1509 Gas Station System by Exchange of Filled Tanks for Various Vehicle Fuels

Abstract

Liquified petrolum gas (LPG), natural gas, methanol, ethanol, bio-diesel oil, GTL, DME, and so on, are now under developing or prevailing stages as new fuels for vihcles in order to reduce emisson of earth warming gas of CO_2 and air polluting gases of SO_x and NO_x, and to increase variety of energy resources. To array filling stations supplying with various fuels, a new system are proposed in which fuels are fed by means of exchange of a empty fuel tank with one filled at the loading factory for each fuel. After a tank for each fuel is standardized, various fuels can be supplied at a filling station.