US 12,331,890 B2
Cryogenic storage system
Guido Bartlok, Graz (AT)
Assigned to MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik Gmbh & Co KG, Graz (AT)
Filed by MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik Gmbh & Co KG, Graz (AT)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/527,318.
Claims priority of application No. 23151491 (EP), filed on Jan. 13, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0240757 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. F17C 5/06 (2006.01); F17C 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC F17C 5/06 (2013.01) [F17C 13/04 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2250/043 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cryostorage system, comprising:
a cryocontainer operable to store hydrogen, the cryocontainer having an inner tank and an outer container;
at least one cryopump, arranged in the inner tank, to deliver liquid hydrogen and/or gaseous hydrogen in one or more stages via an extraction line to a consumer at a pressure greater than a pressure in the inner tank, wherein the at least one cryopump comprises a linear pump which facilitates a left delivery flow and a right delivery flow on both sides thereof, wherein the left delivery flow and/or the right delivery flow of the linear pump is selectively operable to deliver the gaseous hydrogen or the liquid hydrogen via a check valve, adjacent to the at least one cryopump, for switching from gaseous hydrogen to liquid hydrogen; and
a filling interface to facilitate filling of the inner tank at least in part via the extraction line and a spring-loaded non-return valve arranged in the inner tank.