Containers and methods for protecting pressure vessels
AssigneeHelicoid Industries Inc.
InventorsLorenzo Mencattelli, Pascal Joubert Des Ouches, Chadwick Wasilenkoff
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Abstract
A container includes one or more hollow shell assemblies, each assembly having a first hollow shell including a first inner surface to cover a portion of a pressure vessel (PV) and a second hollow shell including a second inner surface attachable to the first hollow shell. The first and/or second hollow shells may include a fiber layer that may be at least partially impregnated with resin, and an energy dissipating material that is substantially concentric with the inner surfaces of the respective shells. The first and second hollow shells are attachable to one another to define a volume for at least partially enclosing the PV, and may be overwrapped via filament winding.
Claims20
An apparatus for protecting a pressure vessel, the apparatus comprising:
- a first hollow shell comprising a first inner surface configured to cover a first portion of the pressure vessel;
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- a second hollow shell comprising a second inner surface and configured to be attached to the first hollow shell so as to define a volume for at least partially enclosing the pressure vessel,
- wherein the first and second hollow shells are configured to be attached to one another so as to overwrap the pressure vessel with a plurality of plies, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of plies are helicoidally arranged relative to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.