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Title:
GAS STORAGE METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND GAS OCCLUDING MATERIAL
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2000001980
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The gas storage method comprises a step of keeping a gas to be stored and an adsorbent in a vessel at a low temperature below the liquefaction temperature of the gas to be stored so that the gas to be stored is adsorbed onto the adsorbent in a liquefied state, a step of introducing into the vessel kept at the low temperature a gaseous or liquid medium with a freezing temperature that is higher than the above-mentioned liquefaction temperature of the gas to be stored, for freezing of the medium, so that the gas to be stored which has been adsorbed onto the adsorbent in a liquefied state is encapsulated by the medium which has been frozen, and a step of keeping the vessel at a temperature higher than the liquefaction temperature and below the freezing temperature.

Inventors:
OKAZAKI TOSHIHIRO (JP)
NAKAMURA NAOKI (JP)
KONDO TAKUYA (JP)
SUGIYAMA MASAHIKO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP1999/003530
Publication Date:
November 09, 2000
Filing Date:
June 30, 1999
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Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD (JP)
OKAZAKI TOSHIHIRO (JP)
NAKAMURA NAOKI (JP)
KONDO TAKUYA (JP)
SUGIYAMA MASAHIKO (JP)
International Classes:
B01D53/04; B01J20/20; B01J20/22; F17C6/00; F17C11/00; (IPC1-7): F17C11/00; B01J20/22
Domestic Patent References:
WO1996012551A11996-05-02
Foreign References:
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