# US 2014/0191499 A1 · Method of fabricating type 4 cylinders and arranging in transportation housings for transport of gaseous fluids > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0191499 A1 - Document ID: US20140191499A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/239,938 - Filed: 2012-08-22 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-08-22 - Assignees: Tranzgaz Inc. - Inventors: Steve Campbell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140191499A1 ## CPC - B60P 3/2205: {Constructional features} - B65B 3/04: Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles - F17C 1/16: constructed of plastics materials {(shaping of plastics B29C)} - F17C 3/00: Vessels not under pressure - F17C 13/083: {for medium-sized mobile storage vessels, e.g. tank vehicles or railway tank vehicles} - B63B 17/0027: {Tanks for fuel or the like (constructional features of bunkers B63B11/04); Accessories therefor, e.g. tank filler caps (fuel tanks for vehicles in general B60K15/03; cargo tanks B63B25/08; cleaning of tanks B63B57/00; handling of liquids for use in power plants B63H21/38)} - B63B 25/004: {for containers (B63B25/28 takes precedence)} - B63B 25/14: pressurised - B63B 25/16: heat-insulated (insulating panelling B63B3/68; heating or cooling B63J) - B63J 2099/003: {of cargo oil or fuel, or of boil-off gases, e.g. for propulsive purposes} - F17C 2201/0109: with exteriorly curved end-piece - F17C 2201/0128: spherical or elliptical - F17C 2201/0166: divided in several chambers - F17C 2201/0171: comprising a communication hole between chambers - F17C 2201/032: with substantially vertical main axis - F17C 2201/035: with substantially horizontal main axis - F17C 2201/054: medium (>1 m3) - F17C 2203/0604: Liners - F17C 2203/0619: with two layers - F17C 2203/066: Plastics - F17C 2203/0663: in form of fibers or filaments - F17C 2205/0107: Frames - F17C 2205/0111: Boxes - F17C 2205/0126: One vessel - F17C 2205/013: Two or more vessels - F17C 2205/0142: bundled in parallel - F17C 2205/0176: with ventilation - F17C 2205/0305: Bosses, e.g. boss collars - F17C 2205/0323: Valves - F17C 2205/0332: Safety valves or pressure relief valves - F17C 2205/0394: in direct contact with the pressure vessel - F17C 2205/0397: on both sides of the pressure vessel - F17C 2209/2118: by injection - F17C 2209/2127: by blowing - F17C 2209/2163: with a mandrel - F17C 2209/221: Welding - F17C 2209/232: of walls - F17C 2221/012: Hydrogen - F17C 2221/031: Air - F17C 2221/033: Methane, e.g. natural gas, CNG, LNG, GNL, GNC, PLNG - F17C 2223/0123: gaseous, e.g. CNG, GNC - F17C 2223/0161: cryogenic, e.g. LNG, GNL, PLNG - F17C 2223/033: Small pressure, e.g. for liquefied gas - F17C 2223/035: High pressure (>10 bar) - F17C 2223/036: Very high pressure (>80 bar) - F17C 2223/043: in the gas - F17C 2223/047: with a dip tube - F17C 2227/0135: Pumps - F17C 2227/0309: using another fluid - F17C 2227/0344: Air cooling - F17C 2227/039: on the pipes - F17C 2250/0439: Temperature - F17C 2250/0469: Constraints, e.g. by gauges - F17C 2250/0491: Parameters measured at or inside the vessel - F17C 2260/016: Preventing slosh - F17C 2260/036: Avoiding leaks - F17C 2270/0105: Ships - F17C 2270/0113: floating - F17C 2270/0171: Trucks - F17C 2270/0173: Railways - Y02E 60/32: Hydrogen storage - Y02T 70/50: Measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to the propulsion system - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) - F17C: VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES (storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth B65G5/00; construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil-engineering techniques E04H7/00; variable-capacity gas-holders F17B; liquefaction or refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25) - B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06) - B63J: AUXILIARIES ON VESSELS - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A lightweight intermodal or road trailer based system for transporting refrigerated gaseous fluids is provided. The system includes an enclosed and insulated transportation housing, and a plurality of low-temperature resistant type 4 pressure vessels. The pressure vessels are at least three feet in diameter secured within the transportation housing for containing the gaseous fluids. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lightweight intermodal or road trailer based system for transporting refrigerated gaseous fluids, comprising: an enclosed and insulated transportation housing; and, a plurality of low-temperature resistant type 4 pressure vessels at least three feet in diameter secured within said transportation housing for containing said gaseous fluids. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said low-temperature resistant type 4 pressure vessels, comprise: a polymeric blow-molded or rotomolded liner made from at least two liner parts; low-temperature resistant metallic polar port bosses on said liner; and, a fiber reinforced plastic shell made from filament winding of continuous strands of fibrous material in a thermoplastic matrix onto said polymeric liner. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said gaseous fluids are selected from the group consisting of natural gas or components thereof, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, wellbore contents, air and combinations thereof. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The system as set forth in claim 2, wherein said fibrous material is selected from the group consisting of fiberglass, basaltic fiber, carbon fiber or combinations thereof. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The system as set forth in claim 2, wherein two or more of said liner parts with permanently affixed port bosses at polar ends are fusion welded together to form a complete liner. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The system as set forth in claim 2, wherein said port bosses are affixed to the apex of a dome segment of said liner parts by compression and crimping. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The system as set forth in claim 2, wherein said polymeric blow-molded liner comprises high density polyethylene (HDPE). ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the fusion welded liner parts form a sphere or a cylinder. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the wall thickness of the body portion of said liner is thinnest. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the wall thickness of the dome end portion of said liner is greater than the thickness of the body wall. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein a low-temperature resistant metallic or non-metallic composite frame of rectangular shape supports at least one type 4 pressure vessel and is dimensioned to fit through end doors of said transportation housing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The system as set forth in claim 2, wherein said type 4 pressure vessels are supported at the port boss within a metallic or nonmetallic rectangular frame in a vertical or horizontal orientation. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system as set forth in claim 1, further including insulation material affixed to an inside surface said intermodal container or road material. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said type 4 pressure vessels are wrapped with a non-stick film-type material such as polyethylene or polypropylene. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said natural gas or other gaseous fluid is chilled and compressed such that the density exceeds 300 kg/m3. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein chilled and compressed gaseous fluid is pumped for loading and/or offloading. ### Claim 17 An insulated type 4 pressure vessel group within a transportation housing to store natural gas as a fuel for a marine vessel. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The vessel as set forth in claim 17, further including fiber optic cables positioned about said vessel to monitor temperature and or strain. ### Claim 19 A method of providing a lightweight intermodal container or road trailer system for storing and/or transporting refrigerated gaseous fluids, comprising: loading conventional liquefied natural gas (LNG) into insulated type 4 pressure vessels housed within a transportation housing for the transport by land or by sea of pressurized, liquefied natural gas.