A working machine 10 having a gas engine 25 and a gas storage system 38 comprising at least one gas storage tank 40a-c (fig 2a) and a tank sensor to monitor at least one tank parameter. A controller 64 is provided to determine an ambient air temperature and a fuel level of gaseous fluid in the at least one gas storage tank based on a determined mass of gaseous fuel. Preferably the working machine is a tractor, harvester, backhoe loader or other industrial or agricultural vehicle. Also disclosed are a method of monitoring a gas storage system wherein; a mass of fuel is determined based on a monitored tank parameter and a determined ambient temperature, a generator set comprising; an electrical generator, a gas engine, and a gas storage system, and a portable refuelling device comprising; a refuelling outlet nozzle and a gas storage system.
A storage system for gaseous fuel
2025-04-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / G01F Messen des Volumens, des Durchflussvolumens, des Massendurchflusses oder des Füllstandes , MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW, OR LIQUID LEVEL |