Anti-sloshing double-chambers tank

The invention defines a double anti-sloshing tank design to stock and/or transport multiphase substances

Patent title Multi-chamber anti-sloshing tank and method for manufacturing such tank
Thematic area Industry, Digital and Security
Ownership ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Inventors Sara Mantovani, Alessandro Ceruti
Protection International (PCT)
Licensing status Available for development agreements, option, license and other exploitation agreements
Keywords Additive manufacturing, Double-chamber, Self-estinguisher, Sloshing, Tank
Filed on 07 June 2021

Sloshing is a phenomenon that can be defined as the agitation of a fluid in its container, which can be caused for example from the acceleration of vehicles during transport. This is a negative phenomenon as the vehicle's dynamics can be modified by fluid sloshing in the tanks altering the performance of stability of vehicles such as the braking of racing cars.

The invention is about additive manufacturing tanks designed to stock and/or transport multiphase substances (liquid, gas, solids or mixture) with a specific internal structure made by a periodic internal cells system that can avoid sloshing during transport oscillations or accidental bumps. It is possible to have two separate non-communicationg chambers filled with two different fluids and in case of crash and fluid leakage, the effects of this leakage will be neutralized.

Applications:

  • Tank for containment and transport of fluids in aerospace field
  • Tank for containment and transport of fluids in automotive field and logistics
  • Unpressurized tank for the containment of fluids for civil/industrial applications
  • Pressurized or unpressurized tanks for containment of fluids in agriculture and food industry


Advantages:

  • Separation of tank in two indipendent chambers to allow the split transport of fluids
  • Transport of fluid and fire extinguisher fluid in two separate chambers
  • Reduction of the sloshing through partition of tank internal structure
Page published on: 15 September 2022