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Title: Conformable pressure vessel for high pressure gas storage

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1234641

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.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
Assignee:
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
Patent Number(s):
9,234,626
Application Number:
14/517,028
OSTI ID:
1234641
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Oct 17
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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