Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Supplying gaseous fuel from a liquid state to an internal combustion engine
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Application No.: US14561184Application Date: 2014-12-04
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Publication No.: US09863365B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Bradley E. Melanson , David K. Mumford , Paul M. Blomerus , Melissa S. A. McKinnon
- Applicant: Westport Power Inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Vancouver
- Assignee: WESTPORT POWER INC.
- Current Assignee: WESTPORT POWER INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Vancouver
- Agent Carie C. Mager; C. Larry Kyle
- Priority: CA2779150 20120605
- Main IPC: F02B63/04
- IPC: F02B63/04 ; F02G5/04 ; F02M21/02

Abstract:
An improved apparatus supplies gaseous fuel from a liquid state to an internal combustion engine comprising an electrical energy generating apparatus for generating electrical energy from a store of chemical energy. A liquid pumping apparatus for pumping the gaseous fuel in the liquid state includes an energy converter for converting the electrical energy to mechanical energy which drives the liquid pumping apparatus. The liquid pumping apparatus also includes a first heat exchanger for vaporizing the gaseous fuel received from the pumping apparatus and a controller programmed to operate the liquid pumping apparatus to maintain a pressure of the gaseous fuel supplied to the internal combustion engine within a predetermined range.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150083055A1 Supplying Gaseous Fuel from a Liquid State to an Internal Combustion Engine Public/Granted day:2015-03-26
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