Composite pressure tank identification and tracking
Disclosed is a device, system and methods for tracking conductive composite pressurized gaseous storage tanks. The system including anchoring an RFID device in a non-conductive blind boss. Wherein the anchor material has a low dielectric and has minimal reflection if RF energy.
1. A tracking system for conductive material pressurized composite tanks, the system comprising:
a composite pressurized tank vessel ( 100 ) comprising;
a plastic liner ( 120 ) surrounded by a wrapping region ( 130 );
an interior volumetric space ( 133 );
a plastic, non-carbon, blind boss ( 150 ) with a closed distal end ( 155 ) and an open proximal end ( 160 ) wherein the closed distal end is affixed to the liner;
a cavity ( 164 ) in the blind boss surrounded by an annular wall ( 162 );
an anchor material ( 200 ) affixed within the cavity of the blind boss; and,
an RFID device affixed within the anchor material.
2. The tracking system for conductive material pressurized composite tanks of claim 1 further comprising:
data stored in memory in the RFID device;
an RFID reader in signal communication with the RFID device; and,
whereby information stored in the memory of the RFID device is read.
3. The tracking system for conductive material pressurized composite tanks of claim 1 wherein the blind boss further compromises a roughened internal annular wall ( 162 ).
4. The tracking system for conductive material pressurized composite tanks of claim 1 wherein the blind boss is threaded on its internal annular wall.
5. The tracking system for conductive material pressurized composite tanks of claim 1 further comprising a prong ( 450 ) in its cavity.
6. The tracking system for conductive material pressurized composite tanks of claim 1 further comprising an insert able end sleeve ( 500 ) affixed to the internal annular wall partially within the cavity; and,
whereby the sleeve effectively reduces the diameter of the open proximal end of the blind boss.
7. The tracking system for conductive material pressurized composite tanks of claim 1 further comprising an insert able plug ( 700 ) affixed to the internal annular wall 162 partially within the cavity; and,
whereby the plug contains the anchor material and the RFID device.
8. The tracking system for conductive material pressurized composite tanks of claim 1 further comprising a coating of additional anchor material ( 170 ) on the internal annular wall.
9. The tracking system for conductive material pressurized composite tanks of claim 2 wherein the RFID reader provides the information read from the RFID device to a network ( 1100 ).
10. An asset management system for conductive pressurized composite tanks, the system comprising:
a composite pressurized tank vessel ( 100 ) comprising;
a plastic liner ( 120 ) surrounded by a wrapping region ( 130 );
an interior volumetric space ( 133 );
a plastic, non-carbon, blind boss ( 150 ) affixed at its closed distal end to the liner having an open proximal end ( 160 ) and a cavity ( 164 ) surrounded by an internal annular wall ( 162 );
an anchor material ( 200 ) affixed within the cavity of the blind boss;
an RFID device affixed within the anchor material; and,
an RFID reader ( 1000 ) in signal communications with the RFID device.
11. The asset management system for conductive pressurized composite tanks, of claim 10 wherein the RFID reader is in signal communications with a server ( 1120 ) via a network ( 1100 ) and provides the data collected from the RFID device to the server.
12. The asset management system for conductive pressurized composite tanks, of claim 11 wherein the RFID reader is in signal communications with the RFID device at a distance of up to about 5 meters.
13. The asset management system for conductive pressurized composite tanks, of claim 11 wherein the RFID reader is in signal communications with the RFID device at a distance of up to about 10 meters.
14. The asset management system for conductive pressurized composite tanks, of claim 11 wherein the RFID reader is in signal communications with the RFID device at a distance of up to about 15 meters.
15. The asset management system for conductive pressurized composite tanks, of claim 11 wherein the server parses the data provided and provides at least some of that data to a remote computing device ( 1300 ).
16. The asset management system for conductive pressurized composite tanks, of claim 10 further comprising:
an input devices 1200 which contemporaneously with the RFID reader 1000 collect other data including but not limited to one or more of a jpeg, mpeg, geographical location, temperature, vehicle ID, date and time; and,
said input device provides said other data to the server via the network.
17. A method of tracking composite conductive pressurized tanks, the method comprising:
affixing or forming a blind boss with an open cavity to the plastic liner of a composite pressurized tank;
affixing an RFID device in the cavity with an anchor material; storing data in the memory of the RFID device;
reading the data stored with an RFID writer/reader; and,
providing the collected data to a server via a network.
18. The method of claim 17 , the method further comprising using the RFID writer/reader to write data on the RFID device.
19. The method of claim 17 , the method further comprising using a input device to contemporaneously with the reading of the RFID device data, provide other data to a network; and,
wherein the other data is at least one of as jpeg, mpeg, geographical location, temperature, vehicle ID, visual inspection.
20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the anchor material has a low-dielectric.