US 12,135,112 B2
System having cryotank with offset pump housing, method of making and method of using the same
Xianming Li, Orefield, PA (US); and Anthony Ku, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, Beijing (CN); and National Institute of Clean-And-Low-Carbon Energy, Beijing (CN)
Filed by China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, Beijing (CN); and National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy, Beijing (CN)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/685,799.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/240,659, filed on Sep. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0073960 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F17C 13/00 (2006.01); F17C 1/12 (2006.01); F17C 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC F17C 13/006 (2013.01) [F17C 1/12 (2013.01); F17C 7/02 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0109 (2013.01); F17C 2201/035 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0391 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0149 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0323 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0352 (2013.01); F17C 2209/22 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0142 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0168 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0184 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a first module, the first module comprising a first outer vessel wall and a cryotank, the cryotank disposed inside the first outer vessel wall, coupled with the first outer vessel wall, and configured to store a liquefied fuel therein;
a second module, the second module comprising a second outer vessel wall and at least one pump at least partially disposed inside the second outer vessel wall, the at least one pump fluidly coupled with the cryotank and configured to accept a first stream of the liquefied fuel from the cryotank, compress the first stream of the liquefied fuel to an increased pressure, and pump it out as a second stream of the liquefied fuel; and
a third module comprising a third outer vessel wall,
wherein the first, the second, and the third outer vessel walls are connected to provide an enclosure as an integrated outer vessel.