A fluid storage and dispensing
system comprising a vessel for holding a fluid at a desired pressure. The vessel has a
pressure regulator, e.g., a single-stage or multi-stage
regulator, associated with a port of the vessel, and set at a predetermined pressure. A dispensing
assembly, e.g., including a flow control means such as a valve, is arranged in gas / vapor flow communication with the
regulator, whereby the opening of the valve effects dispensing of gas / vapor from the vessel. The fluid in the vessel may be constituted by a liquid that is confined in the vessel at a pressure in excess of its
liquefaction pressure at prevailing temperature conditions, e.g., ambient (room) temperature. In another aspect, the vessel contains a
solid-phase
sorbent material having sorbable gas adsorbed thereon, at a pressure in excess of 50 psig. The vessel may have a >1 inch NGT threaded neck opening, to accommodate the installation of an interior
regulator.