A gas supply marine vessel and a refueling facility are described. The gas supply marine vessel includes a hull with an upper deck having an elongated cargo cavity formed therein. Gas interface modules are disposed in the cavity and extend between hull sides, each module having a plurality of fuel vessel docking stations. A plurality of stacked fuel container assemblies are fluidically coupled to the docking stations, A gantry, is movable along the length of the cavity, straddles the cargo cavity between hull sides. An articulating crane is mounted on the gantry and it utilized to move fuel container assemblies to a fuel container depression formed in the deck of a floating refueling facility. The floating refueling facility includes a concave side to facilitate mooring adjacent a shoreline, the concave side forming angled extensions at corners of the deck with a linkspan extending from each of the angled extensions.

A gas supply marine vessel and a refueling facility are described. The gas supply marine vessel includes a hull with an upper deck having an elongated cargo cavity formed therein. Gas interface modules are disposed in the cavity and extend between hull sides, each module having a plurality of fuel vessel docking stations. A plurality of stacked fuel container assemblies are fluidically coupled to the docking stations. A gantry, is movable along the length of the cavity, straddles the cargo cavity between hull sides. An articulating crane is mounted on the gantry and it utilized to move fuel container assemblies to a fuel container depression formed in the deck of a floating refueling facility. The floating refueling facility includes a concave side to facilitate mooring adjacent a shoreline, the concave side forming angled extensions at corners of the deck with a linkspan extending from each of the angled extensions.

Storage vessel, system and method for storing compressed gas are provided. A storage vessel for storing compressed gas comprises a wellbore provided in the subsurface; a casing placed within the wellbore and cemented to the formation, the casing defining a volumetric space within the wellbore for storing the compressed gas; and at least one flow regulator sealed at a top end of the casing for selectively injecting the compressed gas into the space or discharging the compressed gas from the space, wherein the wellbore has a volumetric capacity of at least 20 m3, and wherein the compressed gas has a pressure of at least 5 MPa.

A high-pressure container has a body part, and a cap inserted in the body part, and the body part has a cylindrical liner, and a reinforcement layer provided on an outer circumferential surface of the liner for reinforcing the liner. The cap has a contact portion that contacts with an inner circumferential surface of the liner, a through-hole that communicates the inside of the body part with the outside, and a projecting portion that is pressed outward in radial directions of the body part, and bites into the reinforcement layer, so as to inhibit the cap from moving in the axial direction.

Disclosed is a pressure vessel for storing high pressure gas, the pressure vessel including: a liner (10) provided to be a tube body of a predetermined diameter and having male thread parts (102) provided on opposite end parts thereof; inserts (20) having combining parts (201) provided on outer surfaces thereof and through holes (202) provided on middle parts thereof; a first sealing member (30) provided between the end of the liner (10) and the inner surface of the insert (20); a fastening member (40) having a female thread part (401) screwed to each of the male thread parts (102) and having a combination hole (402) into which each of the combining parts (201) is inserted; and a reinforcing wire (50) wound so as to cover an entirety of an outer circumferential surface of the liner (10).

A gas pressure relief valve assembly with a normally closed check valve received in a main body. An actuator pin slidably received in a guide body threadably carried by the main body may be advanced to open the check valve and retracted to permit the check valve to close. A knob connected to the actuator pin and threadably carried by the guide body may be manually rotated in opposite directions to advance and retract the actuator pin. Rotary loosening of the threaded knob and/or loosening of the threaded guide body will retract the actuator pin and prevent opening of the check valve.

A tube-array-type liquid nitrogen container includes a container body having a mouth; a tube array component received in the container body; and a top cap sealing the mouth from above. The top cap is rotatable in the mouth. The tube array component is composed of a plurality of holding tubes. The holding tube is opened at one end thereof, wherein the opening thereof faces the top cap. The top cap has at least one tube access passing therethrough. Each tube access is atop covered by a tube access cover. The tube-array-type liquid nitrogen container uses a tube-array component composed of the a plurality of holding tubes to store the freezing tubes, and is cooperated with the rotatable top cap and an external robotic arm, thereby improving space utilization and thermal insulation, effectively ensuring safety of the freezing tubes, and facilitating automatic storage of freezing tubes.

A pressure vessel includes at least one pair of side bulkheads spaced apart from each other. In addition, the pressure vessel includes at least one substantially flat panel having at least one panel span extending between the pair of side bulkheads and being in non-contacting proximity to the side bulkheads. The panel and the side bulkheads collectively form at least a portion of a structural assembly enclosing the pressure vessel. The pressure vessel also includes a plurality of panel braces coupling the side bulkheads to the panel at a plurality of panel attachment nodes distributed along the panel span. At least two of the panel braces have a different axial stiffness configured to result in the outward deflection of the panel attachment nodes by substantially equal deflection amounts when the panel is subjected to an out-of-plane pressure load during internal pressurization of the pressure vessel.

A fully removable chime or valve guard that can support the container on its top, side and bottom is provided. The removable chime or valve guard provides protection if the container is dropped on its side or top. The protection provided allows the containers to pass a drop test per 49 CFR section 178.603, so the containers can be certified per 49 CFR 178.504.

The invention relates to a fuel tank (10) having at least two layers (12) stacked one on top of the other, wherein the layers (12) each have a plurality of single tanks (14) lined together. The invention further relates to a vehicle (100) having the fuel tank (10).