Gas pressure regulator for regulating the pressure of a gaseous fuel, system for supplying an internal combustion engine with gaseous fuel by using such a gas pressure regulator, and method for operating said system

Abstract

The invention relates to a gas pressure regulator (1) for regulating the pressure of a gaseous fuel, having a housing (2) in which a longitudinally movable gas piston (3) is arranged, which delimits agas chamber (5) and a pressure chamber (7) that can be filled with a working liquid, wherein the gas piston (3) has a first seal (24) running around the outside of the gas piston, by means of which seal the gas piston (3) is guided in a sealing manner in the housing (2) and which seals off the gas chamber (5). As a result of the interaction of the gas piston (3) with a valve seat (21), a controlvalve (20) is formed, via which gas can be led out of the gas chamber (5). Formed on the outside of the gas piston (3) is a second circumferential seal (25), by means of which the gas piston (3) is likewise guided in a sealing manner in the housing (2), wherein the gas piston (3) is at least partly surrounded by a low-pressure gas chamber (9) and the second seal (25) separates the low-pressure gaschamber (9) from a gas return chamber (10), wherein the gas chamber (5) can be connected to the gas return chamber (10) via the control valve (20). The invention further relates to a system for supplying an internal combustion engine with gaseous fuel, which system has an intermediate tank (200) and such a gas pressure regulator (1). In a method for operating said system, there is also a return reservoir (300), the pressure of which is set between the pressure in the gas chamber (5) and in the gas tank (100).

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a gas pressure regulator for regulating the pressure of a gaseous fuel, as the gas pressure regulator is used to supply a gaseous fuel at a predetermined pressure to an internal combustion engine. Furthermore, the device relates to a system for supplying a gaseous fuel to an internal combustion engine using such a gas pressure regulator and a method for operating the system. Background technique [0002] A gas pressure regulator for supplying an internal combustion engine with gaseous fuel at a certain pressure is known from the prior art, for example from DE 10 2016 207 743 A1. Such systems have a gas tank from which gaseous fuel is removed by means of a gas pump. The gas pump compresses gas and supplies it to the intermediate tank. A further gas accumulator, the so-called gas rail, is fed from the intermediate tank, in which the gaseous fuel is maintained at a predetermined pressure in order to be finally introduced into th...

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Problems solved by technology

Sealing against one another with high pressure differences of several hundred bar is technically very complex and such gas pressure regulators are correspondingly expensive and reduce the efficiency of the entire system

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