Liner systems and methods for high-pressure fluid vessels
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsJin Hu, Nathaniel Ching, Phi Doan, Casey Slane
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Abstract
A method of coating a high-pressure fluid vessel comprises filling a high-pressure fluid vessel with a coating solution, draining the coating solution, and drying a remainder of the coating solution in the high-pressure fluid vessel. The coating solution may include a thermoplastic elastomer that is hard with a low glass transition temperature and a high melting temperature. Drying the remainder of the coating solution may form a food grade coating within the high-pressure fluid vessel.
Claims20
A method of coating a plurality of high-pressure fluid vessels, the method comprising:
- filling a first high-pressure fluid vessel with a coating solution;
- draining the coating solution from the first high-pressure fluid vessel;
- drying the first high-pressure fluid vessel;
- filling a second high-pressure fluid vessel with the coating solution;
- draining the coating solution from the second high-pressure fluid vessel;
- and
- drying the second high-pressure fluid vessel.
A method of coating a high-pressure fluid vessel, the method comprising:
- dissolving a thermoplastic elastomer into a solvent to form a coating solution;
- filling the high-pressure fluid vessel with the coating solution;
- draining the coating solution from the high-pressure fluid vessel;
- and
- drying the coating solution remaining in the high-pressure fluid vessel to form a food grade coating on an interior surface of the high-pressure fluid vessel.
A method of manufacturing a high-pressure fluid vessel, the method comprising:
- dissolving a thermoplastic elastomer into a solvent to form a coating solution;
- adding a pigment additive to the coating solution, the pigment additive configured to alter a color of the coating solution to a first color;
- coating an interior surface of the high-pressure fluid vessel;
- and
- inspecting a coverage of the coating of the interior surface by contrasting the first color of the coating solution to a second color of the high-pressure fluid vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.