A review of Type V composite pressure vessels and automated fibre placement based manufacturing

Hydrogen is emerging as a promising future energy medium in a wide range of industries. For mobile applications, it is commonly stored in a gaseous state within high-pressure composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs). The current state of the art pressure vessel technology, known as Type V, eliminates the internal polymer gas barrier used in Type IV vessels and instead relies on carbon fibre laminate to provide structural properties and prevent gas leakage. Achieving this functionality at high pressure poses several engineering challenges that have thus far prohibited commercial application. Additionally, the traditional manufacturing process for COPVs, filament winding, has several constraints that limit…

• AG
  Australian Government
• AR
  Australian Research Council

  Awards: LE140100082, IC160100040