Abstract: A method for the operation and control of gas filling from a filling station to a receiver is comprising actively controlling essential filling variables within the receiver such as temperature, pressure, and density of the gas; continuously updating estimates of the filling variables based on filling station side measurements interpreted using physical and thermodynamic relations as to make the variables available even when the receiver is not communicating with the filling station in so-called non-communication fueling; and continuously updating the estimated capacity of the receiver based on station side measurements in a non-communication fueling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for storing gas under pressure comprising an inner cylindrical pressure vessel (1), the pressure vessel (1) comprising pipe connection (7). According to the present invention, the device is characterized in that the inner cylindrical pressure vessel (1) is arranged inside an outer vessel (3), whereby a substantially annular space (2) is formed between the inner pressure vessel (1) and the outer vessel (3), wherein the annular space (2) between the inner pressure vessel (1) and the outer vessel (3) is filled with a fluid, the outer vessel (3) further comprising venting means (5) at or in the vicinity of the highest point (4, 6) of the outer vessel (3).

Abstract: A plant for storing and supplying compressed gas comprises a storage tank (1) for gas, at least one pressurization tank (2) for gas and a buffer tank (3) for a pressure support fluid to be filled into or evacuated from lower portions of the storage and pressurization tanks. The lower portions of the storage and pressurization tanks are communicating with the buffer tank via fluid flow lines (4, 5) to fill fluid during supplying from and pressurizing gas in the plant, and a flow line (7) for evacuating fluid during refilling of the pressurization tank.