Abstract:
An ISO modal container for storage and transportation of a CNG pressure vessel comprises a main longitudinal portion and two end caps, one at each end of the main longitudinal portion. The container comprises a frame body for housing the pressure vessel inside said frame body. The frame body comprises two sides connected by longitudinally extending beams. A pair of attachments, one at each end of the pressure vessel, holds the pressure vessel suspended in place inside the frame body, with the longitudinal portion of the pressure vessel substantially parallel to the longitudinally extending beams of the frame body of the container. The pressure vessel is supported at, or in cooperation with, its end caps rather than being supported on its longitudinal main body.
Abstract:
A pressure vessel is produced for storing and transporting CNG. The vessel comprises a body defining an internal volume in which the CNG can be stored, and an inlet for loading the CNG into the vessel. The body of the vessel comprises a structural shell made entirely of a fibre-reinforced filament-wound composite material, which is provided with fibres to carry mechanical loads and a matrix to keep the fibres together and to make the composite impermeable to the CNG. Because the vessel is not provided with any liner, the CNG is in direct contact with an inner side of the structural shell.
Abstract:
A ship comprising a plurality of pressure vessels, there being a first set of pressure vessels of a first length, a second set of pressure vessels of a second length, and a third set of pressure vessels of a third length, the first, second and third lengths differing from one another. The vessels are typically arranged vertically, and the ship can be a multi-hull ship.
Abstract:
The present invention comprises a method of forming a thin metal layer on a dicyclopentadiene polymer surface and to constructs comprising the metalized layer.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a pressure vessel comprising a conductive composite boss wherein the composite boss is isolated from contact with materials with different electrical potentials so as to substantially eliminate the possibility of galvanic corrosion.
Abstract:
An internally coated pipe (10) for CNG distribution or delivery is disclosed, wherein the pipe is made of a thermosetting plastic material (3), and the internal coating is made of a metallic material (5). The thermosetting material (3) provides the required strength for the pipe (10), for handling the pressures to which the pipe will be exposed, e.g. up to 100 bar, whereas the metallic layer (5) provides the required impermeability to the component parts of the CNG.
Abstract:
A pressure vessel (10) for naval transportation of CNG comprises a vessel body adapted to receive and contain CNG, and an external layer (202) of a cushioning and thermally insulating material for insulating thermally at least a portion of the CNG. The thermally insulating material (202) is distinct from the vessel body. For example, it is a foam material. A rigid or semi-rigid skin or skirt (204) of a structural material can also be provided in contact with at least a portion of the cushioning and thermally insulating material (202), on the outer side thereof, to enable the pressure vessel (10) to be supported in a desired position on ships (301 ) or the like.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a pressure vessel for containing or transporting pressurized gas. More particularly it relates to such vessels for containing or transporting compressed natural gas. The present invention also relates to a method of storing or transporting gas onshore or offshore. Moreover, the present invention relates to a vehicle for transporting gas, in particular compressed natural gas.
Abstract:
A CNG transportation vehicle comprising at least one vertially oriented, generally cylindrical, pressure vessel (10) of the type for containing and transporting CNG, the vessel having a generally cylindrical body and two ends and an opening in the form of a manhole at the top end thereof.
Abstract:
A ship comprising a plurality of pressure vessels (17) for the transportation and distribution of CNG, the CNG being transported at storage pressures in excess of 200 bar, the ship comprising a CNG powered electrical generator (19), the generator being connected to extract its fuel requirements from one or more of the plurality of pressure vessels.