High Pressure Gas Tank Holding Device for Component Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current high-pressure gas tanks, particularly those for hydrogen storage in vehicles, lack the ability to integrate additional components such as sensors or structural elements effectively, which can impact the tank's functionality and safety.
Innovation Solution
A pressurized gas storage tank design that incorporates a holding device with multiple elastically deformable connecting portions to securely attach components like sensors or cables to the inner surface, ensuring stability and adaptability to pressure changes, and optionally featuring baffles for improved gas flow and temperature homogeneity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If components are integrated into the gas storage chamber, then the tank's functionality and safety are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The holding device is nested within the gas storage chamber, with the component (such as a sensor or baffle) contained within the holding device structure. This nesting approach allows integration of additional functionality while maintaining a compact arrangement within the existing tank volume, avoiding the need for separate external mounting systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The holding device utilizes an elastically deformable connecting portion that acts as a flexible element, allowing the structure to adapt to pressure changes and maintain secure attachment of the component without rigid fastening mechanisms. This flexibility simplifies the overall device while ensuring reliable component retention.
2Stability of the object's composition
If a holding device with multiple connecting portions is used to secure components, then the component stability is improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The holding device is segmented into distinct functional portions: a holding portion for receiving the component and connecting portions for attachment to the inner surface. This segmentation allows each portion to be optimized independently for its specific function while maintaining overall simplicity in manufacturing, as each segment can be formed using standard processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The connecting portions are designed to be elastically deformable, providing dynamic adaptability to pressure variations and assembly tolerances. This elastic property allows the holding device to self-adjust during assembly and operation, ensuring stable component retention without requiring precision manufacturing or complex fastening mechanisms.
3Reliability
If the holding device is connected to the inner surface by multiple contact points, then the attachment reliability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The holding device concentrates its attachment function at specific local contact points on the inner surface, rather than requiring distributed attachment across the entire component. Each connecting portion makes contact at a localized region, providing reliable attachment through focused stress distribution while maintaining structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The holding device is pre-configured with connecting portions designed to engage with the inner surface at predetermined contact points. This preliminary design ensures that during assembly, the device naturally establishes reliable attachment without requiring complex alignment procedures or additional fastening steps, thereby maintaining simplicity while ensuring attachment reliability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enhances the integration of additional components within the tank, reduces the risk of inner liner collapse, and improves gas flow and temperature distribution, thereby enhancing the tank's performance and safety.
Implementation Method 1
The holding device has a plurality of connecting portions each extending radially from the holding portion, each connecting portion being formed by an elastic member such as an elastic blade or spring
Data Source
AI summary
A storage tank comprises a gas storage chamber and at least one device to hold a component in the storage chamber.