Gas supply system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11566754-B2
Application number	US-202117329704-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2021
Priority date	May 29, 2020
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

In a gas supply system of one embodiment, if first detection information of a high-pressure sensor exceeds a first threshold value, a gas control ECU causes a pressure adjustment range to overlap a second error range of second detection information of a mid-pressure sensor, the second error range being defined with a second threshold value as a reference point. If the first detection information is less than or equal to the first threshold value, the gas control ECU offsets the pressure adjustment range relative to the second error range defined with the second threshold value as the reference point.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gas supply system comprising:
a high-pressure tank;
a regulator configured to reduce pressure of a gas released from the high-pressure tank to be within a pressure adjustment range and cause the gas to flow to a downstream side;
an injector configured to reduce pressure of the gas flowing from the regulator and discharge the gas on the downstream side;
a first pressure sensor that has a first error range and is configured to detect the pressure of the gas between the high pressure tank and the regulator;
a second pressure sensor that has a second error range narrower than the first error range and is configured to detect the pressure of the gas between the regulator and the injector; and
a control section configured to process first detection information of the first pressure sensor and second detection information of the second pressure sensor,
the control section compares a first detection information indicating a pressure detected by the first pressure sensor with a first threshold value,
if the first detection information exceeds the first threshold value, the control section controls the injector according to a target supply amount of the gas,
if the first detection information is less than or equal to the first threshold value, the control section controls a flow state of the gas to raise a lower limit value of the pressure adjustment range to be greater than or equal to a lower limit of the second error range defined with the second threshold value as the reference point while keeping an upper limit value of the pressure adjustment range unchanged, and compares a second detection information indicating a pressure detected by the second pressure sensor with a second threshold value, and
if the second detection information is less than or equal to the second threshold value, the control section determines a lack of gas in the high-pressure tank.

2. The gas supply system according to claim 1 , wherein
if the second detection information becomes less than or equal to the second threshold value, the control section stops release of the gas from the high-pressure tank.

3. The gas supply system according to claim 1 , wherein
if the second detection information becomes less than or equal to the second threshold value, the control section provides notification of the lack of gas in the high-pressure tank via a notifying section.

4. The gas supply system according to claim 1 , wherein
the control section continues to control the flow state of the gas to raise the lower limit value of the pressure adjustment range to be greater than or equal to an upper limit of the second error range until the second detection information becomes less than or equal to the second threshold value.

5. The gas supply system according to claim 1 , wherein
the control section changes the pressure adjustment range to adjust a flow rate of the gas output to a gas-consuming object that consumes gas.

6. The gas supply system according to claim 5 , wherein:
the control section narrows the pressure adjustment range by limiting the flow rate of the gas discharged by the injector, if the second detection information becomes less than or equal to the second threshold value.

7. The gas supply system according to claim 1 , wherein
the control section causes the lower limit value of the pressure adjustment range to match the second threshold value if the first detection information exceeds the first threshold value, and raises the lower limit value of the pressure adjustment range relative to the second threshold value by a value greater than or equal to a positive component of the second error range, if the first detection information is less than or equal to the first threshold value.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kadowaki Kazuyuki
• Takaku Koichi
• Kawase Satoru

Classifications

• F17C13/025 Primary

  having the pressure as the parameter · CPC title

• F17D3/01

  for controlling, signalling, or supervising the conveyance of a product · CPC title

• F17C2250/0408

  Level of content in the vessel · CPC title

• F17C2205/0338

  Pressure regulators · CPC title

• F17C2250/0626

  Pressure · CPC title