Tank for the high-pressure storage of a fuel on a vehicle
AssigneeConception et Developpement Michelin S.A.
InventorsDaniel Laurent, David Olsommer, Daniel Walser
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Abstract
The structural platform (11) of the vehicle comprises two tanks (T1) and (T2) for the storage on a vehicle of fluids under pressure. Each tank comprises at least one network of cells (2) connected to one another via orifices (3), the orifices being conformed so that the flow of fluid caused by the consumption of fluid necessary for the use of the vehicle exhibits only pressure drops which do not affect the said use, and being conformed so that, in the event of rupture of one or more cells (2), the leakage flow causes sufficiently large pressure drops to limit the flow thereof.
Claims17
Structural platform for a motor vehicle, forming a tank for the storage on the vehicle of a fluid under pressure, the said tank comprising at least one network of cells connected together via interconnections, the interconnections being conformed so that the flow of fluid caused by the consumption of fluid necessary for the use of the vehicle exhibits only pressure drops not affecting the said use, and being conformed so that, in the event of rupture of one or more cells, the leakage flow causes sufficiently high pressure drops to limit the flow rate thereof.
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