US 12,247,703 B2
Anti-fire safety system for a vehicle having hydrogen stored on board, and related vehicle
Luigi Lugaro, Cuneo (IT)
Assigned to ALSTOM Holdings, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (FR)
Filed by ALSTOM Holdings, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (FR)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/228,206.
Claims priority of application No. 20315172 (EP), filed on Apr. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0325002 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. F17C 13/12 (2006.01); A62C 2/04 (2006.01); A62C 3/07 (2006.01)
CPC F17C 13/123 (2013.01) [A62C 2/04 (2013.01); A62C 3/07 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0332 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2250/036 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0478 (2013.01); F17C 2260/042 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0173 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0178 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anti-fire safety system for a transport vehicle having one or more storage tanks storing hydrogen, wherein the anti-fire safety system comprises at least:
a first hydrogen-releasing system which is configured to release hydrogen outside at least one of said one or more storage tanks; and
a second release system which is arranged to intervene and bypass the first hydrogen release system under predetermined operative conditions, wherein the second release system is configured to transform by a chemical reaction, at least a part of bypassed hydrogen flowing outward from said at least one of said one or more storage tanks, into at least one different substance.