High-temperature heat shield assembly
AssigneeThe Texas A&M University System
InventorPeter McIntyre
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Abstract
A heat shield bladder includes first and second sheets of insulating material that form a bladder between the first and second sheets. At least one reflective foil is disposed within the bladder and a plurality of spacers are disposed within the bladder and positioned to space the at least one reflective foil from the first and second sheets of insulating material. Multiple reflective foils may be disposed within the bladder with spacers between each reflective foil. The heat shield bladder may be rolled into a tube shaped and used inside a pipe or formed into panels that may be used to line a vessel.
Claims6
A heat shield bladder system, comprising:
- first and second heat shield bladders capable of being positioned adjacent to one another to form a tube that comprises the first and second heat shield bladders, each of the first and second heat shield bladders comprising:
- an inner tube comprising a first end and a second end and an outer tube comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the inner tube is positioned inside of the outer tube and the first and second ends of the inner and outer tubes, respectively, are joined together forming a bladder in an annular space between the inner and outer tubes;
- at least one reflective foil tube disposed within the bladder;
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- a plurality of spacers disposed within the bladder to space the at least one reflective foil from the inner and outer tubes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.