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Title: Hydrogen storage container

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1343293
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An apparatus and system is described for storing high-pressure fluids such as hydrogen. An inner tank and pre-stressed concrete pressure vessel share the structural and/or pressure load on the inner tank. The system and apparatus provide a high performance and low cost container while mitigating hydrogen embrittlement of the metal tank. System is useful for distributing hydrogen to a power grid or to a vehicle refueling station.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC
Patent Number(s):
9,562,646
Application Number:
13/940,567
OSTI ID:
1343293
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Jul 12
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (21)

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Pressurized Storage Tank patent January 1972
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Impact resistant tank for cryogenic fluids patent August 1977
Plant for the production of hydrogen through utilization of heat energy obtained from a gas-cooled nuclear reactor patent August 1977
Storage tank having a protective wall construction patent January 1978
Prestressed concrete pressure vessels patent February 1982
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Pressure vessels patent August 1984
Concrete cover for high pressure vessels patent October 1984
Process and installation to secure a prestressed concrete pressure vessel surrounded by a reactor protection building against excessive pressure and to prevent the release of activity to the environment patent February 1987
Metal liner for the lining of the cylindrical cavity of a reinforced concrete pressure vessel patent April 1987
Prestressed concrete pressure vessel and method for making such a vessel patent October 1987
Heat insulation system for surfaces along which a hot gas stream is conducted patent May 1992
Pressure vessel apparatus for containing fluid under high temperature and pressure patent August 1996
Low cost, compressed gas fuel storage system patent July 2002

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