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Title: Conformable pressure vessel for high pressure gas storage

Abstract

A non-cylindrical pressure vessel storage tank is disclosed. The storage tank includes an internal structure. The internal structure is coupled to at least one wall of the storage tank. The internal structure shapes and internally supports the storage tank. The pressure vessel storage tank has a conformability of about 0.8 to about 1.0. The internal structure can be, but is not limited to, a Schwarz-P structure, an egg-crate shaped structure, or carbon fiber ligament structure.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1234641
Patent Number(s):
9234626
Application Number:
14/517,028
Assignee:
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F17 - STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS F17C - VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL B21D - WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Oct 17
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; 03 NATURAL GAS

Citation Formats

Simmons, Kevin L., Johnson, Kenneth I., Lavender, Curt A., Newhouse, Norman L., and Yeggy, Brian C. Conformable pressure vessel for high pressure gas storage. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
Simmons, Kevin L., Johnson, Kenneth I., Lavender, Curt A., Newhouse, Norman L., & Yeggy, Brian C. Conformable pressure vessel for high pressure gas storage. United States.
Simmons, Kevin L., Johnson, Kenneth I., Lavender, Curt A., Newhouse, Norman L., and Yeggy, Brian C. Tue . "Conformable pressure vessel for high pressure gas storage". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1234641.
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abstractNote = {A non-cylindrical pressure vessel storage tank is disclosed. The storage tank includes an internal structure. The internal structure is coupled to at least one wall of the storage tank. The internal structure shapes and internally supports the storage tank. The pressure vessel storage tank has a conformability of about 0.8 to about 1.0. The internal structure can be, but is not limited to, a Schwarz-P structure, an egg-crate shaped structure, or carbon fiber ligament structure.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2016},
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