Hydrogen supply combination valve having flow regulation and pressure stabilization functions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12169028-B2
Application number	US-202418661685-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2024
Priority date	Mar 24, 2022
Publication date	Dec 17, 2024
Grant date	Dec 17, 2024

Abstract

A hydrogen supply combination valve having flow regulation and pressure stabilization functions includes a first-stage pressure reduction valve, a second-stage pressure reduction and flow regulation valve, and a second-stage pressure reduction and regulation valve. The first-stage pressure reduction valve realizes main throttling and pressure reduction effects, and performs first-stage pressure reduction on high-pressure hydrogen. The second-stage pressure reduction and flow regulation valve can further perform second-stage pressure reduction on the hydrogen after first-stage pressure reduction, and can realize flow regulation. The second-stage pressure reduction and regulation valve can further perform second-stage pressure reduction on the hydrogen after first-stage pressure reduction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hydrogen supply combination valve having flow regulation and pressure stabilization functions, comprising:
a combination valve body, a first-stage pressure reduction valve, a second-stage pressure reduction and flow regulation valve, and a second-stage pressure reduction and regulation valve, wherein the first-stage pressure reduction valve, the second-stage pressure reduction and flow regulation valve, and the second-stage pressure reduction and regulation valve are installed in the combination valve body through a first valve base, a second valve base, and a third valve base respectively; the combination valve body is disposed with a first-stage outlet flow channel, a connecting flow channel, a second-stage outlet flow channel, and a pressure regulating hydrogen storage flow channel; and the first-stage outlet flow channel communicates with the connecting flow channel, and the second-stage outlet flow channel serves as a final output flow channel of the hydrogen supply combination valve;
wherein the first-stage pressure reduction valve is configured to connect an external hydrogen source and perform first-stage pressure reduction on hydrogen input and input into the first-stage outlet flow channel;
wherein the second-stage pressure reduction and flow regulation valve comprises a second sealing piston, a second actuator, a third spring, a second throttling bottom base, and a fourth spring; the second valve base does not penetrate the combination valve body, the second sealing piston is sealed and fixed at an opening end of the second valve base, the second actuator and the second throttling bottom base are installed in the second valve base, the second actuator is located between the second throttling bottom base and the second sealing piston, and a protruding blocking ring is disposed on a side of the second sealing piston toward the second actuator; an inner cavity of the second valve base is separated by the second sealing piston, the second actuator, and the second throttling bottom base to form a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber independently from the opening end to an inner bottom surface sequentially; the third spring in a compressed state is disposed between the second actuator and the second throttling bottom base, and the fourth spring in the compressed state is disposed between the second throttling bottom base and the inner bottom surface of the second valve base; and a secondary-stage outlet flow channel configured to communicate with the second chamber and the third chamber is opened at a center of the second throttling bottom base, an end of the second actuator is a second tapered structure, and the second tapered structure cooperates with the second throttling bottom base to form a second throttling section at an inlet position of the secondary-stage outlet flow channel;
wherein the second-stage pressure reduction and regulation valve comprises a third sealing piston, a fifth spring, a third throttling bottom base, and a sixth spring; the third valve base does not penetrate the combination valve body, the third sealing piston is sealed and fixed at an opening end of the third valve base, the third throttling bottom base is installed in the third valve base, and an inner cavity of the third valve base is separated by the third sealing piston and the third throttling bottom base to form a fourth chamber and a fifth chamber independently from the opening end to an inner bottom surface sequentially; the fifth spring in the compressed state is disposed between the third sealing piston and the third throttling bottom base, the sixth spring in the compressed state is disposed between the third throttling bottom base and the inner bottom surface of the third valve base; and a tertiary-stage outlet flow channel configured to communicate with the fourth chamber and the fifth chamber is opened at a center of the third throttling bottom base, an end of the third sealing piston is a third tapered structure, and the third tapered structure cooperates with the third throttling bottom base to form a third throttling section at an inlet position of the tertiary-stage outlet flow channel; and
the second chamber and the fourth chamber communicate with the connecting flow channel through a first channel and a second channel respectively; the third chamber and the fifth chamber communicate with the second-stage outlet flow channel respectively; the first chamber and the second-stage outlet flow channel communicate with the pressure regulating hydrogen storage flow channel through a third channel and a fourth channel respectively; a first connection of the pressure regulating hydrogen storage flow channel and the third channel and a second connection of the pressure regulating hydrogen storage flow channel and the fourth channel are kept apart, the pressure regulating hydrogen storage flow channel between the first connection and the second connection serves as a pressure regulating section; the pressure regulating hydrogen storage flow channel is disposed with a controllable sliding piston forming a piston pair with an inner wall of a flow channel, and a sliding stroke of the controllable sliding piston in the pressure regulating hydrogen storage flow channel covers the pressure regulating section; and the controllable sliding piston controls an opening of the second throttling section by changing a pressure in the first chamber during a sliding process in the pressure regulating section, thereby hydrogen flow output from the second-stage outlet flow channel is changed.

2. The hydrogen supply combination valve having flow regulation and pressure stabilization functions as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first-stage pressure reduction valve comprises an inlet flow channel, a first throttling bottom base, a first actuator, an actuator internal flow channel, a first sealing piston, a first spring, and a second spring;
wherein the first valve base penetrates the combination valve body entirely, the first throttling bottom base and the first sealing piston are sealed and fixed at openings at two ends of the first valve base respectively, and the first valve base is disposed with the inlet flow channel penetratingly; the first actuator is installed in the first valve base and is located between the first throttling bottom base and the first sealing piston, an end of the first actuator is a first tapered structure, and the first tapered structure cooperates with the first throttling bottom base to form a first throttling section at an outlet end of the inlet flow channel; the first spring in the compressed state is disposed between the first actuator and the first sealing piston, the second spring in the compressed state is disposed between the first actuator and the first throttling bottom base, and the first spring and the second spring exert pressures of two opposite directions on the first actuator respectively; and the first actuator is disposed with the actuator internal flow channel communicating with a top surface of the first actuator, an inlet end of the inlet flow channel is configured to connect the external hydrogen source, and the hydrogen input sequentially passes through the inlet flow channel, the first throttling section, and the actuator internal flow channel and then enters the first-stage outlet flow channel.

3. The hydrogen supply combination valve having flow regulation and pressure stabilization functions as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first throttling bottom base and the first sealing piston are both disposed with spring install holes coaxially at an install position of the first spring, a disk with hole communicating with the actuator internal flow channel is placed at a bottom of the spring install hole of the first throttling bottom base, an end of the first spring is supported on the disk with hole, and the othe

Assignees

• Univ Zhejiang

Inventors

• Qian Jinyuan
• Yu Longjie
• Sheng kan
• Xu Yixiang

Classifications

• H01M8/04201

  Reactant storage and supply, e.g. means for feeding, pipes · CPC title

• H01M8/04089

  of gaseous reactants · CPC title

• F17C2223/036

  Very high pressure (>80 bar) · CPC title

• F17C2223/035

  High pressure (>10 bar) · CPC title

• F17C2221/012

  Hydrogen · CPC title