Patent ID: 9493223
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: B64B,B64F,F42B,Y02T,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of transporting energy from a producing location to a consuming location comprising: permitting loading of compressed or liquefied gas onto a lighter-than-air ship, wherein said compressed or liquefied gas is produced from a fixed energy source at said producing location; releasing compressed gas from said loaded compressed or liquefied gas into one or more inflatable bladders in a plurality of compartments in said lighter-than-air ship from one or more high pressure tanks to increase lift, each of said compartments having a venting mechanism allowing air to exit said compartment when a bladder is inflated in a particular compartment; pumping gas from one or more of said inflatable bladders in one or more of said compartments into one or more low pressure tanks to decrease lift, the venting mechanism in a particular compartment allowing air to enter the compartment when the bladder in that compartment is deflated, the low pressure tank recapturing said gas from said bladder; permitting said lighter-than-air ship to transport said loaded compressed or liquefied gas from the producing location to the consuming location; adapting said lighter-than-air ship to offload said compressed or liquefied gas at the consuming location.