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US 2023/0375140 A1Published application
Vessel connection
AssigneeRolls-Royce ple
InventorDaniel CLARK
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Abstract
There is disclosed a vessel connection (220) for a metallic pressure vessel comprising: a wall portion (221) configured to form a portion of a vessel wall; a pipe extension (222) integrally formed with the wall portion; and a channel (223) through the wall and the pipe extension. There is also disclosed a method of designing a canister for forming a vessel connection.
Claims17
A vessel connection for a metallic pressure vessel comprising:
- a wall portion configured to form a portion of a vessel wall;
- a pipe extension integrally formed with the wall portion;
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- a channel through the wall and the pipe extension.
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A method of designing a canister for forming a vessel connection for a metallic pressure vessel, comprising:
- providing a vessel connection model defining a vessel connection comprising:
- a wall portion corresponding to a portion of a vessel wall;
- a plurality of pipe extensions integrally formed with the wall portion;
- modifying the vessel connection model to remove or truncate at least one of the pipe extensions from the vessel connection, thereby providing a modified vessel connection model defining a modified vessel connection;
- defining a production canister model of a canister for forming the modified vessel connection by hot isostatic pressing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.