Patent ID: 11920736
Assignee: L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 8:
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the system further comprises an auxiliary heat transfer pump and an auxiliary heat exchanger that comprises a warming circuit that is in flow communication between said warming circuit of said first heat exchanger and said at least one buffer vessel and a cooling circuit, the method further comprising the steps of:
pumping, with said auxiliary heat transfer pump, an auxiliary HTF in an auxiliary heat exchange circuit to produce a recirculating flow of said auxiliary HTF;
warming, in said warming circuit of said auxiliary heat exchanger, said stream of pressurized hydrogen from said first heat exchanger and cooling, in said cooling circuit of said auxiliary heat exchanger, said recirculating flow of said auxiliary HTF through heat exchange between said stream of pressurized hydrogen and said recirculating flow of said auxiliary HTF.