Patent ID: 8156970

Claim:
A method for dispensing gas from a gas storage system to a gas receiving vessel, wherein the method comprises (a) providing the gas storage system comprising a plurality of gas storage volumes, a plurality of flow control valves wherein each gas storage volume has a flow control valve in flow communication therewith, wherein each gas storage volume contains pressurized gas, wherein each flow control valve is initially closed, and wherein the volumetric capacities of the plurality of gas storage volumes are essentially equal; (b) selecting a reference temperature; (c) measuring the ambient temperature adjacent the gas storage system; (d) providing the gas receiving vessel and connecting the gas receiving vessel to the gas storage system such that the gas receiving vessel is in flow communication with each of the plurality of flow control valves; and (e) initiating delivery of the gas from the gas storage system to the gas receiving vessel by (i) opening a first number of the plurality of flow control valves when the ambient temperature is equal to or greater than the reference temperature or (ii) opening a second number of gas flow control valves when the ambient temperature is less than the reference temperature; wherein the second number is greater than the first number.