System and a coupled system for filling a cryogen storage vessel with a liquid cryogen

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12098805
APP PUB NO 20230160537A1
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17992926

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A cryogenic fluid transfer device comprising a first tank, a second tank, and a fluid transfer circuit, wherein the first tank comprises a cryogenic fluid distribution tank configured to store a cryogenic fluid in a liquid phase in a lower part thereof and in a gaseous phase in an upper part thereof, wherein the second tank comprises a cryogenic receiving tank configured to house the cryogenic fluid in liquid phase in a lower part thereof and in gaseous phase in an upper part thereof, wherein the fluid transfer circuit is configured to connect the first and second tanks, the fluid transfer circuit comprising a first pipe connecting the upper parts of the first and second tanks and comprising at least one valve, and a second pipe connecting the lower part of the first tank to the second tank that comprises a pump that has an inlet connected to the first tank and an outlet connected to the second tank, wherein: the pump and the at least one valve of the first line are configured so as to ensure a fluidic connection of the upper parts of the first and second tanks by opening the at least one valve during a transfer of the cryogenic fluid in liquid phase from the first tank to the second tank with the pump.

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L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE75 ORSAY PARIS FRANCE PARIS PARIS

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Allidieres, Laurent Paris, FR 50 345
Benistand-Hector, Cyril Sassenage, FR 16 9
Fayer, Thomas Sassenage, FR 14 10
Hayes, Jerry Houston, US 9 1
Light, Joshua Houston, US 10 3

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