Self-sealing pressure vessel systems and methods
AssigneeNoble Gas Systems, Inc.
InventorChristopher T. Kondogiani
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Abstract
A compressed gas storage system that includes a pressure vessel. The pressure vessel includes a first vessel portion and a second vessel portion in fluid communication with the first vessel portion. The pressure vessel includes a third vessel portion in fluid communication with the second vessel portion. The compressed gas storage system includes a first valve positioned between the first vessel portion and the second vessel portion and a second valve positioned between the second vessel portion and the third vessel portion. The first valve allows and impedes fluid flow between the first and the second vessel portions. The second valve allows and impedes fluid flow between the second and the third vessel portions.
Claims9
A compressed gas storage system, comprising:
- a pressure vessel comprising:
- a first vessel portion;
- a second vessel portion in fluid communication with the first vessel portion;
- a third vessel portion in fluid communication with the second vessel portion;
- a first valve positioned between the first vessel portion and the second vessel portion;
- and
- a second valve positioned between the second vessel portion and the third vessel portion,
- wherein the first valve is configured to allow and impede fluid flow between the first and the second vessel portions,
- wherein the second valve is configured to allow and impede fluid flow between the second and the third vessel portions, and
- wherein when the pressure vessel has a rupture within the second vessel portion, the first valve impedes fluid flow from the second vessel portion to the first vessel portion and the second valve impedes fluid flow from the third vessel portion to the second vessel portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.