Disclosed is an automatic alignment method of a high-pressure gas container in which a high-pressure gas container is loaded on a lift of a cabinet so as to supply a gas from a fabrication (FAB) process facility of a semiconductor to a wafer production line, and then, the high-pressure gas container loaded on the lift is raised, and an end cap of the high-pressure gas container and the center of a connector holder of a gas pipe are automatically aligned.

A device (100, 100, 200, 300) for filling gas storage tanks (10) comprises a frame (110, 210, 310) and/or a housing, a gas buffer storage tank (120, 220, 320) for a gas which is movably arranged with respect to the frame and/or with respect to the housing, a first valve (130, 230, 330, 331) comprising an inlet, connected to the gas buffer storage tank (120, 220, 320), and an outlet for the connection to a gas storage tank to be filled, and a weighing device (140, 240, 340), connected to the gas buffer storage tank (120, 220, 320), for weighing the gas buffer storage tank (120, 220, 320).

The disclosure relates to a tank for storing volatile gas under pressure and a structure comprising the tank. The tank has a wall formed of a filament wound carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP). The CFRP may have a graphene nanomaterial filler dispersed in the polymer adhesive matrix. The structure includes a frame for bearing static and dynamic forces from internal and external loads, the frame including the tank, the tank being an active load bearing structural element configured as a stressed member in the frame such that, in the structure in use, the tank bears static and dynamic forces from internal and external loads. One or more of: the filament winding pattern of the carbon fibre, the wall thickness, the wall shape, or the material properties of the polymer matrix including the dispersed graphene; is configured such that the tank has mechanical properties required by the design of the structure.

An aircraft, including a hydrogen consumer and a hydrogen supply device for supplying the hydrogen consumer with hydrogen, the hydrogen supply device having a cryogenic hydrogen tank for storing liquid hydrogen. In order to lower the weight while improving performance of the hydrogen tank during different flight conditions, embodiments of the aircraft further include a suspension arrangement with suspension elements for suspending the hydrogen tank on a structure of the aircraft, wherein the hydrogen tank includes a tank wall made from fiber reinforced composite material, and wherein the suspension arrangement includes a plurality of first tensile loaded dry fiber suspension elements fixed to load introduction areas on the hydrogen tank such that the suspension elements extend essentially tangential to a surface of the hydrogen tank at the associated load introduction area.

A high pressure tank structure includes a high pressure tank, a pressure relief device, and a heat-resistant plate. The high pressure tank is capable of storing a fluid on an inside of a resin-made liner covered with a reinforced layer. The pressure relief device, when heated to a certain activating temperature, reduces an internal pressure of the high pressure tank. The heat-resistant plate is integrally attached to the high pressure tank, so as to be disposed facing the reinforced layer which is positioned at least on a bottom surface side when mounted in a mounting body.

The invention relates to a mounting system for pressure vessels, having a first supporting member on which at least one first mount (6) for a first end of the pressure vessel is arranged, and having a second supporting member on which at least one second mount for a second end of the pressure vessel is arranged, the first mount (6) having an inner ring (11) in which the first end of the pressure vessel (1) is accommodated in a rotationally fixed manner.

The object of the invention is to optimize the mounting for the end bosses of the pressure vessels.

This task is solved in that the inner ring (11) is pivotally mounted about a first pivot axis in an outer ring (12), which in turn is fastened pivotally in the mount (6) about a second pivot axis extending at right angles to the first pivot axis.

An in-stock compressed gas delivery assembly to deliver gas to an airsoft gun, including a cartridge receiving portion to receive at least a portion of a compressed fluid cartridge, a locking cap to secure the compressed fluid cartridge in the gas delivery assembly, a puncture pin assembly to puncture a nozzle of the compressed fluid cartridge when the locking cap is closed over the cartridge, a regulator to regulate a volume of gas passing from the gas delivery assembly, and a plurality of expansion chambers configured to form a tortuous path, between the cartridge and the regulator, to expand liquid from the compressed fluid cartridge to gas, and a buffer tube having a first end configured to be coupled to the airsoft gun; and a second end configured to receive the gas delivery assembly such that the buffer tube houses at least a portion of the gas delivery assembly.

A dispenser apparatus that includes a first cascade stage having a first connector configured to connect to and disconnect from a first gas storage vessel, and a first conduit connected to the first connector and having a first valve and a first pressure measuring device, and a second cascade stage having a second connector configured to connect to and disconnect from a second gas storage vessel, and a second conduit connected to the second connector and having a second valve and a second pressure measuring device. A common flow path is fluidly connected to the conduits, and has a dispensing nozzle to connect to a vehicle during refueling. A controller is provided to control the first and/or second valve(s) to perform refueling using gas stored in at least one of the first and second gas storage vessels based on pressure measurements of the first and/or second pressure measuring device(s).

An inflatable structure for gas storage includes an inner bladder containing a gas for storage and an outer wall spaced from the inner bladder. An intermediate space between the bladder and the outer wall is pressurized with a gas (such as air) other than the storage gas so that the structure is protected from environmental conditions such as wind and snow loading. The bladder and outer wall may be flexible fabric membranes and may be provided with lightweight support frames. The structures may be combined in a network of like structures for large scale storage.

A pressure vessel mounting structure (10) includes a plurality of bands (11) made of a composite material cured about the exterior surface (35) of the pressure vessel (30) to form an integral part of the vessel. The bands (11) may be spaced apart from one another to form a crisscrossing helical grid pattern with opposing ends (21) of the bands extending past a respective end (31) of the pressure vessel (30) and toward a longitudinal centreline (33) of the pressure vessel (30) to form a skirt (17). The skirt (17) provides mounting mounts (15) as well as a vertical standing mount for the vessel.