Reverse egg storage tank

Abstract

Imitating forms in nature can produce storage tanks of exquisite structure that can hold substances at very high pressures, but weighing very little. Examples are Euplectella Aspergillum and the chicken egg. They are marvelously created to withstand extreme pressures with an extremely thin and light structure. These pressures come from outside their structures to enter inward. Storage tanks may hold substances that exert pressures in the opposite direction, that is from the inside pushing out. To imitate the egg and aspergillum, the curves of the form would need to be reversed. This may produce a structure that instead of curving inward, as a sphere or oval shape, curves outward to present an arch against the outwardly expanding substance the tank is holding on the inside to effectively redistribute the forces. Also, the amount of curvature of the tank can vary as it curves outward and the sides can curve outward reversing the sides of an egg, or like an egg curve inward or have different angles of curvature but having at least one side, whether curved and curving inward or concave or a flat facet or side angled to project inward, thus presenting a curved or pointed arch pointed inward against the outwardly expanding substances held inside the tank. This is the opposite of an egg presenting an arch against the weight of a hen. Also, the tanks with at least one side or facet curved outward away from the interior of the tank or with facets or faceted away from the interior of the tank can have different shapes or geometries and or endpoints. Again, the purpose is to form a storage tank to efficiently hold the most amount of a substance with a minimum of weight and or space.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001]Today there is a need for a high pressure storage tank that can store a maximum amount of a substance, such as a gas or liquid, in a minimum amount of volume. Much work has been done on the type of materials used in the construction of such tanks, but the designs or shapes of the tanks have been traditional. As, for example, tanks that store high pressure gases such as hydrogen have been either a cylindrical or flat rectangular or even spherical design. This matter is crucial, because there is a desire to power vehicles with hydrogen, which is an extremely low density gas with an extremely low boiling point Furthermore, unlike hydrocarbons, which God created to efficiently store hydrogen on a molecular scale, pure hydrogen is not as energy rich and so a lot of hydrogen has to be stored to equal the amount of energy stored in a hydrocarbon such as gasoline. Why switch to pure hydrogen? Hydrocarbons such as fossil fuels from which gasoline is derived ...

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Whereas hydrogen produced from sea water is practically limitless and very easily obtainable.

Man has upset this balance, however, by cutting down plant life all over the earth to the point now where the earth's very climate is in jeopardy.

One of the main holdups though, is the storage tank, as this in the past has involved using tanks that are too heavy.

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