MOBILE GAS FILLING COMPRESSOR COMPLEX Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; vehicle servicing. SUBSTANCE: device for filling vehicles with compressed natural gas consists of mobile gas-filling truck with filling column 15 and booster compressor mounted on separate frame equipped with wheeled running gear and telescopic turnable supports on which receiver and internal combustion engine are mounted. Internal combustion engine operates on compressed natural gas and serves as drive of booster compressor which has at least two intake and two outlet manifolds with units for connecting mobile gas filling trucks with compressorless takeoff of compressed natural gas. Intake and outlet manifolds and units for connecting mobile gas filling trucks with compressorless takeoff of compressed natural gas to booster compressor are furnished with shutoff valves to regulate delivery of compressed natural gas to filling columns and to receiver of booster compressor and to provide transfer of compressed natural gas between sections of vessels of one gas filling truck or different filling trucks. EFFECT: increased efficiency. 3 cl, 2 dwg