Storage vessel comprising a one-piece shaped body of a porous solid

US10422480B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Matthias WEICKERT · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Stefan Marx · Bellinzona, CH
• Ulrich Müller · Neustadt, DE
• Lena ARNOLD · Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE
• Adam C. Lack · Hickory Hills, US
• Joseph A. Lynch · Hialeah, US
• William B. Dolan · Yardley, US
• Michael Santamaria · Monmouth Junction, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 10, 2015
• Grant date: Sep 24, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 27, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/32
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention is related to a storage vessel (1) comprising a shaped body (3) of a porous solid, wherein the storage vessel (1) comprises a wall (5) with a section (7) comprising at least one inlet (9), wherein the storage vessel (1) has a central axis (11) and the central axis (11) is a longitudinal axis of the storage vessel (1) and/or perpendicular to a cross-sectional area of the at least one inlet (9), wherein the shaped body (3) covers at least 85% of an inner volume (13) of the storage vessel (1) and the shaped body (3) comprises an opening (19) in an axial direction (17), axial referring to the central axis (11) of the storage vessel (1), wherein the opening (19) extends from a first end (21) of the shaped body (3) to an opposing second end (23) of the shaped body (3) and wherein the storage vessel (1) comprises exactly one shaped body (3), which is formed in one piece. The invention is further related to a shaped body and use of the shaped body.