EP1177401A4 - Systems for delivering liquified natural gas to an engine - Google Patents

Systems for delivering liquified natural gas to an engine

Info

Publication number: EP1177401A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: engine; systems; natural gas; liquified natural; delivering
Prior art date: 1998-12-21
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP98966747A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP1177401B1 (en

EP1177401A1 (en

Inventor

Dennis N Bingham

Bruce M Wilding

James E O'brien

Ali S Siahpush

Kevin B Brown

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Original Assignee

Bechtel BWXT Idaho LLC

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1998-12-21

Filing date

1998-12-21

Publication date

2006-02-15

1998-12-21 Application filed by Bechtel BWXT Idaho LLC filed Critical Bechtel BWXT Idaho LLC

2002-02-06 Publication of EP1177401A1 publication Critical patent/EP1177401A1/en

2006-02-15 Publication of EP1177401A4 publication Critical patent/EP1177401A4/en

2009-04-22 Application granted granted Critical

2009-04-22 Publication of EP1177401B1 publication Critical patent/EP1177401B1/en

2018-12-21 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
- F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
- F17C5/00—Methods or apparatus for filling containers with liquefied, solidified, or compressed gases under pressures
- F17C5/06—Methods or apparatus for filling containers with liquefied, solidified, or compressed gases under pressures for filling with compressed gases
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
- F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
- F17C7/00—Methods or apparatus for discharging liquefied, solidified, or compressed gases from pressure vessels, not covered by another subclass
- F17C7/02—Discharging liquefied gases
- F17C7/04—Discharging liquefied gases with change of state, e.g. vaporisation
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
- F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
- F17C9/00—Methods or apparatus for discharging liquefied or solidified gases from vessels not under pressure
- F17C9/02—Methods or apparatus for discharging liquefied or solidified gases from vessels not under pressure with change of state, e.g. vaporisation
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
- F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
- F17C2205/00—Vessel construction, in particular mounting arrangements, attachments or identifications means
- F17C2205/03—Fluid connections, filters, valves, closure means or other attachments
- F17C2205/0302—Fittings, valves, filters, or components in connection with the gas storage device
- F17C2205/0382—Constructional details of valves, regulators
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
- F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
- F17C2221/00—Handled fluid, in particular type of fluid
- F17C2221/03—Mixtures
- F17C2221/032—Hydrocarbons
- F17C2221/033—Methane, e.g. natural gas, CNG, LNG, GNL, GNC, PLNG
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
- F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
- F17C2223/00—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel
- F17C2223/01—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel characterised by the phase
- F17C2223/0146—Two-phase
- F17C2223/0153—Liquefied gas, e.g. LPG, GPL
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
- F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
- F17C2223/00—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel
- F17C2223/01—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel characterised by the phase
- F17C2223/0146—Two-phase
- F17C2223/0153—Liquefied gas, e.g. LPG, GPL
- F17C2223/0161—Liquefied gas, e.g. LPG, GPL cryogenic, e.g. LNG, GNL, PLNG
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
- F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
- F17C2227/00—Transfer of fluids, i.e. method or means for transferring the fluid; Heat exchange with the fluid
- F17C2227/03—Heat exchange with the fluid
- F17C2227/0367—Localisation of heat exchange
- F17C2227/0388—Localisation of heat exchange separate
- F17C2227/0393—Localisation of heat exchange separate using a vaporiser
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
- F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
- F17C2270/00—Applications
- F17C2270/01—Applications for fluid transport or storage
- F17C2270/0165—Applications for fluid transport or storage on the road
- F17C2270/0168—Applications for fluid transport or storage on the road by vehicles
- F17C2270/0176—Buses

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Filling Or Discharging Of Gas Storage Vessels (AREA)
Output Control And Ontrol Of Special Type Engine (AREA)

EP98966747A 1998-12-21 1998-12-21 Systems for delivering liquified natural gas to an engine Expired - Lifetime EP1177401B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
PCT/US1998/027231 WO2000037847A1 (en)	1998-12-21	1998-12-21	Systems for delivering liquified natural gas to an engine

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP1177401A1 EP1177401A1 (en)	2002-02-06
EP1177401A4 true EP1177401A4 (en)	2006-02-15
EP1177401B1 EP1177401B1 (en)	2009-04-22

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP98966747A Expired - Lifetime EP1177401B1 (en)	1998-12-21	1998-12-21	Systems for delivering liquified natural gas to an engine

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP1177401B1 (en)
AU (1)	AU2449599A (en)
CA (1)	CA2365521C (en)
DE (1)	DE69840780D1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2000037847A1 (en)

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US20140190187A1 (en)	2013-01-07	2014-07-10	Hebeler Corporation	Cryogenic Liquid Conditioning and Delivery System
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1998
- 1998-12-21 AU AU24495/99A patent/AU2449599A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1998-12-21 EP EP98966747A patent/EP1177401B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1998-12-21 WO PCT/US1998/027231 patent/WO2000037847A1/en active Application Filing
- 1998-12-21 DE DE69840780T patent/DE69840780D1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1998-12-21 CA CA002365521A patent/CA2365521C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related

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US2958204A (en) *	1956-08-13	1960-11-01	Aro Equipment Corp	Liquid oxygen converter
US3070968A (en) *	1959-12-14	1963-01-01	Bendix Corp	Liquid to gas conversion system

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
WO2000037847A1 (en)	2000-06-29
DE69840780D1 (en)	2009-06-04
EP1177401B1 (en)	2009-04-22
CA2365521A1 (en)	2000-06-29
EP1177401A1 (en)	2002-02-06
AU2449599A (en)	2000-07-12
CA2365521C (en)	2007-02-27

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