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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 1/00 (2006.01); F17C 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 1/00 (2013.01); F17C 1/007 (2013.01); F17C 1/02 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0104 (2013.01); F17C 2201/032 (2013.01); F17C 2201/054 (2013.01); F17C 2201/056 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0604 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0617 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0619 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0621 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0624 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0639 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0643 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0678 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0695 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0111 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0142 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0146 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0123 (2013.01); F17C 2223/036 (2013.01); F17C 2250/043 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0439 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0452 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0491 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0139 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0581 (2013.01); Y02E 60/321 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and system is described for storing high-pressure fluids such as hydrogen. An inner tank and pre-stressed concrete pressure vessel share the structural and/or pressure load on the inner tank. The system and apparatus provide a high performance and low cost container while mitigating hydrogen embrittlement of the metal tank. System is useful for distributing hydrogen to a power grid or to a vehicle refueling station.