Abstract:
Subject of the invention is a pressure tank, especially extended and toroidal, with different lengths in X, Y, Z axes, containing shells connected with more than one connecting coupler, equipped with connector pipes for tank fittings, brackets for tank and cover fixing, cover of tank fittings, inner shells, inner jackets, partitions, characterized in that the outer, upper shell (1) with outer, lower shell (2) create outer tank shell, having rectangular cross-sections with rounded corners, whereas inner jackets (6A, 6B) are connected with inner shells (4A, 4B, 5A, 5B) and/or outer shells (1, 2), beneficially inner shells are connected with middle tubes (7A, 7B, 7N), creating central couplers (L1, L2) of the tank, beneficially separated by partition (10), and connector pipes of tank fittings (9) are welded to tank walls in this way that the thickness of outer wall of connector pipe is between 0,4 to 1,8 of the thickness of tank elements.
Abstract:
This invention is directed to a method of decreasing the rate of escape a gas from a breached containment system by introducing into the containment system a plurality of objects that create a tortuous path for the gas to get to the point of breach thereby substantially reducing the degree of damage done by the breach.
Abstract:
This invention is directed to a polymeric pressure vessel comprising a wall prepared by living polymerization such that the wall comprises a single layer of polymer having two sub-layers, an inner sub-layer that is not a composite and an outer layer that is.
Abstract:
This invention relates to methods of fabricating components of a pressure vessel using a dicyclopentadiene prepolymer formulation in which the purity of the dicyclopentadiene is at least 92% wherein the formulation further comprises a reactive ethylene monomer that renders the prepolymer formulation flowable at ambient temperatures and to pressure vessels that are fabricated by said methods.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a metal pressure vessel with a cylindrical center section greater than about 3 meters in diameter and one or two frustum end sections having a diameter at the truncated apex of the frustum of about two meters or less.
Abstract:
This invention is directed to a pressure vessel comprising a determinate-dimensioned liner that can be expanded to permit on-loading and collapsed to assist off-loading of a compressed fluid.
Abstract:
Vessel (1), comprising a composite wall (2) enclosing a fluid chamber (3) and which is, at at least one connecting location, connected to a shaft-like body (5) extending through the composite wall. The composite wall comprises a fluid-tight inner lining (6) around which support fibers are provided. At the at least one connecting location, the composite wall is connected in a sealing manner to the shaft-like body via a sealing ring arranged around the shaft-like body in an axially slidable manner.
Abstract:
Vessel (1), comprising a composite wall (2) enclosing a fluid chamber (3) and which is, at at least one connecting location, connected to a shaft-like body (5) extending through the composite wall. The composite wall comprises a fluid-tight inner lining (6) around which support fibers are provided. At the at least one connecting location, the composite wall is connected in a sealing manner to the shaft-like body via a sealing ring arranged around the shaft-like body in an axially slidable manner.
Abstract:
A gas storage system (11) formed of a continuous pipe (10) wound in plural layers, each layer having plural loops. The pipe may be distributed within a container (12), which may serve as a carousel for winding the pipe and as a gas containment device. When containers, each containing a continuous pipe, are stacked upon each other, the weight of upper containers may be born by the walls (16, 18) of lower containers, thus preventing lower layers of pipe from suffering stresses due to crushing by upper layers. A method of transporting gas to a gas distribution facility including obtaining a supply of gas at a gas supply point remote from the gas distribution facility, injecting the gas into a continuous pipe bent to form plural layers, each layer including plural loops of pipe, transporting the continuous pipe along with the gas to the gas distribution facility preferably in a ship (62) and discharging the gas.
Abstract:
A pressurized fuel vessel (10) for automotive use has a greater diametrical dimension than axial dimension and is defined by a preformed enclosure (12) whose peripheral wall (16) comprises a reinforcing wall of the vessel having openings (24, 26, 28, 30) therethrough, and an annular portion (14) which is welded to the enclosure to define with the enclosure the chamber of the fuel vessel. The opposed ends (42, 44) of the annular portion conveniently radially inwardly overlap the peripheral wall of the enclosure and are welded to the opposed ends (18, 20) of the enclosure.