US 11,988,337 B2
Gas control system and gas control method
Toshihiko Kanezaki, Wako (JP); and Naoki Ogiwara, Wako (JP)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/194,643.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-039624 (JP), filed on Mar. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0278048 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. F17C 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC F17C 13/026 (2013.01) [F17C 13/025 (2013.01); F17C 2203/011 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0604 (2013.01); F17C 2203/066 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2250/032 (2013.01); F17C 2250/043 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0439 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0491 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0168 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0184 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gas control system, comprising:
a high pressure tank including a liner made of resin and filled with a highly pressurized fluid, a reinforcing layer covering an outer surface of the liner, and a discharge hole configured to discharge the fluid from the liner;
a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the reinforcing layer or a temperature around an outside of the high pressure tank;
a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure inside the liner;
a flow rate adjustor configured to adjust a flow rate of the fluid discharged from the discharge hole; and
a control unit including one or more processors that execute computer-executable instructions stored in a memory, wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the gas control system to control an operation of the flow rate adjustor,
wherein the one or more processors control the gas control system to:
set a pressure threshold relating to the pressure inside the liner based on temperature information detected by the temperature sensor,
compare the set pressure threshold with pressure information detected by the pressure sensor, and
start limiting control to limit discharge of the fluid when the pressure indicated by the pressure information becomes equal to or lower than the pressure threshold, and
wherein the pressure threshold is set to a higher pressure value as the temperature detected by the temperature sensor increases.