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US 10,317,011 · App. 15/520,379 · Granted Jun 11, 2019

Hydrogen station

Inventors: Takashi Okuno (Takasago, JP); Hitoshi Takagi (Takasago, JP); Kenji Nagura (Takasago, JP); Daisuke Wada (Takasago, JP); Takuro Uba (Takasago, JP); Akitoshi Fujisawa (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,317,011
App. No.
15/520,379
Granted
Jun 11, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

[Object] To enable a gas supply system to be easily transported and to increase a degree of freedom when the gas supply system is installed. [Solution] A hydrogen station includes: a filling facility for filling a tank-mounted device with a gas; and a gas supply system for supplying the gas to the filling facility. The gas supply system includes: a compressor for compressing the gas; a compressor accommodating body for accommodating the compressor; a refrigerator for cooling the gas flowed into the filling facility or the gas just before being flowed into the filling facility, the refrigerator including an evaporation part, an expansion part, and a compression part; and a cooler accommodating body for accommodating the evaporation part, the expansion part, and the compression part. The compressor accommodating body and the cooler accommodating body are detachable from each other.

Claims (47)

1. A hydrogen station comprising:

a filling facility for filling a tank-mounted device with a gas; and

a gas supply system for supplying the gas to the filling facility,

wherein the gas supply system includes:

a compressor for compressing the gas;

a compressor accommodating body for accommodating the compressor;

a refrigerator for cooling the gas flowed into the filling facility or the gas just before being flowed into the filling facility, the refrigerator including an evaporation part, an expansion part, and a compression part; and

a cooler accommodating body for accommodating the evaporation part, the expansion part, and the compression part, and

the compressor accommodating body and the cooler accommodating body are configured to be detachable, such that positions of the compressor accommodating body and the cooler accommodating body can be individually rearranged to thereby change an operational shape of the hydrogen station.

2. The hydrogen station according to claim 1 , wherein

the gas supply system further includes:

a plurality of pressure accumulators for each storing the gas discharged from the compressor and sending out the gas to the filling facility; and

a pressure accumulator accommodating body for accommodating the plurality of pressure accumulators, and

the compressor accommodating body, the pressure accumulator accommodating body, and the cooler accommodating body are detachable from each other.

3. The hydrogen station according to claim 2 , wherein

the compressor accommodating body, the pressure accumulator accommodating body, and the cooler accommodating body are integrated, and

the compressor accommodating body and the cooler accommodating body are disposed so as to align along one side part of the pressure accumulator accommodating body.

4. The hydrogen station according to claim 1 , wherein

the gas supply system further includes:

a receiving unit for receiving the gas from outside while reducing pressure of the gas sucked into the compressor; and

a receiving unit accommodating body for accommodating the receiving unit, and

the compressor accommodating body and the receiving unit accommodating body are detachable from each other.

5. The hydrogen station according to claim 2 , wherein

the plurality of pressure accumulators are disposed so as to overlap with each other in a gravity direction.

6. The hydrogen station according to claim 2 , wherein

the gas supply system further includes:

a reservoir tank connected parallel to the respective pressure accumulators and for storing the gas discharged from the compressor; and

a control part for controlling supply of the gas from the compressor to the respective pressure accumulators and the reservoir tank, and

when pressure of the respective pressure accumulators is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the control part causes the gas to be supplied from the compressor to the reservoir tank.

7. The hydrogen station according to claim 1 , wherein

the cooler accommodating body is configured to be capable of exposing the evaporation part, the expansion part, and the compression part to outside of the cooler accommodating body.

8. The hydrogen station according to claim 1 , wherein

the filling facility and a pressure accumulator accommodating body are detachable from each other.

9. A hydrogen station comprising:

a filling facility for filling a tank-mounted device with a gas; and

a gas supply system for supplying the gas to the filling facility, wherein

the gas supply system includes:

a compressor for compressing the gas;

a compressor accommodating body for accommodating the compressor;

a refrigerator for cooling the gas flowed into the filling facility or the gas just before being flowed into the filling facility, the refrigerator including an evaporation part, an expansion part, and a compression part; and

a cooler accommodating body for accommodating the evaporation part, the expansion part, and the compression part,

the compressor accommodating body and the cooler accommodating body are detachable from each other,

the filling facility and a pressure accumulator accommodating body are detachable from each other,

a first assembly is formed by integrating the compressor accommodating body and the cooler accommodating body,

a second assembly is formed by integrating the pressure accumulator accommodating body and the filling facility, and

the first assembly and the second assembly are disposed separately from each other.

10. The hydrogen station according to claim 1 , further comprising a fixture member which, in an attachment condition, attaches the compressor accommodating body and the cooler accommodating body, and, in a detachment condition, allows the compressor accommodating body and the cooler accommodating body to be separated from one another.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2017
From: OKUNO, TAKASHI; TAKAGI, HITOSHI; NAGURA, KENJI; WADA, DAISUKE; UBA, TAKURO; FUJISAWA, AKITOSHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-222414 · Oct 31, 2014 · national
JP 2015-080057 · Apr 9, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170328519A1 · Nov 16, 2017