A pressurized liquid fuel tank system arranged to contain a first mass of liquid fuel such, as Dimethyl-Ether (DME) is provided. The system includes a first tank having a first volume, a second tank having a second, volume, a first conduit, between a top of the first tank and a top of the second tank, and a second conduit between the first tank and a bottom of the second tank, wherein a sum of the first volume and the second volume is designed to equal a sum of a first mass volume of the first mass of liquid fuel plus an expansion volume equal to at least 5% of the first mass volume. A vehicle with such a fuel tank system is also disclosed.
PRESSURIZED LIQUID FUEL TANK SYSTEM AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME
2018-08-09
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 |
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