Patent ID: 7360368
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: F02D,F02M,F17C,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A system for vaporizing a cryogenically stored fuel by utilizing heat generated in a vicinity of a fuel consumer, comprising: a vaporizing device for vaporizing fuel withdrawn from a fuel tank, introducing heat of vaporization; a gas line device for supplying the vaporized fuel to the consumer; a heat transfer system provided in the vicinity of the consumer for absorbing heat generated in the vicinity of the consumer; and a fuel-heat exchanger device through which a heat transfer fluid passes, forming part of the vaporizer device for supplying the heat of vaporization through a heat stream withdrawn from the heat transfer system; wherein the coupling of the fuel-heat exchanger device with the heat transfer system is accomplished via a forward flow section and a return flow section such that the throughput of heat transfer fluid through the fuel-heat exchanger device, as is required for introducing the heat of vaporization, is adjustable in deviation by the fluid throughput through at least one of the forward flow section and the return flow section, independently of the other one.