Patent ID: 7581698
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: B64D,F28D,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. In a transportation vehicle including a fluid supply system adapted to supply at least one of a gaseous fluid or a liquid fluid, wherein said fluid supply system includes a fluid outlet, a fluid inlet arrangement having at least one of a fluid inlet and a fluid reservoir, a fluid conduit system connecting said fluid inlet arrangement to said fluid outlet so as to provide said fluid from said fluid inlet arrangement to said fluid outlet, and a fluid tempering arrangement that is interposed in said fluid conduit system and adapted to at least one of heat or cool said fluid passing therethrough, an improvement wherein said fluid tempering arrangement comprises: a first thermochemical reservoir that is adapted to store energy therein and that is arranged in heat exchange relation with said conduit system; at least one valve that is at least one of interposed in said conduit system or connected to said first thermochemical reservoir; and a controller connected for control signal transmission to said at least one valve and adapted to variably control a transfer of heat between said fluid and said first thermochemical reservoir so as to adjustingly set a temperature of said fluid provided to said fluid outlet; and wherein said improvement further comprises a fuel cell connected via a hydrogen conduit to said first thermochemical reservoir.