GASEOUS HYDROCARBON FUEL STORAGE SYSTEM AND POWER PLANT FOR VEHICLES

A low pressure gaseous hydrocarbon fuel storage system and power plant is described, which generally comprises means for storing a self-contained supply of a gaseous hydrocarbon fuel, a prime mover, means for conveying the gaseous hydrocarbon fuel to and the storing means, and means for controlling...

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Hauptverfasser:	TURKO, JOHN W, ENGEL, LARRY J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES BLASTING COMBUSTION ENGINES COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED,LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS HEATING HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PERFORMING OPERATIONS STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS TRANSPORTING VEHICLES IN GENERAL VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED ORSOLIDIFIED GASES WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	A low pressure gaseous hydrocarbon fuel storage system and power plant is described, which generally comprises means for storing a self-contained supply of a gaseous hydrocarbon fuel, a prime mover, means for conveying the gaseous hydrocarbon fuel to and the storing means, and means for controlling the flow of the gaseous hydrocarbon fuel from the storing means to the prime mover. The storing means, which may include one or more vessels or cylinders, contains a predetermined sorbent material for reducing the pressure at which a given amount of the gaseous hydrocarbon fuel is stored. The prime mover, such as an internal combustion engine, has means for combining the gaseous hydrocarbon fuel with air to produce the mechanical energy therefrom necessary to move the vehicle. The conveying means is adapted to convey the the gaseous hydrocarbon fuel to the stiring means from a stationary source of the gaseous hydrocarbon fuel, and also to convey the gaseous hydrocarbon fuel from the storing means to the combining means of the prime mover during the operation of the vehicle. In the preferred embodiment, the maximum pressure at which the gaseous the gaseous hydrocarbon fuel is stored in the storing means is in the range of approximately 100 psig to approximately 400 psig.