Patent ID: 11965624
Assignee: L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 13:
14. A method for filling tanks with pressurized hydrogen, comprising the steps of:
providing a station for filling tanks with pressurized hydrogen, comprising a source of liquefied gas and a withdrawal circuit that has a first end connected to the source and at least one second end connected to a tank to be filled, the apparatus having disposed therein the apparatus of claim 1, an exchanger, and one or more pressurized buffer tanks, the liquefied gas being liquid hydrogen;
pumping liquid hydrogen from the source towards the tank using the apparatus;
vaporizing the pumped liquid hydrogen in the exchanger to provide pressurized vaporized hydrogen;
optionally storing the pressurized vaporized hydrogen in the one or more pressurized buffer tanks; and
filling the tank with the pressurized vaporized hydrogen.