GAS SUPPLY DEVICE AND OPERATION START METHOD OF THE SAME

• Main Authors: FUJISAWA AKITOSHI, NAGURA KENJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 04.04.2019
• Subjects: BLASTING; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED,LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS; VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED ORSOLIDIFIED GASES; WEAPONS

To provide a gas supply device capable of suppressing time required for starting a gas station, and an operation start method of the gas supply device.SOLUTION: A gas supply device 2 for supplying hydrogen gas to a dispenser 11 of a hydrogen station 10 includes accumulators 241-243 for storing the gas supplied to the dispenser 11, a refrigerant flow passage 261 through which a refrigerant for cooling the gas before being discharged from the dispenser 11 flows, a refrigerator 263 which can cool the refrigerant, a cooling device 264 which can cool the refrigerant with latent heat generated when liquid hydrogen changes into the hydrogen gas, and a control unit 27 for controlling starting up of the refrigerator 263 while stopping the cooling device 264 when a condition set in advance is satisfied after controlling starting up of the cooling device 264 during starting up of the hydrogen station 10.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】ガスステーションの起動に要する時間を抑えることができるガス供給装置、およびガス供給装置の運転開始方法を提供する。【解決手段】水素ステーション１０のディスペンサ１１へ水素ガスを供給するガス供給装置２は、ディスペンサ１１へ供給するガスを貯留する蓄圧器２４１〜２４３と、ディスペンサ１１から吐出される前のガスを冷却するための冷媒が流れる冷媒流路２６１と、冷媒を冷却可能な冷凍機２６３と、液体水素から水素ガスへと変化する際の潜熱によって冷媒を冷却可能な冷却装置２６４と、水素ステーション１０の起動に際して、冷却装置２６４を起動する制御を行った後、予め設定された条件を満たしたときに、冷却装置２６４を停止しつつ冷凍機２６３を起動する制御を行う制御部２７と、を備える。【選択図】図３