Damage and leakage barrier in all-composite pressure vessels and storage tanks
US8074826B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 24, 2008 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 12, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/32
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A linerless tank structure has a body that defines an enclosed interior volume. The body has a cylindrical section having an axis of symmetry and a dome section coupled with the cylindrical section. The construction of the pressure vessel includes multiple fiber plies. At least one of the fiber plies is a helical ply having fibers traversing the dome helically about the axis of symmetry. At least a second of the fiber plies is a braided or woven ply.
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