Gas tight vessel with a diffusion barrier layer of metal hydrides

US7718239B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Klassen · Hamburg, DE
• Martin Dornheim · Reppenstedt, DE
• Rudiger Bormann · Schwäbisch Hall, DE
• Uz Baumgart · Trebur, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 12, 2006
• Grant date: May 18, 2010
• Expiry date: Aug 8, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/1397
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a gas tight storage and/or transport tank for low molecular filling media, in particular for hydrogen, with a tank wall which comprises a thermoplastic polymer and at least one diffusion barrier. The diffusion barrier comprises a metal hydride.