed along a direction of gravity.
  • the liquid phase is liquid hydrogen. Accordingly, the term “liquid phase” can be replaced with the term “liquid hydrogen” and vice versa.
  • the gaseous phase is gaseous hydrogen. Accordingly, the term “gaseous phase” can be replaced with the term “gaseous hydrogen” and vice versa.
  • the evaporator is designed to evaporate the liquid phase fed to the evaporator with the help of the liquid pump.
  • the liquid phase is converted into the gaseous phase.
  • the evaporator can, for example, be operated electrically.
  • the evaporator can be a heat exchanger or comprise a heat exchanger.
  • the evaporator is arranged downstream of the liquid pump.
  • downstream and upstream are to be understood here with reference to a flow direction of the liquid phase from the liquid zone to the evaporator. The same applies to a flow direction of the gaseous phase from the evaporator to the liquid zone of the storage container.
  • a valve can be provided upstream of the liquid pump.
  • the liquid pump can be in fluid communication with the liquid zone of the storage tank by means of a line.
  • the aforementioned valve is provided in or on the line.
  • the liquid pump is in particular a submersible pump.
  • the liquid pump is immersed in the liquid phase.
  • the liquid pump is in particular a cryopump or can be referred to as a cryopump.
  • the liquid pump is in particular assigned a pump sump that can accommodate the liquid pump. Viewed along the direction of gravity, the liquid pump is preferably placed below the storage tank.
  • the aforementioned feed device is in particular a lower feed device or a first feed device. Accordingly, the storage container arrangement can also have an upper feed device or second feed device. Only the first feed device will be discussed below, which will be referred to below only as the feed device.
  • the feed device is in particular tubular.
  • the feed device is arranged inside the storage container. In particular, the feed device is immersed in the liquid phase. The feed device is thus placed in the liquid zone of the storage container.
  • the part of the liquid phase conveyed by the liquid pump is fed to the feed device downstream of the liquid pump and upstream of the evaporator.
  • the part of the gaseous phase converted by the evaporator is fed to the feed device downstream of the evaporator.
  • the liquid phase and the gaseous phase are mixed with one another before being fed to the storage container using the feed device.
  • a mixing section or any mixer can be provided for this purpose.
  • the gaseous phase converted by the evaporator is in particular superheated hydrogen vapor.
  • superheated vapor is to be understood as vapor with a temperature above the boiling point. With the aid of the feed device, superheated hydrogen vapor is returned to the storage container downstream of the evaporator, in particular to the liquid zone of the storage container.
  • the liquid phase is branched off into this return stream of superheated vapor downstream of the liquid pump and fed to the feed device.
  • the liquid phase and the gaseous phase are mixed. This cools the gaseous phase.
  • the pre-cooled mixture is then introduced into the liquid phase arranged inside the storage container via the feed device.
  • the mixture is preferably gaseous.
  • the mixture can also be a two-phase mixture and can therefore also be referred to as such.
  • the mixture rises in the liquid phase in particular in the form of gas bubbles and then reaches the gas zone.
  • the storage container arrangement has a mixing section arranged upstream of the feed device for mixing the gaseous phase and the liquid phase to form the mixture.
  • the mixing section can have so-called vortex generators.
  • the liquid phase is mixed with the gaseous phase. This cools the gaseous phase, which is preferably present as superheated steam.
  • the mixing section is arranged outside the storage container.
  • the storage container arrangement has a liquid line by means of which the liquid pump is in fluid connection with the evaporator.
  • the mixing section is preferably in fluid communication with the liquid line.
  • the liquid line connects the liquid pump to the evaporator.
  • a line flows out of the liquid line, which preferably fluidically connects the liquid line to the mixing section.
  • the storage container arrangement has a liquid valve for releasing and interrupting the fluid connection between the liquid line and the mixing section.
  • the liquid valve is placed in or on the line provided between the liquid line and the mixing section.
  • the line can be shut off or opened using the liquid valve.
  • the liquid valve can be controlled, for example, by a regulating and control unit of the storage tank arrangement.
  • the liquid valve can be controlled, for example, based on sensor signals from a sensor system.
  • the sensor system can have different temperature and/or pressure sensors.
  • pressure sensors of the sensor system are placed inside the storage tank.
  • the liquid valve can be used to influence a volume flow of the liquid phase from the liquid line to the mixing section. Accordingly, any amount of the liquid phase can be mixed into the gaseous phase returned to the storage tank using the liquid valve.
  • the storage container arrangement has a gas line for establishing a fluid connection between the evaporator and the fuel cell.
  • the mixing section is preferably in fluid connection with this gas line.
  • the gas line establishes a fluid connection between the evaporator and the fuel cell.
  • the fuel cell can be part of the storage container arrangement. However, this is not absolutely necessary.
  • the gaseous phase of the fuel cell can be supplied at a temperature of, for example, 0 °C to 20 °C or from 5 °C to 50 °C at a pressure of 3.5 bar to 11 bar.
  • a "fuel cell” is understood here to mean a galvanic cell which converts the chemical reaction energy of a continuously supplied hydrogen and an oxidizing agent, in this case oxygen, into electrical energy. With the help of the electrical energy obtained, an electric motor can be driven, for example.
  • a line flows out of the gas line, which fluidically connects the gas line with the mixing section.
  • the line flows out of the gas line downstream of the evaporator.
  • the gas line can have a valve which is arranged upstream of the consumer. The valve can be controlled using the regulating and control unit.
  • the storage container arrangement has a gas valve for releasing and interrupting the fluid connection between the gas line and the mixing section.
  • the gas valve is provided in particular in or on the previously mentioned line, which flows out of the gas line arranged between the evaporator and the consumer.
  • the gas valve can be controlled using the regulating and control unit.
  • the amount of gaseous phase fed to the mixing section can be controlled using the gas valve.
  • the liquid pump is arranged outside the storage container.
  • the feed device has a plurality of outlet nozzles opening into the liquid zone.
  • the number of outlet nozzles is arbitrary. With the help of the outlet nozzles, the mixture of the liquid phase and the gaseous phase can be injected into the liquid zone of the storage tank.
  • the outlet nozzles are in particular gas outlet nozzles.
  • the storage container arrangement has a pump sump in which the liquid pump is accommodated, wherein the pump sump is in fluid communication with the gas zone.
  • a gas zone with the gaseous phase and a liquid zone with the liquid phase are preferably provided in the pump sump.
  • a phase boundary is provided between the gas zone and the liquid zone within the pump sump.
  • the liquid pump is immersed in the liquid phase.
  • the gas zone of the pump sump is in fluid communication with the gas zone of the storage tank by means of a line. This allows vaporized hydrogen from the pump sump to be returned to the gas zone of the storage tank.
  • the storage container arrangement has a further feed device for feeding a part of the liquid phase conveyed by the liquid pump to the gas zone.
  • the gas zone can be cooled using this feed device.
  • the additional feed device can also be referred to as a second feed device or upper feed device.
  • the additional feed device has a large number of outlet nozzles that open into the gas zone.
  • the additional feed device is in fluid communication with the liquid line arranged between the liquid pump and the evaporator via a line.
  • a valve for opening and shutting off the line and thus for activating and deactivating the additional feed device can be provided in or on the aforementioned line.
  • the valve can be controlled using the regulating and control unit.
  • the storage container arrangement has thermal conducting plates arranged within the storage container for heat transfer between the gas zone and the liquid zone and vice versa.
  • the thermal conducting plates are preferably made of a metal that conducts heat well.
  • the thermal conducting plates can be made of an aluminum alloy.
  • the number of thermal conducting plates is arbitrary.
  • the thermal conducting plates divide both the gas zone and the liquid zone into several sections.
  • the thermal conducting plates are fluid-permeable.
  • the thermal conducting plates can have openings or holes for this purpose. Both the gaseous phase and the liquid phase can pass through the thermal conducting plates.
  • the storage tank arrangement may include a buffer tank for gaseous hydrogen downstream of the evaporator in order to reduce pressure fluctuations that may arise, for example, from pulsations of the liquid pump.
  • the storage container arrangement has a storage container for holding the cryogenic hydrogen, the storage container having a gas zone and a liquid zone.
  • the method has the following steps: a) conveying a liquid phase of the cryogen from the liquid zone to an evaporator arranged outside the storage container, b) converting the liquid phase to a gaseous phase of the hydrogen with the aid of the evaporator and c) supplying a mixture which comprises a portion of the conveyed liquid phase and a portion of the converted gaseous phase to the liquid zone, and d) supplying the gaseous phase of the hydrogen to the fuel cell.
  • Step a) is preferably carried out with the aid of the aforementioned liquid pump.
  • the liquid pump conveys the liquid phase from the liquid zone of the storage vessel to the evaporator.
  • the liquid phase is evaporated to the gaseous phase with the aid of the evaporator.
  • the gaseous phase is in particular superheated steam.
  • step c) the mixture of the liquid phase and the gaseous phase is produced and fed to the liquid zone of the storage vessel.
  • Step c) is carried out with the aid of the lower feed device or first feed device.
  • the mixture is produced by mixing the liquid phase and the gaseous phase by means of a mixing section arranged outside the storage container.
  • the gaseous phase which is in particular superheated steam, is cooled down with the help of the added liquid phase.
  • a part of the extracted liquid phase is fed to the gas zone.
  • the previously mentioned upper feed device or second feed device is used, which can feed a part of the liquid phase conveyed by the liquid pump to the gas zone of the storage container. This allows the gas zone to be cooled down.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic sectional view of an embodiment of a
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of a method for operating the storage container arrangement according to Fig. 1 .
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic sectional view of an embodiment of a storage container arrangement 1.
  • the storage container arrangement 1 comprises a storage tank or storage container 2.
  • the storage container 2 can be a transport container.
  • liquid hydrogen LH2 can be transported with the storage container 2.
  • the storage container 2 can be part of a vehicle, in particular a watercraft. In this case, the storage container 2 is suitable for mobile applications. However, the storage container 2 can also be used stationary, for example in building technology.
  • the storage container 2 is constructed rotationally symmetrically to a symmetry or central axis 3.
  • the central axis 3 is oriented perpendicular to a direction of gravity g.
  • the storage container 2 is double-walled and comprises a first container or inner container, which is also constructed rotationally symmetrically to the central axis 3.
  • the inner container is arranged completely within a second container or outer container.
  • the outer container is also constructed rotationally symmetrically to the central axis 3.
  • the inner container and the outer container are made of stainless steel.
  • a gap is provided that completely surrounds or envelops the inner container.
  • the gap is subjected to a vacuum.
  • a vacuum is understood to mean in particular a pressure of less than 300 mbar, preferably less than 10 -3 mbar, more preferably less than 10 -7 mbar.
  • the storage tank 2 is thus vacuum-insulated or vacuum-insulated.
  • the storage container 2 comprises a tubular or cylindrical base section 4, which is also constructed rotationally symmetrically to the central axis 3.
  • the base section 4 can have a circular or almost circular geometry in cross section.
  • the base section 4 is double-walled.
  • the base section 4 is closed on both sides at the front with the aid of a cover section 5, 6.
  • the cover sections 5, 6 are curved.
  • a first cover section 5 and a second cover section 6 are curved in opposite directions, so that the cover sections 5, 6 are curved outwards with respect to the base section 4.
  • the liquid hydrogen LH2 is accommodated in the storage container 2, in particular in the inner container.
  • a gas zone 7 with vaporized hydrogen GH2 and a liquid zone 8 with liquid hydrogen LH2 can be provided in the storage container 2.
  • the hydrogen H2 After being filled into the storage container 2, the hydrogen H2 therefore has two phases with different states of aggregation, namely liquid and gaseous. This means that in the storage container 2 there is a phase boundary 9 between the liquid hydrogen LH2 and the gaseous hydrogen GH2.
  • thermal conducting plates 10 are arranged inside the storage container 2, only one of which is provided with a reference symbol.
  • the number of thermal conducting plates 10 is arbitrary. For example, seven thermal conducting plates 10 are provided. Viewed along the central axis 3, the thermal conducting plates 10 are positioned at a distance from one another. The thermal conducting plates 10 run perpendicular to the central axis 3.
  • the thermal conducting plates 10 divide both the gas zone 7 and the liquid zone 8 into several sections.
  • the thermal conducting plates 10 are fluid-permeable, so that both the gaseous hydrogen GH2 and the liquid hydrogen LH2 can flow through the thermal conducting plates 10.
  • the thermal conducting plates 10 can have breakthroughs or openings through which the gaseous hydrogen GH2 and the liquid hydrogen LH2 can pass.
  • the storage container 2 has a plurality of distributor pipes or feed devices 11, 12.
  • the lower feed device 11 has outlet nozzles 13, with the aid of which gaseous hydrogen GH2 and/or liquid hydrogen LH2 can be fed to the storage container 2 below the phase boundary 9.
  • the upper feed device 12 has outlet nozzles 14, with the aid of which liquid hydrogen LH2 can be fed to the storage container 2 above the phase boundary 9.
  • the storage container arrangement 1 further comprises a liquid pump 15, which is in fluid communication with the storage container 2 by means of a line 16.
  • the line 16 flows out of the storage container 2 below the phase boundary 9.
  • Liquid hydrogen LH2 can be supplied to the liquid pump 15 via the line 16.
  • a valve 17 is provided in or on the line 16. The line 16 can be closed or opened using the valve 17.
  • the liquid pump 15 is assigned a pump sump 18.
  • the liquid pump 15 is placed inside the pump sump 18.
  • the pump sump 18 is filled with hydrogen H2.
  • a gas zone 19 with gaseous hydrogen GH2 and a liquid zone 20 with liquid hydrogen LH2 are provided inside the pump sump 18.
  • the liquid pump 15 is immersed in the liquid hydrogen LH2.
  • a phase boundary 21 is provided between the gas zone 19 and the liquid zone 20.
  • phase boundary 21 i.e. from the gas zone 19 of the pump sump 18, a line 22 emerges from the pump sump 18, which leads to the storage tank 2 and opens into the gas zone 7 of the storage tank 2.
  • gaseous hydrogen GH2 from the gas zone 19 of the pump sump 18 can be supplied to the gas zone 7 of the storage tank 2.
  • the liquid pump 15 can supply liquid hydrogen LH2 to an evaporator 24.
  • a line 25 branches off from the liquid line 23.
  • the line 25 leads to a line 26.
  • a liquid valve is 21 is provided, with the aid of which the line 25 can be opened and closed.
  • the line 26 is connected to the lower feed device 11 by means of a mixing section 28, which can have vortex generators. Downstream of the line 25, a further line 29 flows out of the liquid line 23.
  • the line 29 is connected to the upper feed device 12.
  • a valve 30 for opening and closing the line 29 is provided in or on the line 29.
  • the evaporator 24 can evaporate the liquid hydrogen LH2 to gaseous hydrogen GH2.
  • the gaseous hydrogen GH2 is supplied to a fuel cell 32 with the aid of a gas line 31.
  • the gaseous hydrogen GH2 can be supplied to the fuel cell 32 at a temperature of, for example, 0 °C to 20 °C or from 5 °C to 50 °C at a pressure of 3.5 bar to 11 bar.
  • a “fuel cell” is understood here to mean a galvanic cell which converts the chemical reaction energy of a continuously supplied fuel, in this case hydrogen H2, and an oxidizing agent, in this case oxygen, into electrical energy.
  • the electrical energy obtained can be used, for example, to drive an electric motor (not shown).
  • a valve 33 is provided on or in the gas line 31, with the aid of which the gas line 31 can be opened and closed.
  • a line 34 emerges from the gas line 31 in front of the valve 33.
  • the line 34 is connected to the line 26.
  • a gas valve 35 is provided in or on the line 34, with the aid of which the line 34 can be opened and closed.
  • the storage container arrangement 1 further comprises a control unit 36 for controlling the liquid pump 15, the valves 17, 27, 30, 33, 35 and the evaporator 24.
  • a control unit 36 for controlling the liquid pump 15, the valves 17, 27, 30, 33, 35 and the evaporator 24.
  • an operative connection can be provided between the control unit 36 and the liquid pump 15, the valves 17, 27, 30, 33, 35 and the evaporator 24.
  • the operative connection can be wired or wireless.
  • the control unit 36 can switch the liquid pump 15 and the evaporator 24 on and off.
  • the control unit 36 can open and close the valves 17, 27, 30, 33, 35.
  • the control unit 36 can comprise a computer. In the A program for operating the storage container arrangement 1 can be stored in the control unit 36.
  • the regulating and control unit 36 can control the liquid pump 15, the valves 17, 27, 30, 33, 35 and the evaporator 24 based on sensor signals from a sensor system 37.
  • the sensor system 37 can comprise several sensors, for example pressure sensors, temperature sensors or the like.
  • the sensor system 37 or at least part of the sensor system 37 can be placed inside the storage container 2.
  • hydrogen storage containers used to date can have a pressure build-up circuit.
  • a pressure build-up circuit By using such a pressure build-up circuit, a thermodynamic imbalance between the liquid hydrogen LH2 and the gaseous hydrogen GH2 can arise due to superheated steam in the gas zone. Due to movements of the storage container, in particular when it is used mobile, a mixture of the liquid hydrogen LH2 and the gaseous hydrogen GH2 within the storage container can lead to a drop in pressure within the storage container.
  • the previously mentioned fuel cell 32 requires an almost constant supply pressure, which cannot be guaranteed by such a pressure build-up circuit. This disadvantage is remedied by the storage container arrangement 1 explained above.
  • the pressure build-up for the consumer 32 takes place with the aid of the liquid pump 15 and the evaporator 24.
  • liquid hydrogen LH2 is taken from the storage tank 2, fed to the evaporator 24 and then converted into gaseous hydrogen GH2 in the consumer 32.
  • the gas valve 35 can be opened. This feeds superheated gaseous hydrogen GH2 to the mixing section 28. Pressurized liquid hydrogen LH2 is added to this gaseous hydrogen GH2 by opening the liquid valve 27. A mixture comprising gaseous hydrogen GH2 and liquid hydrogen LH2 is produced in the mixing section 28. The mixture can be a two-phase mixture and can therefore also be referred to as such. This pre-cooled mixture is fed to the Liquid zone 8 of the storage tank 2 with the aid of the lower feed device 11. This allows the thermal equilibrium to be maintained during a pressure build-up process in the storage tank 2.
  • superheated hydrogen vapor is returned to the liquid zone 8 of the storage tank 2 by means of the lower feed device 11, the lines 26, 34 and the gas valve 35 downstream of the evaporator 24.
  • liquid hydrogen LH2 which comes from the liquid pump 15, is mixed into this return stream via the line 25 and the liquid valve 27.
  • the gaseous hydrogen GH2 and the liquid hydrogen LH2 are thoroughly mixed, for example with the aid of a vortex generator as mentioned above.
  • the hydrogen H2 leaves the mixing section 28 as a mixture, in particular as a two-phase mixture, comprising gaseous hydrogen GH2 and liquid hydrogen LH2.
  • the pre-cooled mixture is fed to the liquid zone 8 via the lower feed device 11.
  • pressurized and liquid hydrogen LH2 can be dispersed via the upper feed device 12 into the gas zone 7 of the storage container 2 in order to additionally stabilize the thermodynamic equilibrium within the storage container 2.
  • the additional introduction of the thermal conducting plates 10 prevents the heating of the gaseous hydrogen GH2 in the gas zone 7 above the saturation temperature.
  • a submersible pump can be used as the liquid pump 15, which is completely surrounded by the liquid hydrogen LH2 to be pumped in the separate pump sump 18. When the liquid pump 15 is in operation, liquid hydrogen LH2 evaporates in the pump sump 18. The resulting gaseous hydrogen GH2 is introduced into the gas zone 7 of the storage tank 2 via the line 22.
  • a buffer tank for gaseous hydrogen GH2 can be integrated downstream of the evaporator 24 in order to further minimize pressure fluctuations that can arise, for example, due to pulsations of the liquid pump 15.
  • reliable operation of the consumer 32 is thus possible. This results in a constant state of equilibrium and thus controllable conditions within the storage container 2, even when the storage container 2 moves, for example in a mobile application of the storage container arrangement 1.
  • a step S1 the liquid hydrogen LH2 is conveyed from the liquid zone 8 of the storage container 2 to the evaporator 24.
  • the liquid hydrogen LH2 is converted, in particular evaporated, into gaseous hydrogen GH2 with the aid of the evaporator 24.
  • the mixture which comprises a portion of the conveyed liquid hydrogen LH2 and a portion of the converted gaseous hydrogen GH2, is fed to the liquid zone 8.
  • Gaseous hydrogen GH2 is fed to the fuel cell 32 at a nearly constant pressure via the gas line 31.
  • the mixture is produced by mixing the liquid hydrogen LH2 and the gaseous hydrogen GH2 with the aid of the mixing section 28 arranged outside the storage container 2.
  • a portion of the liquid hydrogen LH2 conveyed can be fed to the gas zone 7 of the storage container 2.

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L'invention concerne un ensemble récipient de stockage (1) pour fournir de l'hydrogène à pression constante à une pile à combustible (32), l'ensemble récipient de stockage comprenant : un récipient de stockage (2) pour recevoir de l'hydrogène cryogénique (H2), le récipient de stockage (2) ayant une zone de gaz (7) et une zone de liquide (8) ; un évaporateur (24) pour convertir une phase liquide (LH2) de l'hydrogène (H2) en une phase gazeuse (GH2) de l'hydrogène (H2) ; une pompe à liquide (15) pour transporter la phase liquide (LH2) de la zone liquide (8) à l'évaporateur (24) ; un dispositif d'alimentation (11) pour alimenter un mélange, qui comprend une proportion de la phase liquide (LH2) transportée par la pompe à liquide (15) et une proportion de la phase gazeuse (GH2) convertie par l'évaporateur (24), vers la zone liquide (8) du récipient de stockage (6) ; et une conduite de gaz (31) par l'intermédiaire de laquelle l'évaporateur (24) est en communication fluidique avec le dispositif d'alimentation et avec la pile à combustible (32).
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WO2005022027A1 (fr) * 2003-09-01 2005-03-10 Cryostar Sas Stockage regule de gaz liquefies
WO2020052730A1 (fr) * 2018-09-11 2020-03-19 Wärtsilä Finland Oy Agencement de réservoir de carburant pour un navire marin fonctionnant au gaz
FR3093785A1 (fr) * 2019-03-15 2020-09-18 Gaztransport Et Technigaz Système de contrôle de pression dans une cuve de gaz naturel liquéfié.

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WO1999028670A1 (fr) * 1997-12-01 1999-06-10 Mve, Inc. Systeme mobile de distribution et de stockage de liquides cryogeniques
WO2005022027A1 (fr) * 2003-09-01 2005-03-10 Cryostar Sas Stockage regule de gaz liquefies
WO2020052730A1 (fr) * 2018-09-11 2020-03-19 Wärtsilä Finland Oy Agencement de réservoir de carburant pour un navire marin fonctionnant au gaz
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