Patent ID: 9683704
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B60H,F02B,F02M,F17C,F25B,Y02T

Claim:
1. A system for controlling the temperature within a gas adsorbent storage vessel of a vehicle, the system comprising: an air conditioning system of the vehicle, the air conditioning system forming a continuos flow loop of heat exchange fluid that is directed through a compressor, a condenser, a metering device, and an evaporator such that the heat exchange fluid cycles between a heated flow and a cooled flow, the air conditioning system including at last one fan configured to direct an airflow across at least one of the heated flow of the heat exchange fluid at the condenser or the cooled flow of the heat exchange fluid at the evaporator for subsequent delivery to a passenger compartment of the vehicle; at least one fluid by-pass line in fluid communication with the continuous flow loop at one or more input locations and at one or more output locations, the at least one fluid by-pass line including a portion extending within the gas adsorbent storage vessel, the at least one fluid by-pass line being configured to receive a by-pass flow including at least a portion of at least one of the heated flow or the cooled flow of the heat exchange fluid at the one or more input locations and expel the by-pass flow back into the continuous flow loop at the one or more output locations, wherein the by-pass flow is directed through the gas adsorbent storage vessel via the at least one by-pass line such that the heat exchange fluid through the continuous flow loop is used to adjust both an internal temperature within the gas adsorbent storage vessel and an air temperature of the airflow delivered to the passenger compartment of the vehicle.