| abstract |
A fluid storage and dispensing system (10) comprising a vessel (12) for holding a fluid (17) at a desired pressure. The vessel has a pressure regulator (26) set at a predetermined pressure. The regulator may be interiorly or exteriorly positioned, single-staged or multi-staged, and is associated with a port of the vessel. A dispensing assembly, e.g. including a flow control means such as a valve (20), is arranged in gas/vapor flow communication with the regulator (26), whereby the opening of the valve effects dispensing of gas/vapor from the vessel (12). 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. |