EP1492979B1 - Reservoir pour fluide sous pression, notamment reservoir pour gaz comprime destine a un vehicule automobile - Google Patents

Reservoir pour fluide sous pression, notamment reservoir pour gaz comprime destine a un vehicule automobile Download PDF

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EP1492979B1
EP1492979B1 EP20030745828 EP03745828A EP1492979B1 EP 1492979 B1 EP1492979 B1 EP 1492979B1 EP 20030745828 EP20030745828 EP 20030745828 EP 03745828 A EP03745828 A EP 03745828A EP 1492979 B1 EP1492979 B1 EP 1492979B1
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Antoine Hervio
Philippe Malarge
Jacques Pescheux
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    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2260/00—Purposes of gas storage and gas handling
    • F17C2260/03—Dealing with losses
    • F17C2260/035—Dealing with losses of fluid
    • F17C2260/036—Avoiding leaks
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2270/00—Applications
    • F17C2270/01—Applications for fluid transport or storage
    • F17C2270/0165—Applications for fluid transport or storage on the road
    • F17C2270/0168—Applications for fluid transport or storage on the road by vehicles
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/4673—Plural tanks or compartments with parallel flow
    • Y10T137/474—With housings, supports or stacking arrangements
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/4673—Plural tanks or compartments with parallel flow
    • Y10T137/4841—With cross connecting passage

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a tank for high pressure fluid, that is to say a pressure greater than 1 MPa.
  • a particular, but not exclusive, field of application of the invention is that of CNG tanks (Natural Gas Vehicle) intended for contain a compressed gas at about 20 MPa for a motor vehicle.
  • CNG tanks Natural Gas Vehicle
  • a compressed gas at about 20 MPa for a motor vehicle.
  • existing tanks consist of one or more containers elementals, or modules of cylindrical general shape and made either in metallic material, either of composite material.
  • modules When the modules are made of metal material, they have a relatively low construction index. In the case of modules made of material composite, the construction index is significantly higher but the pressure resistance stress induces a high wall thickness, this which affects the filling factor. In addition, the realization of monolithic tanks of the bottom type + ferrule made of composite material major manufacturing constraints, particularly for the production winding and / or draping the fibrous reinforcement of the composite material, and for the necessary tools, in particular mandrels or shapes which must allow disassembly of the wound or draped structure.
  • each lid is held by a single strap longitudinal axis which bears on part of the edge of the lid does not guarantee a holding at high pressures.
  • each longitudinal strap is common to two parts of tanks limits the flexibility in the construction of the tank, in particular does not allow to assemble parts of tanks of different lengths.
  • JP 10-274391 shows the use of peripheral straps in the form of ribbons reinforced by fibers.
  • the purpose of the invention is to propose reservoirs for fluid under pressure formed from one or a plurality of containers elementary, but with a simplification of the realization of the basic containers, and therefore a significant reduction in the cost of manufacturing, while allowing the production of compact tanks and performing.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose reservoirs having a excellent performance under high pressures, typically pressures of the order of those encountered in CNG tanks, that is to say about 20 MPa.
  • the invention also aims to allow a construction modular design with great flexibility and in particular a construction of tanks of various shapes adaptable to available locations for housing the tanks.
  • the or each container comprises a cylindrical body of composite material, two flanges closing the body cylindrical at its axial ends, and at least two straps which encircle the container substantially longitudinally while taking on parts of the outer faces of the flanges, and which are arranged on either side of a median longitudinal plane of the body cylindrical.
  • the straps can be made of metallic material or material composite. In the latter case, they comprise a fibrous reinforcement formed continuous fibers.
  • the flanges may be made of metallic material or material structural composite.
  • each strap passes through a groove made to the outer face of each flange.
  • each flange has a plug shape with a portion sealingly engaged at one end of the body cylindrical.
  • a rotational locking element may furthermore be provided between the cylindrical body and at least one of the flanges for to oppose a rotation of the flange relative to the cylindrical body around the axis of it.
  • each container can be provided with an inner lining of fluid-tight material, depending on the nature of the constituent materials of the container and the fluid content.
  • these form part of advantageously in parallelepipedal or prismatic volumes defined by the flanges, which allows an assembly of the containers of modular way by placing them side by side.
  • the mechanical connection between two adjacent containers can then be be obtained by a mechanical link connecting them for example at the level of the flanges arranged side by side of these two containers.
  • containers can be assembled into a bundle being held together at least partially by a device circling the beam.
  • Containers can be different lengths.
  • the internal volumes of two adjacent containers can be put in communication with each other through at least one link of fluid connecting flanges located side by side of these two containers.
  • At least some of the containers can be connected to a fluid manifold by at least one outlet formed through a flange.
  • FIG. 1 shows a tank 10 formed of an assembly of modules or basic containers 20 arranged side by side (not all shown).
  • Each container 20 comprises a cylindrical body 22 closed at its axial ends by flanges 30.
  • the containers 20 are arranged parallel to each other, each registering inside a parallelepipedic volume 21 defined by the shape of the flasks 30. All the containers are part of a volume defined by the size allowed for the tank. In cross section, this together is part of a regular or non-regular polygon, some containers may also have lengths different from those other containers, so that the tank may have recesses or projecting parts (not shown in Figure 1).
  • FIGS 2 and 3 illustrate in more detail an elementary container 20.
  • the cylindrical body 22 for example of circular section, is made of structural composite material formed of fibrous reinforcement densified by a matrix.
  • the fibers of the reinforcement may be, for example, fibers in carbon, glass, aramid, polyethylene or other.
  • the matrix can be by example in a thermoplastic or thermosetting resin.
  • the body cylindrical 22 may also be of thermostructural composite material with reinforcing fibers and matrix in carbon or ceramic.
  • the cylindrical body 22 gives the container 20 the holding at the radial component of the pressure of the fluid it contains.
  • cylindrical body 22 Various known methods can be used to realize the cylindrical body 22, such as, for example, the wire filament winding prepreg on a mandrel, or the winding of strips or strata fibrous pre-impregnated on a mandrel or the molding of strata with resin transfer (or RTM process).
  • the cylindrical shape allows also to use the pultrusion process which allows the continuous production of tubes of great length in which the bodies cylindrical 22 are cut to the desired lengths.
  • the cylindrical body 22 is provided if necessary on its inner face a coating 24 (or liner) sealed to thick fluids substantially constant.
  • the coating 24 may be formed by a sheet metal, for example aluminum alloy, or by a material plastic, for example polyethylene or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), or by an elastomer.
  • the coating 24 is present at least over the entire internal surface in contact with the fluid.
  • the coating 24 can be glued on the inside of the body cylindrical 22 after completion thereof.
  • the integration of coating 24 can be performed at the body-making stage cylindrical 22, for example by performing a winding or draping directly on the cover sheet or by carrying out the pultrusion with simultaneous supply of the coating material.
  • the flanges 30 closing the cylindrical body 22 at its ends have a plug shape with a head 32 which bears on the end of the cylindrical body and a skirt 34 which penetrates inside thereof.
  • the flanges can be made in one piece of material structural composite. As the cylindrical body 22, the flanges may be provided with a fluid-tight coating if necessary on their internal surfaces, coating made in continuity with that 24 of the cylindrical body 22.
  • the flanges 30 are made in one piece from metallic material, for example aluminum alloy.
  • the head 32 has a polygonal cross section which is part of the section of the parallelepipedal volume 21 defining the bulk of the container 20.
  • the skirt 34 has at least one groove in which is housed a seal 35 which rests on the inner face of the coating 24.
  • a locking rotation is produced by means for example of one or more pins 16, each housed through a lumen 28 formed in the wall of the body cylindrical 22 and in a blind hole formed in the skirt 34, on the side outside of the seal 35 with respect to the internal volume of the container.
  • the light 28 extends in the longitudinal direction to allow a relative axial displacement between the cylindrical body and the flange when the container is under pressure.
  • the holding flanges 30 at the axial pressure exerted by the fluid contained in the primary tank 20 is ensured by at least two straps 40 a, 40 b. These surround the container 20 longitudinally relying on the external faces of the flanges 30.
  • the straps 40 a, 40 b pass through grooves 36 a, 36 b formed in the outer faces of the heads 32 of the flanges, of so that the straps are effectively held in position.
  • the depth of the grooves 36 a, 36 b is chosen so that the straps 40, 40 b housed them throughout their thickness and does not create protrusions on the outer faces of the heads 32.
  • the grooves 36a, 36b ensure thus a function of protecting the straps at the ends of the container in addition to the guiding function.
  • An interposing layer for example of elastomer, may be disposed at the bottom of the grooves 36a, 36b, the straps pressing the interposer layer.
  • the straps 40, 40 b may be constituted by metal strips fixed around the container.
  • the straps are made of a structural composite material with fibrous reinforcement and matrix, for example resin.
  • the fibers of the reinforcement are continuous fibers making it possible to withstand the longitudinal forces.
  • the fibers may be carbon, glass, aramid, polyethylene or other, while the matrix is for example a phenolic or epoxy resin.
  • the straps 40, 40 b can then be implemented by winding filaments or fiber fabric prepreg tape by the matrix resin.
  • the two straps 40 a, 40 b extend along planes parallel to each other situated on either side of a median plane of the container. In this way, the straps 40, 40 b and the reliefs of the gorge 36, 36 b fit into the box volume 21 and do not increase the footprint.
  • each container elementary is in internal communication with each or at least one of his neighbors at one end.
  • tubular connectors 42 provided with an internal passage 42a are provided to be inserted into holes 38 formed in at least one of the side faces 32 1 , 32 2 , 32 3 , 32 4 of the heads 32 of the flanges 30.
  • Seals 46 are also mounted on the connectors 42 to interpose between the parts of the fittings penetrating the holes 38 and the inner walls thereof. The holding in position of the tubular connector 42 between the two adjacent plates is obtained for example by the presence of a flange 44 being received in counterbores 38 has formed in the adjacent side faces of the flanges 30.
  • Each container is in direct natural physical contact with one or more adjacent containers by support between flanges 30 at the faces 32 1 , 32 2 , 32 3 , 32 4 .
  • the assembly can be achieved by means of local fasteners such as flanges 50 fixed for example by screws 51 engaged in holes 39 of the heads 32 of the flanges 30 (see Figures 1 and 4).
  • the flange connections are made at both ends of the containers.
  • the tank assembly can be made by at least one belt 17 which encircles the tank 10 at the level of flanges, perpendicular to the axes of the elementary containers as shown in Figure 6.
  • the tank can be formed of containers of different lengths.
  • Figure 7 shows very schematically containers each connected at one end to a tube manifold 14.
  • the collector tubes 14 which are connected in common to a collector pipe 15, can then have a mechanical function container assembly 20.
  • the lengths and / or layouts of the containers may be selected to give the tank a desired general shape (see Figures 6 and 7) corresponding to the space available for housing the tank.
  • a tank 10 as described above is particularly suitable for storing pressurized gas in a motor vehicle operating on NGV. It is then advantageously equipped with a shield of metal protection or composite material (not shown), as known per se (reference may be made to WO 98/26209 already cited), at least to protect exposed parts of composite material vis-à-vis external aggression.
  • Figure 8 illustrates an embodiment of the volume connection internal of a container 20 with a collector tube 14.
  • a conduit 48 is connected to a bore 37 formed in the head 32 of the flange 30, at a end of the elemental tank.
  • the conduit 48 is connected to a tube collector 14.
  • a similar provision can be provided at the other end of the elementary reservoir, in which case it is connected not to one, but to with two collecting tubes.
  • the space between the straps, at the level of flanges can be used to incorporate at least one measuring, safety or connection, such as manometer, system insulation, thermal fuse, flow limiter, tube connection manifold.
  • at least one measuring, safety or connection such as manometer, system insulation, thermal fuse, flow limiter, tube connection manifold.
  • a device 52 for example example a pressure gauge, is screwed into a central opening formed in the flange 30, with the interposition of a seal 54.
  • the equipment 52 is also introduced into a central opening of the flange 30 with seal sealing 54, but the mechanical connection is made by screws 56 through a collar 58 secured to the equipment 52.
  • the volume in which each elementary container fits may be of a prismatic shape other than parallelepiped, depending on the form heads flasks.
  • heads flanges a shape hexagonal cross section.
  • a tank may consist of different sub-assemblies each comprising a container assembly elementary and interconnected by pipes.
  • the tank may have only one container carried out in a manner similar to that described above for containers elementary.

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