INTERNAL GAS WARMING FOR HIGH PRESSURE GAS STORAGE TANKS WITH METAL LINERS

摘要

A warming system for high pressure storage tanks for hydrogen and CNG gas fuel wherein a warming device is installed around a tank port that is thermally interconnected with a seamless metal liner within the tank to conduct heat, derived from an on board vehicle heat source, from the tank port to the tank interior. Heating ameliorates mechanical stresses to the tank and the component parts of the tank assembly caused by the thermal conditions of the tank environment and thermal changes in gas temperature associated with the depletion of high pressure gas from the tank.