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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin J. Stephenson, Chicago, IL (US);
Jeffrey M. Hansen, Moses Lake, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 11/00 (2006.01); F17C 5/06 (2006.01); C01B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 11/005 (2013.01); C01B 3/001 (2013.01); F17C 5/06 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2227/04 (2013.01); Y02E 60/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pressure vessel for storing hydrogen is described. The pressure vessel includes at least one chamber to store hydrogen atoms. The pressure vessel also includes a mycelium structure within the at least one chamber. The mycelium structure has a surface area of at least 800 m/m. At least some of the hydrogen atoms are attached to the mycelium structure at a pressure greater than ambient pressure. Methods of storing hydrogen and methods of constructing a hydrogen storage tank are also described.