Conformable Fuel Gas Tank

摘要

A conformable fuel gas storage tank includes a housing that has exterior walls surrounding an interior. First and second base walls are spaced apart in a direction along a normal axis, side walls extend between the base walls and are spaced apart in a direction along a lateral axis, and end walls extend between the base walls and the side walls and are spaced apart in a direction along a longitudinal axis. Interior walls divide the interior and extend in a direction between the base walls and the end walls, and are spaced apart in a direction along the lateral axis. The interior walls establish elongate, laterally spaced, through channels extending longitudinally between the end walls. A gas storage material is located within the channels, and a gas permeable flow guide ex tends along at least one of the channels and through the gas storage material.

主权项

1. A conformable fuel gas storage tank comprising:
a housing establishing an interior for containment of a fuel gas and having:
exterior walls surrounding the interior and including first and second base walls spaced apart in a direction along a normal axis, side walls extending between the base walls and spaced apart in a direction along a lateral axis, and end walls extending between the base walls and the side walls and spaced apart in a direction along a longitudinal axis, andinterior walls dividing the interior and extending in a direction between the base walls and the end walls and spaced apart in a direction along the lateral axis,wherein the interior and exterior walls establish elongate through channels spaced laterally apart and extending longitudinally between the end walls; a fuel gas storage material located within the elongate through channels; and a gas permeable flow guide extending along at least one of the elongate through channels and through the gas storage material in that channel.