174results about How to "Improve refueling efficiency" patented technology

At a high pressure hydrogen or compressed natural gas vehicle refuel depot, the thermal energy (heat) generated by from the high flow rate of the high pressure refueling gas is evacuated from the on board fuel tank[s] of consumer vehicles eliminating the need for refueling pre treatments such as a slow fill, secondary precooling, and pressure overfill otherwise used to achieve a full vehicle tank refill. In an example, a high pressure fuel depot refilling line is operatively interconnected to an on board vehicle tank having a gas flow circuit wherein the refuel gas itself is circulated within the on board tank to absorb the compression heat of refueling and then to an external radiator before being released into the tank.

Apparatus wherein the compression heat of refueling of a high pressure storage tank is evacuated from the interior of the tank in which a gas circulating within the tank passes through an ejector pump powered by the mechanical energy of the refueling gas as the gas traverses from the high pressure refuel depot to the storage tank and the circulating gas absorbs the refueling heat and carries the heat to a cooling system before the gas is introduced into the tank for storage.

The invention relates to a self-service refueling method and system and a refueling machine. The self-service refueling method includes: acquiring serial number of an electronic tag and position coordinates of a vehicle through communication between at least three base stations of a gas station and the electronic tag of the vehicle; according to a preset first association relation, searching a payment account corresponding to the acquired serial number information, and determining identification of a refueling machine corresponding to the position coordinates of the vehicle according to a preset second association relation, wherein the first association relation includes serial number information and payment accounts corresponding to multiple electronic tags, and the second association relation includes position information and refueling machine identifications corresponding to multiple parking positions; according to the determined refueling machine identification, receiving refuelingcost information from the corresponding refueling machine, and deducting the refueling cost from the searched payment account. By implementation of the technical scheme, the whole refueling process is completed without participation of vehicle owners, and great user experience and high refueling efficiency are realized.

Apparatus wherein the compression heat of refueling of an on board vehicle tank is evacuated from the interior of the on board tank by a heat absorber within the tank through a radiator external to the tank and in which a coolant circulating from the heat absorber within the tank to the external radiator [and/or an associated blower system] is powered by the mechanical energy of the refueling gas as the gas traverses a turbine from the high pressure refuel depot to the low pressure on board tank. The turbine powers the gas cooling system.

The invention discloses a fuel component refueling handling technology of rectilinear atomic pile, which contains new fuel receiving, checking and storing, core refueling, spent fuel component transportation and sending, wherein the core refueling, spent fuel component transportation and sending is finished by digital control handler on the magnet track between the reactor pile department and fuel department. The invention improves the refueling efficiency and economity, which reduces the system cost and operator working strength.

The invention relates to a self-service refueling system, which comprises a client side, a processing device and a communication device, wherein the client side is used for receiving current position information input by a user, obtaining the station information of each self-service gas station and selecting an optimal gas station from each self-service gas station according to the information and the current position of a vehicle; the processing device is arranged on each gas station, is used for automatically refueling the vehicle after a refueling request sent from the vehicle is received, and sending refueling information to the communication device after refueling is finished; and the communication device is used for obtaining the personal information of the user, generating payment information according to the refueling information and the personal information and sending the payment information to a pre-bound payment system. The self-service refueling system is high in refueling efficiency.

The invention discloses a method and system for automatic fuel charging of an automobile. The system comprises an automobile intelligent terminal, an automobile fuel tank, a cloud database and a gas station, the gas station comprises two or more fuel charging channels, two or more intelligent fuel charging piles are arranged at one side of each fuel charging channel, an information matching system and an information display screen are arranged at the periphery of each intelligent fuel charging pile, a 'fuel charging' indicating lamp and a 'fuel charging allowed' indicating lamp are arranged on the front face of each intelligent fuel charging pile, and a fuel charging pipe is arranged on the side face of each intelligent fuel charging pile. According to the method and system, the fuel amount of the fuel tank of the automobile can be monitored in real time through the automobile intelligent terminal, when the fuel is insufficient, a user is reminded and navigation is conducted on the peripheral nearest gas station, after the automobile is navigated to the gas station, fuel charging is conducted automatically, and thereby the technical problems that in the prior art, a gasoline meter and a fuel tank of an automobile are inconvenient to use, the design is not humanized enough, fuel charging efficiency is low, and safety is poor.

The invention relates to an automatic refueling system for an automobile. An electronic control unit is connected with a refueling server and a third-party platform through the network. A liquid crystal display is used for oil product information selection and online payment. An oil tank lid opening and closing device comprises a driving motor and a revolute pair and is used for driving an oil tank lid to be opened or closed. An oil tank plug is arranged on the inner side of the oil tank lid and used for tightly pressing an oil tank opening of an oil tank of the automobile. A distance measurement receiver/transmitter is arranged beside the oil tank opening. A refueling robot is a mechanical arm, wherein the bottom of the refueling robot moves on the plane and stretches in the space. A refueling gun is located at the upper end of the mechanical arm of the refueling robot. A liquid level alarm is arranged on the refueling gun. A distance measurement transmitter and a distance measurement receiver are arranged on the portion, close to the refueling gun, of the refueling robot. A controller is used for receiving signals of the distance measurement receiver/transmitter, the distance measurement receiver and the liquid level alarm and controlling the distance measurement transmitter and the refueling gun. The distance measurement receiver/transmitter receives signals of the distance measurement transmitter. According to the automatic refueling system for the automobile, self-service refueling is achieved, paying is convenient, and the refueling efficiency is improved.

Reduction of fuel tank heating during the refueling process is effected by a coolant exchange between the station and the vehicle whereby an on board heat exchanger internal to the tank is interconnected through a heat exchanger external to the tank with a station side cooler that cools the refill gas to an ambient temperature. As a result of station provided ambient temperature cooling, the vehicle does not need to have particularly complicated on-board cooling devices, nor does the station need to be encumbered with complex and expensive pre cooling devices.

The invention discloses a self-service refueling method and system, and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises the steps of receiving a refueling instruction triggered based on useroperation, and sending a refueling request corresponding to the refueling instruction to a refueling machine management platform, thereby enabling the refueling machine management platform to performauthentication on the refueling request; receiving refueling permission information fed back after the authentication of the refueling machine management platform to the refueling request is passed; and obtaining refueling machine identity information corresponding to the refueling permission information, thereby finishing self-service refueling through a refueling machine corresponding to the refueling machine identity information. Through the method and the system, the motor vehicle refueling efficiency is effectively improved and the refueling process can be performed in a self-service manner.

The invention provides a vehicle refueling method, a vehicle, a refueling device, a refueling system and a cloud server. The vehicle refueling method provided by the invention comprises the steps thatthe vehicle uploads the current position information to the cloud server in real time to enable the cloud server to determine that the vehicle is located in a refueling station area according to thecurrent position information, the vehicle obtains the refueling amount required to be added at present when the vehicle receives a successful connection instruction sent by a refueling device, and thevehicle sends the refueling amount and vehicle identity information to the refueling device to enable the refueling device to refuel the vehicle according to the refueling amount and send the generated cost order and the vehicle identity information to the cloud server so as to enable the cost order to be paid by an account bound with the identity information in the cloud server. The vehicle refueling method provided by the invention greatly simplifies the vehicle refueling steps, realizes automatic refueling of the vehicle and thus improves the refueling efficiency of the vehicle.

Apparatus for the thermal management of high pressure gas storage tanks wherein the compression heat of refueling the tank is evacuated from the interior of the tank in which a gas circulates within the tank powered by a pump powered and as the gas traverses from the high pressure refuel depot to the storage tank, the circulating gas absorbs the refueling heat and carries the heat to a cooling system having a supplemental heat exchange device before the gas is introduced into the tank. The apparatus may be operated in reverse to transfer heat from a source to the tank interior to provide more complete exhaustion of the tank during vehicle operation.

Apparatus for heat exchange in a high pressure gas storage tank wherein a heat absorbent gas media circulates within the tank and absorbs or radiates the heat resulting from compression and expansion of gas stored in the on board tank depending upon the mode of operation of the vehicle, the gas media is circulated through a heat exchange unit external to the tank whereby heat is radiated to or absorbed from an environment external to the tank, and an in situ heat exchange device installed within the tank absorbs or radiates the heat from or to the gas stored in the tank as a result of heat exchange through a unit external to the tank.

The invention relates to a guidance method for a refueling stopping position. The method comprises the following steps: S1) a vehicle to be refueled is guided by a fixed notice board according to an own required oil product type to enter a corresponding refueling waiting area to be queued for waiting; S2) a video detector in the corresponding refueling waiting area carries out vehicle body image data collection on the vehicle and sends the vehicle body image data to a control terminal; S3) each vacancy sensor detects whether other vehicles are stopped on a corresponding stopping position or not, parking place state data is generated, and the parking place state data is sent to the control terminal in real time; S4) the control terminal carries out comprehensive analysis and processing on the vehicle body image data, a required oil product type, the parking place state data and the like to match a proper stopping position for the vehicle; S5) the control terminal judges whether the stopping position suitable for the vehicle is matched or not; S6) when the stopping position suitable for the vehicle is matched, stopping position information is sent to a corresponding display screen, vehicle guidance work is finished, and next vehicle guidance work is begun; S7) when the stopping position suitable for the vehicle is not matched, information of please waiting is sent to the corresponding display screen, and matching is continuously carried out.