Systems, methods, and assemblies for improvement of explosion and fire resistant properties in fluid containers
AssigneeAtom Alloys, LLC
InventorVinod Menon
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Abstract
The present invention includes systems, assemblies, and methodologies for inhibiting combustion within fluid containers, enhancing the safety of such containers. One aspect includes a novel base module from which assemblies of varying shape and size, suitable for disposing within a variety of different fluid containers, are created. In one embodiment, the base module is made from an expanded mesh which is rolled in a novel cylindrical configuration according to a novel methodology. In another embodiment, the base module may be combined with other base modules to form an assembly.
Claims17
An assembly for suppressing explosions within containers, said assembly comprising:
- a plurality of base modules;
- each of said base modules including at least two layers of mesh rolled in a cylindrical configuration;
- each of said base modules further arranged along a cylindrical axis of said cylindrical configuration to form said assembly;
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- a net disposed about said assembly, said net having a higher tensile strength than that of said mesh.
A cluster of assemblies for suppressing explosion within containers, said cluster comprising:
- a plurality of base modules, each of said plurality of base modules including at least two layers of mesh, configured into a plurality of assemblies;
- each of said plurality of assemblies retained in said cluster via a net, said net having a higher tensile strength than that of said mesh;
- wherein said cluster is dimensioned and configured to be disposed within a container, and further to occupy the interior space within the container such that the average size of voids within the container is smaller than a quench distance of a fluid to be disposed within the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.