Fluid enclosure and methods related thereto
View Patent ↗Embodiments of the invention relate to a fluid enclosure including a structural filler and an outer enclosure wall conformably coupled to the structural filler. Embodiments of the present invention further relate to a method of manufacturing a fluid enclosure. The method includes conformably coupling an outer enclosure wall to a structural filler.
1. A fluid enclosure comprising:
a structural filler capable of occluding and desorbing hydrogen; and
an outer enclosure wall conformably coupled with the structural filler.
2. The fluid enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the structural filler includes a metal hydride.
3. The enclosure of claim 2 , wherein the structural filler is a composite hydrogen storage material.
4. The enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the outer enclosure wall includes multiple layers.
5. The enclosure of claim 1 , further including one or more sealing layers conformably coupled to the structural filler.
6. The enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the structural filler supports a tensile stress applied by an internal fluid pressure.
7. A fluid enclosure comprising:
a structural filler capable of occluding and desorbing a fluid; and
a flexible outer enclosure wall conformably coupled to the structural filler.
8. The fluid enclosure of claim 7 , wherein the structural filler includes a metal hydride.
9. The enclosure of claim 8 , wherein the structural filler is a composite hydrogen storage material.
10. The enclosure of claim 7 , wherein the outer enclosure wall includes multiple layers.
11. The enclosure of claim 7 , further including one or more sealing layers conformably coupled to the structural filler.
12. A fluid enclosure comprising:
a structural filler capable of occluding and desorbing a fluid; and
an outer enclosure wall coupled to the structural filler at an interface region, wherein the interface region includes an outer enclosure wall material that is penetrated into a surface of the structural filler.
13. The fluid enclosure of claim 12 , wherein the structural filler includes a metal hydride.
14. The enclosure of claim 13 , wherein the structural filler is a composite hydrogen storage material.
15. The enclosure of claim 12 , wherein the interface region is substantially homogeneous in composition of structural filler and outer enclosure wall material.
16. The enclosure of claim 12 , wherein the outer enclosure wall includes multiple layers.
17. The enclosure of claim 12 , further including one or more sealing layers conformably coupled to the structural filler.
18. A method of storing hydrogen comprising:
directing hydrogen into a fluid enclosure, wherein the fluid enclosure includes a structural filler capable of occluding and desorbing the hydrogen and an outer enclosure wall conformably coupled to the structural filler; and
occluding the fluid onto the structural filler.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the structural filler includes a metal hydride.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the structural filler is a composite hydrogen storage material.
21. The method of claim 18 , wherein the outer enclosure wall includes multiple layers.
22. The method of claim 18 , further including one or more sealing layers conformably coupled to the structural filler.
23. The method of claim 18 , wherein the structural filler supports a tensile stress applied by an internal hydrogen pressure.
24. The method of claim 18 , wherein the outer enclosure wall is flexible.
25. The method of claim 18 , further including an interface region that includes an outer enclosure wall material that is penetrated into a surface of the structural filler.