Design of fuel & gas storage tanks to prevent explosion in case of accidental damage and fire

• US 20020195149A1
• Filed: 01/04/2002
• Published: 12/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mustafa Demircioglv
• Original Assignee: Mustafa Demircioglv
• Inventors: Demircioglv, Mustafa
• Application Number:
  US10/036,343
• Publication Number:
  US 20020195149A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 137/574
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 37/32 Safety measures not otherwise provided for, e.g. preventing explosive conditions extinguishing or preventing fires in aircraft A62C
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86212 Plural compartments formed by baffles

Abstract

A design of fuel and gas storage tank which prevents explosion in case of accidental damage occurs to the tank and even if the tank caught fire. Design consists of only mechanical attributes but not any other method or process. Adding small volume-less cubical structures (cells) within the tank, establish a physical barriers to prevent explosion. Explosion is a very rapid fuel burning or chain reaction. This design physically slows down the chain reaction while occupying very low volume, and allowing free flow of the fluids inside the tank during normal operations. This design is intended to minimize life lost and damages due to explosion and fuel spills during accidents even if the fuel caught fire. Prevention of explosion during fire provides more time to escape or rescue, and increases the chance of survival. Applications include but not limited to airplanes, utility cars, race cars and boats, fuel tankers, fuel storage tanks and containers.

Claims

1. Adding small said volume-less cubical structures (cells) within the tank, establish a physical barriers to prevent explosion. This design physically slows down the fuel burning rate or said chain reaction while occupying very low volume, and allowing free flow of the fluids inside the tank during normal operations.

2. Said inner cubical structures (cells) also acts as a heat sink carrying the heat from inside the tank to the outside more efficiently, so decreases fuel temperature to keep fuel more stable condition against explosion.

3. The sizes of the said inner cubical structures (cells) and said the cell surface hole diameters change according to the chemical and physical state characteristics of the fluid or gas fuel. More the fuel is explosive, smaller the said cubical structures (cells) and the said cell surface hole diameters are.

4. This design attributes based on the idea of establishing said a physical barriers against rapid fuel burning rate in case of fire, while allowing free flow during normal operation. The shapes and sizes of said inner structures (cells) and said cell surface holes don'"'"'t have to be as shown in this document.