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US 8,397,930 B2Granted
Safety fuel transportation, storage, and delivery system
AssigneeGht Global Heating Technologies AG
InventorsGiampaolo Vacca, Jeffrey Poston, Rongjau Lin
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Abstract
The present invention is an assembly for transporting, storing, and delivering a fuel such that a compromise to the containment of the fuel is readily recognized.
Claims19
A container for storing, transporting, and delivering a water soluble fuel, the container being comprised of:
- an outer enclosure;
- at least one inner enclosure fully encased by the outer enclosure;
- a hydrophilic absorbent material sealed between the at least one inner enclosure and the outer enclosure;
- one or more pressurization means sealed within the outer enclosure or within the at least one inner enclosure;
- and
- at least one inlet/outlet means having a connector or another means of removing the fuel such as a hose attached;
- wherein the enclosures which are exposed to the fuel are substantially non-reactive to the fuel, and the fuel may be sealed within the outer enclosure or within the at least one inner enclosure;
- wherein at least part of the outer enclosure is transparent or translucent to allow witness to visible changes in the absorbent material;
- wherein the hydrophilic absorbent material is partially saturated with water in an amount sufficient to substantially increase the rate the absorbent material will absorb the water soluble fuel and reduces the flammability of a hydrophilic fuel;
- and
- wherein the absorbent is coated with a color change material which provides for visible changes in the absorbent material upon contact with an appropriate fuel.
8 more elements
A container for storing, transporting, and delivering fuel, the container being comprised of:
- an outer enclosure;
- at least one inner enclosure fully encased by the outer enclosure;
- an absorbent material sealed between the at least one inner enclosure and the outer enclosure;
- one or more pressurization means sealed within the outer enclosure or within the at least one inner enclosure;
- and
- at least one inlet/outlet means having a connector or another means of removing the fuel such as a hose attached;
- wherein the enclosures which are exposed to the fuel are substantially non-reactive to the fuel, and the fuel may be sealed within the outer enclosure or within the at least one inner enclosure;
- wherein at least part of the outer enclosure is transparent or translucent to allow witness to visible changes in the absorbent material;
- wherein the absorbent is coated with a color change material which provides for visible changes in the absorbent material upon contact with an appropriate fuel;
- wherein the absorbent material comprises one or more materials selected from the group consisting of water, glass fiber, cellulose-like material, hydrophilic polymer, hydrophilic polymers partially filled with water, fibrous material, material chemically cross-linkable when in contact with fuel, toxicity neutralizing means, fire retardant, foaming agent, mold prevention means, acids, bases, salt, anti-freeze materials and combinations thereof;
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- wherein the wherein the color change material is a pH indicator, or a combination thereof.
9 more elements
A container for storing, transporting, and delivering fuel, the container being comprised of:
- an outer enclosure;
- at least one inner enclosure fully encased by the outer enclosure;
- an absorbent material sealed between the at least one inner enclosure and the outer enclosure;
- one or more pressurization means sealed within the outer enclosure or within the at least one inner enclosure;
- and
- at least one inlet/outlet means having a connector or another means of removing the fuel such as a hose attached;
- wherein the enclosures which are exposed to the fuel are substantially non-reactive to the fuel, and the fuel may be sealed within the outer enclosure or within the at least one inner enclosure;
- wherein at least part of the outer enclosure is transparent or translucent to allow witness to visible changes in the absorbent material;
- wherein the absorbent is coated with a color change material which provides for visible changes in the absorbent material upon contact with an appropriate fuel;
- wherein the absorbent material comprises one or more materials selected from the group consisting of water, glass fiber, cellulose-like material, hydrophilic polymer, hydrophilic polymers partially filled with water, fibrous material, material chemically cross-linkable when in contact with fuel, toxicity neutralizing means, fire retardant, foaming agent, mold prevention means, acids, bases, salt, anti-freeze materials and combinations thereof;
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- wherein the color change material comprises a fuel soluble lacquer coating over a colored absorbent substrate, where the lacquer itself may contain a separate coloring agent.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.