A gas generation system includes a reservoir for a reactant used in a gas generation, a compressor configured to pressurize the reactant in the reservoir using an operating medium delivered into the reservoir, a gas generation component fed with the reactant using a reactant feed line, and a metering element disposed in the reactant feed line between the reservoir and the gas generation component. In addition, a method for operating a gas generation system that includes compressing an operating medium, delivering at least a first portion of the compressed operating medium to a reservoir so as to pressurize a reactant in the reservoir, controlling the delivery of the compressed operating medium so as to maintain a pressure in the reservoir at a level corresponding to a pressure of the reactant downstream from the reservoir, metering the reactant in a feed line between the reservoir and a gas generation component, and delivering the reactant to the gas generation component.