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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2021
Helmholtz-zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum Für Material-und Küstenforschung Gmbh, Geesthacht, DE;
Assemblae, Gouda, NL;
Stühff Gmbh, Geesthacht, DE;
Julián Puszkiel, Barcelona, ES;
José M. Bellosta Von Colbe, Wentorf, DE;
Anton Nijkamp, Gouda, NL;
Holger Stühff, Geesthacht, DE;
Julian Jepsen, Hamburg, DE;
Martin Dornheim, Reppenstedt, DE;
Thomas Klassen, Wentorf, DE;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing tanks for storing or containing a fluid under pressure and a method for manufacturing pipes for containing or channeling a fluid under pressure, such as for storing, containing or channeling hydrogen, natural gas or a hydraulic fluid. The method is less complex than known procedures, can be employed in a continuous or semi-continuous manner and allows for a lower thickness of the shell made from the fibres. The method comprising providing a liner having a cylindrical portion with two ends and two dome portions at the respective ends of the cylindrical portions or a liner having a cylindrical portion and one or two open ends; fabricating a tube of fibre filaments by means of the pullwinding method; and wrapping the tube of fibre filaments onto the liner such that at least the cylindrical portion of the liner is enclosed by the tube of fibre filaments.