MANUFACTURING AND TESTING OF LIGHTWEIGHT, ALLCOMPOSITE TANKS FOR STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF ADSORBED NATURAL GAS

摘要

Adsorbed natural gas is a recent and viable fuel source to replace gasoline or diesel in cars, trucksrnand other passenger vehicles. Previously, 5 types of tanks have been developed that can be usedrnfor storage and transportation of compressed natural gas. Out of these 5 types, 3 types of tanksrnhave some form of composite structure introduced into the tank construction. Additionally, therntype V tank is an all-composite construction, which has not been introduced into the NGV marketrnin a significant manner. More recently, all-composite tanks with adsorbents are being developedrnfor storage of natural gas using new types of adsorbents, which is being termed as a type VI tank.rnIn this presentation, we will describe the manufacturing and testing of type VI all-composite tanksrnby the team formed between a small business and Oklahoma State University. The composite tanksrnare currently being tested using the department of transportation FMVSS-304 test methodology.rnPreliminary results will be presented in this presentation.