FUEL TANK AND GAS STORAGE AND SUPPLY PLANT Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC F17C9/00 F17C11/00 

FIELD: heating systems, fuel.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to devices supplying gaseous fuel to motors of transport vehicles. Fuel tank includes housing with nozzles. In housing there installed is solid sorbing agent and collector system providing the surface of sorbing agent contacting the gas and connected with gas supply and discharge nozzles. Heat exchanger is located between housing and sorbing agent and connected to working medium supply and discharge nozzles. Collector system is arranged inside sorbing agent and made in the form of porous layers which are installed so that pneumatic connection can be provided between them. Gas storage and supply plant includes sections in which solid sorbing agent is located, gas supply and extraction system, heat exchangers and working medium supply and discharge system. Sections are made in the form of replaceable fuel tanks arranged on erection truss. Heat exchanger is installed in each tank, and working medium supply and discharge system is connected to each heat exchanger. Erection truss includes beam, and fuel tanks are arranged on four sides of the beam. Tanks are attached to beam by means of thin-walled spherical segments with flanges provided on edges. Segments are located from below and from above of tanks. Pole part of lower segments is fixed on beam. Flanged parts of segments are rigidly connected to neighbouring ones located both on the same side of truss and on the sides perpendicular to it.

EFFECT: increase in ratio of stored gas weight to weight of the whole device, reliability, safety and life time.

11 cl, 5 dwg