Method of cladding a pressure vessel

1. A method of cladding an interior of a component of a pressure vessel, comprising:

obtaining the component;

obtaining a lining for the component which conforms to at least a portion of an interior geometry of the component;

positioning the lining inside the interior of the component;

pressing the lining into the component past a yield strength of the lining, in which the pressing of the lining comprises repeated iterations of pressing the lining and annealing the lining; and

fusing the lining to the component.

2. The method of claim 1 , in which a plurality of linings are obtained, positioned, pressed and fused to the interior of the component.

3. The method of claim 1 , in which the component is one of:

a cylindrical main body of the pressure vessel;

a head of the pressure vessel; or

a hemispherical half of the pressure vessel.

4. The method of claim 3 , in which the component is the cylindrical main body of the pressure vessel, and the lining is one of:

a hollow cylinder; or

a hollow prism.

5. The method of claim 4 , in which the lining is the hollow cylinder that is formed from one of:

a seamless tube;

a helical strip; or

one or more arcuate extrusions.

6. The method of claim 3 , in which the component is the head of the pressure vessel, and the lining is one of:

flat;

hemispherical;

torispherical; or

frustoconical.

7. The method of claim 1 , in which the fusing of the lining to the component comprises welding the lining to the component.

8. The method of claim 1 , in which the fusing of the lining to the component is performed by a laser welding process.

9. The method of claim 1 , in which the lining is one of:

stainless steel; or

a nickel-base alloy.