Composition for tank with single-layer wall

• US 20060013973A1
• Filed: 06/03/2003
• Published: 01/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Institut Francais Du Petrole (IFP Energies Nouvelles)
• Original Assignee: Institut Francais Du Petrole (IFP Energies Nouvelles)
• Inventors: Vinciguerra, Emmanuel, Klopffer, Marie-Helene, Flaconneche, Bruno, Jarrin, Jacques
• Application Number:
  US10/517,630
• Publication Number:
  US 20060013973A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/35.700
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 3/04 Carbon
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 3/041 Carbon nanotubes
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 3/34 Silicon-containing compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 7/24 inorganic
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 23/06 Polyethene
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1352 Polymer or resin containing [i.e., natural or synthetic]

Abstract

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a mixture of polymer material (4) and of mineral fillers (5) allowing to obtain a sealing barrier to hydrocarbons. The mixture comprises a predetermined proportion of specific mineral fillers for adsorption of all or part of the hydrocarbons that pass through the material by permeability. The proportion is determined depending on the permeability of the polymer material. The invention also relates to its applications to hydrocarbon tanks (gasoline, diesel oil, solvents) for example for motor vehicles, or hydrocarbon-carrying lines.

Claims

1. A controlled hydrocarbon permeability composition comprising a mixture of polymer material (4) and of fillers, characterized in that fillers (5) are mineral and selected to adsorb and to trap an amount of hydrocarbons discharged through said polymer so as to reduce the permeability of said composition.

2. A composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said adsorbent mineral fillers are selected from the following group:

zeolite, activated charcoal, carbon nanotubes and mixtures thereof.

3. A composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polymer is selected from :

polyolefins (PE, PP), polyamides, fluoropolymers, polymer alloys (PE-PA), elastomers.

4. A composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polymer material comprises permeability-reducing fillers (8) of micrometric type, such as talc, metal particles for example, or of a nanometric type, such as clays for example.

5. A structure containing hydrocarbons, characterized in that its wall is a single layer of the composition as claimed in claim 1.

6. A structure as claimed in claim 5, wherein at least one face of said wall is treated (6), for example by fluorination, to reduce the permeability.

7. A structure as claimed in claim 5, made by extrusion, injection, blowing, rotational moulding or compression.

8. Application of the structure as claimed in claim 5 to the manufacture of tanks for motor vehicles.

9. Application of the structure as claimed in claim 5 to the manufacture of fuel lines for motor vehicles.

10. A composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein the polymer is selected from:

polyolefins (PE, PP), polyamides, fluoropolymers, polymer alloys (PE-PA), elastomers.

11. A composition as claimed claim 2, wherein the polymer material comprises permeability-reducing fillers (8) of micrometric type, such as talc, metal particles for example, or of a nanometric type, such as clays for example.

12. A composition as claimed in claim 3, wherein the polymer material comprises permeability-reducing fillers (8) of micrometric type, such as talc, metal particles for example, or of a nanometric type, such as clays for example.

13. A structure containing hydrocarbons, characterized in that its wall is a single layer of the composition as claimed in claim 2.

14. A structure containing hydrocarbons, characterized in that its wall is a single layer of the composition as claimed in claim 3.

15. A structure containing hydrocarbons, characterized in that its wall is a single layer of the composition as claimed in claim 4.

16. A structure as claimed in claim 6, made by extrusion, injection, blowing, rotational moulding or compression.

17. Application of the structure as claimed in claim 6 to the manufacture of tanks for motor vehicles.

18. Application of the structure as claimed in claim 7 to the manufacture of tanks for motor vehicles.

19. Application of the structure as claimed in claim 6 to the manufacture of fuel lines for motor vehicles.

20. Application of the structure as claimed in claim 7 to the manufacture of fuel lines for motor vehicles.