Heating and cooling system for an on-board gas adsorbent storage vessel

Patent · 20 June 2017

OSTI ID:1364592

Tamburello, David A.; Anton, Donald L.; Hardy, Bruce J.; Corgnale, Claudio

In one aspect, a system for controlling the temperature within a gas adsorbent storage vessel of a vehicle may include an air conditioning system forming a continuous flow loop of heat exchange fluid that is cycled between a heated flow and a cooled flow. The system may also include at least one fluid by-pass line extending at least partially within the gas adsorbent storage vessel. The fluid by-pass line(s) may be configured to receive a by-pass flow including at least a portion of the heated flow or the cooled flow of the heat exchange fluid at one or more input locations and expel the by-pass flow back into the continuous flow loop at one or more output locations, wherein the by-pass flow is directed through the gas adsorbent storage vessel via the by-pass line(s) so as to adjust an internal temperature within the gas adsorbent storage vessel.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-08SR22470
• Assignee: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC.
• Patent Number(s): 9,683,704
• Application Number: 14/546,107
• OSTI ID: 1364592
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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