Service station for serving requirements of multiple vehicle technologies
First Claim
1. A motorized vehicle service station comprising:
- means for dispensing a plurality of different fuels to vehicles, said fuels including multiple grades of gasoline, multiple grades of diesel, and blends thereof;
means for detecting each vehicle'"'"'s fuel requirements; and
means for restricting fuel delivery to a given vehicle based upon its detected fuel requirements.
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Abstract
A service station is provided with a plurality of vehicle servicing islands including liquid fuel blending pumps for dispensing and blending fuel components from underground tanks for refueling standard gasoline engine driven vehicles, standard diesel engine vehicles, vehicles with engines requiring dual fuels, vehicles with HCCI engines requiring low octane gasoline blended with standard diesel fuel, and fuel cell powered vehicles having onboard reformers. Other service islands include pumps for dispensing compressed hydrogen to fuel cell powered vehicles that do not include onboard reformers. In addition, service islands are provided for recharging the batteries of pure electric powered vehicles.
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20 Claims
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1. A motorized vehicle service station comprising:
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means for dispensing a plurality of different fuels to vehicles, said fuels including multiple grades of gasoline, multiple grades of diesel, and blends thereof;
means for detecting each vehicle'"'"'s fuel requirements; and
means for restricting fuel delivery to a given vehicle based upon its detected fuel requirements.
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2. A motorized vehicle service station comprising:
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means for dispensing a plurality of different fuels to vehicles, said fuels including multiple grades of gasoline, multiple grades of diesel, blends thereof, and hydrogen;
means for detecting each vehicle'"'"'s fuel requirements; and
means for restricting fuel delivery to a given vehicle based upon its detected fuel requirements.
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3. A motorized vehicle service station comprising:
a plurality of service islands each being configured to service particular types of motorized vehicles, including;
at least one first island including at least a first liquid fuel blending pump, for refueling gasoline, diesel, and hydrogen powered vehicles, whereby said hydrogen powered vehicles include an onboard reformer for converting gasoline to hydrogen;
at least one second island including a hydrogen dispensing system for refueling hydrogen powered vehicles that do not include an onboard reformer;
at least one third island including an electric battery recharging system for recharging the batteries of pure electric driven vehicles; and
a plurality of underground storage tanks for containing liquid fuel components, said tanks being individually connected to said at least a first liquid fuel blending pump or pumps. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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