METHOD AND VEHICLE FOR FILLING A GAS STORAGE VESSEL AT ENHANCED FLOW RATES

摘要

A compressed gas delivery vehicle has a cooling system that cools an interior of a gas storage vessel during filling of the vessel with the gas wherein the gas is sorbed by a sorbent material comprising an adsorbent or an absorbent. A vehicle (1) has an onboard compressed gas container (3) and an onboard cooling system (17). During a filling operation, gas from compressed gas container (3) flows through compressed gas container outlet conduit (4), compressed gas outlet valve (9a) and into compressed gas outlet conduit (9b). A compressed gas fitting (9c) connects conduit (9b) and a gas storage vessel inlet valve (9e). In order to achieve a relatively fast fill rate, a cooling system (17) is employed with the gas storage vessel (13). A chilled coolant is pumped out of the cooling system (17) into cooling system outlet conduit (5b). A chilled coolant fitting (5c) connects cooling system outlet conduit (5b) and gas storage vessel coolant inlet valve (5e). The chilled coolant flows past valve (5e) and into gas storage vessel heat exchange conduit (11).