Hydrogen Storage System
OwnerJörg Wellnitzinventor
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Abstract
A Hydrogen storage system comprising storage elements coupled to each other to form one or more containers disposed in a space having a volume V where the volume of each of the storage elements is much smaller than the volume V resulting in the storage elements experiencing reduced stress at their inner surfaces. Thus, Hydrogen can be stored at relatively high pressure within these storage elements due to the reduced stress experienced by their inner surfaces. Consequently, materials having relatively lower tensile strength and stiffness can be used to construct the storage elements of the Hydrogen storage system. Further, the storage elements can be shaped and sized to conform to a volume of space having an arbitrary shape and dimensions.
Claims27
A Hydrogen storage system to be disposed within a defined space of volume V, the hydrogen storage system comprising:
- N storage elements coupled to each other to form one or more containers that fit within the defined space where each storage element has a volume equal to a fraction of the volume V and N is an integer equal to 1 or greater.
A Hydrogen storage system to be disposed within a defined space of volume V having an arbitrary shape and dimensions, the hydrogen storage system comprising:
- N storage elements each having a volume equal to or less than
- V
- N
- where N is an integer equal to 2 or greater and the storage elements are coupled to each other to form a container that conforms to the shape and dimensions of the defined space.
A Hydrogen storage system to be disposed within a defined space of volume V having an arbitrary shape and dimensions, the hydrogen storage system comprising:
- N storage elements each having a volume equal to or less than
- V
- N
- where N is an integer equal to 2 or greater and the storage elements are coupled to each other to form one or more containers that fit within the defined space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.