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US6619273:
Systems and method for delivering liquified gas to an engine
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US United States of America
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Bingham, Dennis N.; Idaho Falls, ID
Wilding, Bruce M.; Idaho Falls, ID
O'Brien, James E.; Idaho Falls, ID
Siahpush, Ali S.; Idaho Falls, ID
Brown, Kevin B.; Idaho Falls, ID
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Bechtel BWXT Idaho LLC, Idaho Falls, ID
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| Published / Filed: |
2003-09-16
/ 2002-07-05
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| Application Number: |
US2002000190409
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
F02B 43/00;
F02M 21/02;
F17C 7/00;
F17C 7/02;
F17C 13/04;
IPC-7:
F02B 43/00;
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F02B43/00; F02M21/02; F17C7/00; F17C7/02; F17C13/04;
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123/527;
137/625.65;
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123/527
137/625.65
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| Government Interest: |
CONTRACTUAL ORIGIN OF THE INVENTION
This invention was made with United States Government support under Contract No. DE-AC07-94ID13223, now Contract No. DE-AC07-99ID13727 awarded by the United States Department of Energy. The United States Government has certain rights in the invention.
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A liquified gas delivery system for a motorized platform includes a holding tank configured to receive liquified gas. A first conduit extends from a vapor holding portion of the tank to a valve device. A second conduit extends from a liquid holding portion of the tank to the valve device. Fluid coupled to the valve device is a vaporizer which is in communication with an engine. The valve device selectively withdraws either liquified gas or liquified gas vapor from the tank depending on the pressure within the vapor holding portion of the tank. Various configurations of the delivery system can be utilized for pressurizing the tank during operation.
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Argenbright, Tony M.; Harris, Katrina
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RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a Continuation of pending U.S. application Ser. No. 10/117,005, filed on Apr. 4, 2002, which is a Divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/572,523, filed on May 17, 2000, which is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/212,489 filed on Dec. 16, 1998, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/069,697 filed on Dec. 16, 1997.
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We claim:
1. A system for delivering a liquified gas to an engine, the system comprising:
- a holding tank configured to receive and retain liquified gas at saturated conditions;
- a valve device in fluid communication with the tank, the valve device comprising:
- a housing defining a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber configured to receive liquified gas from the tank and the second chamber configured to receive liquified gas vapor from the tank;
- a proportioning spool disposed between the first and second chambers, the spool including a head portion disposed in the second chamber and a stem portion that extends into the first chamber;
- a shunt port in the stem portion, the port communicating with a shunt channel that passes through the head portion;
- a shunt check valve in the shunt channel for regulating the flow of liquified gas through the shunt channel; and
- means for positioning the spool within the first and second chambers; and
- a vaporizer in fluid communication with the valve device and adapted to direct liquified gas vapor to an engine;
- wherein the valve device is adapted to proportion fluid flow toward the engine between an all gas phase fluid comprising liquified gas vapor and an all liquid phase fluid comprising liquified gas, while directing available excess liquid phase fluid back to the tank for maintaining an operating pressure therein.
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