US 12,392,451 B2
Fluid supply and storage device, vehicle and method including such a device
Laurent Allidieres, Paris (FR); and Jerome Losco, Sassenage (FR)
Assigned to L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude, Paris (FR)
Filed by L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude, Paris (FR)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/719,459.
Claims priority of application No. 2103778 (FR), filed on Apr. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0325853 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. F17C 3/08 (2006.01); F17C 9/04 (2006.01); F17C 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC F17C 3/08 (2013.01) [F17C 9/04 (2013.01); F17C 13/04 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0109 (2013.01); F17C 2201/035 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0391 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0629 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0326 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0394 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2223/013 (2013.01); F17C 2223/033 (2013.01); F17C 2225/0123 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0302 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0379 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0381 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0388 (2013.01); F17C 2227/048 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0105 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid supply and storage device, comprising:
a cryogenic tank configured to store liquefied fluid of a double-wall and vacuum-insulated type comprising an inner jacket delimiting a storage volume of the liquefied fluid and an outer jacket disposed around said inner jacket with a vacuum thermal insulation gap between said inner and outer jackets; and
a withdrawal circuit comprising an assembly of one or more valves and a withdrawal line that comprises a first, upstream end connected to an upper part of said inner jacket and a second, downstream end configured to connect to a user member, said withdrawal line comprising a first heat exchanger located outside said inner jacket and a second heat exchanger located inside said inner jacket:
a bypass line that fluidly connects the assembly of one or more valves with the second, downstream end, wherein:
said assembly of one or more valves is configured to ensure passage of a flow of fluid circulating from said first, upstream end to said second, downstream end by switching between a first flow path in which the flow of fluid enters said first heat exchanger and then the flow of fluid enters said second heat exchanger and a second flow path in which the flow of fluid enters said first heat exchanger and the bypass line without entering said second heat exchanger; and
an inlet of said first heat exchanger receiving the flow of fluid coming from said first, upstream end is located in said vacuum thermal insulation gap.