Abstract:
Sealable container assemblies include containers for materials which are to be microwave heated, such as in digesting or extracting operations, made of thermoplastic material, such as fluoropolymer, that is strengthened by reinforcing means that may be a fiber reinforced thermoplastic of high tensile strength, such as polyetherimide, with reinforcing continuous fibers in a matrix of such thermoplastic, which fibers are very preferably in the shape of a sleeve or sleeves and are of glass or other heat resistant and microwave transmissive material. The containers may be strengthened by incorporating the fiber reinforced thermoplastic in a wall or walls of the container or preferably by inserting the container into a reinforcement, which is a sleeve or collar of the reinforced thermoplastic. In both such constructions the reinforcing means protects the container against radial failure due to pressure that is generated by the microwave heating of the container contents. However, it has been found that in those cases wherein the internal pressure of the container rises even higher than that against which the reinforcement is protective, failure of the side wall and the reinforcement may be explosive, so the containers of this invention are of a structure that causes them to fail at an unreinforced location before the reinforcement, which failure is less explosive and less damaging to equipment employed and to any surroundings. Also described are the container construction, which preferably includes a central bottom depression and a skirt, and procedures for utilizing the containers in heatings of materials.
Abstract:
A high pressure, high temperature reactor device having a pair of spaced tube sheets for supporting a tube nest, one tube sheet being formed with a bellows to compensate for expansion and contraction of the tube nest longitudinally during temperature changes and the second tube sheet supporting the opposite end tubes of the tube nest, with injector tubes mating with each reactor tube and projecting through the reactor shell.
Abstract:
A high temperature-high pressure furnace which includes a cylindrical pressure chamber formed of a hollow cylindrical wall and two end closures therefor, a cylindrical sheath positioned within the cylindrical wall to provide a gap therebetween, and heaters positioned within the cylindrical sheath in order to provide a furnace space therewithin. The sheath at one end is sealingly connected to one of the end closures and at the other end is provided with a channel to provide fluid communication between the furnace space and the gap when an insulating lid is positioned over this other end of the sheath. The end closure to which the sheath is sealingly connected is provided with passageways which allow for fluid circulation therethrough and between the gap and the furnace space.
Abstract:
The fabricated pressure vessel is a filament wound structure having a connt winding angle assuring maximum filament utilization efficiency and also having polar end openings of different sizes. Fabrication of the vessel includes a first step of forming a structure having filament windings and identically-sized polar openings equal to or less than the smaller of the openings dictated by the design. Identical openings permit the constant winding angle. In the winding operation, wafer-like mats formed of dimensionally-stable material are interspersed between the filament layers at each polar end. In the final step, the polar openings then are machined to the desired size. The interspersed mats encircle the polar openings and reinforce the polar regions.
Abstract:
A multilayer pressure vessel comprising a cylindrical portion formed by a pipe with roll strips wound on said pipe and welded to the bottom of the vessel and to its flange for the cover. Said roll strips are wound in layers along a helical line so that each subsequent layer is wound in a direction opposite to the preceding layer at a pitch of 0.2 to 2.2 of the inside diameter of the pipe. The adjacent coils are welded to each other on a helical line only in the roll strip forming the external layer.The multilayer vessel according to the invention is considerably cheaper to manufacture than the known vessels.
Abstract:
A vertical furnace for treating material at high temperature and under high pressure has a stand into which a cylindrical pressure chamber is introduced. This stand is formed of a high pressure cylinder with top and bottom end closures which project into the cylinder. A furnace chamber is formed within the pressure cylinder by two hat-shaped parts with insulating material between them. These parts rest on an annular portion of the bottom closure. The inner part of the bottom closure is removable for charging the furnace.
Abstract:
A generally cylindrical vessel subject to internal pressure is surrounded by one or more hoops each consisting of at least one winding of a flat strip bearing upon a multiplicity of peripherally spaced webs under the pressure of spring-loaded clamping plates mounted on these webs.
Abstract:
A METHOD OF MAKING PRESSURE CONTAINERS FROM TUBULAR MEANS, WHICH INCLUDES THE STEPS OF WINDING THE TUBULAR MEANS IN THE FORM OF AN INDIVIDUAL FLEXIBLE TUBE OR IN THE FORM OF A GROUP OF SUPERIMPOSED FLEXIBLE TUBES AROUND A CORE MEMBER HAVING AN OUTER CONTOUR CORRESPONDING TO THE INNER CONTOUR OF THE CONTAINER TO BE BUILT UP BY SAID TUBULAR MEANS, AND WELDING THE THUS FORMED WINDINGS TOGETHER ALONG THEIR OUTER AND INNER CONTACTING AREAS.
Abstract:
A multilayered pressure vessel for handling hydrogen gas wherein the inner layer of the vessel is formed of a material resistant to hydrogen embrittlement. Individual sections of the inner layer and of the outer layers are welded together at circular joints. The welded joint for the inner layer is formed of a material which is resistant to hydrogen embrittlement, however, the weld material joining the outer layers is not resistant to hydrogen embrittlement. In constructing the vessel the welded joints securing the outer layers are displaced from and are out of contact with the welded joint securing the individual sections of the inner layer. Additionally, outlet holes extend from the outer surface of the vessel through each of the outer layers to the outer surface of the inner layer. The outlet holes are located in the area adjacent the welded joint securing the individual sections of the outer layers. Where the inner layer is secured to the outer layers as the final step in constructing the pressure vessel, a hole is bored through the innermost of the outer layers extending from the outer surface of the inner layer to the inner surface of the next outer layer. Further, where a solid flange member is secured at one or both ends of the vessel the welded joint securing the flange to the inner layer and the welded joint securing the flange to the outer layers are spaced from one another so that they are not in contact and outlet holes are provided in the region of the welded joint securing the flange to the outer layers. In the outlet holes hydrogen gas at the interface between the inner layer and the innermost of the outer layers is prevented from diffusing into the deposited metal and the outer layers of the vessel are protected from failures due to hydrogen embrittlement.