Herk_Man
Contributor
So, have had this thought running through my head for a long time. In today's day and age of carbon fiber products, why hasn't anyone produced a superstrong carbon fiber tank that can be filled to much higher PSI in a much smaller volume tank, than what we can get with steel or aluminum.
It just seems like you could develop something capable of 6000psi or so but small and light, that would give you the same amount of bottom time as current tanks.
I've what if'd this a bit.
CF does damage easier than metal but with the compact sized I'm thinking you could put bottom covers and some protection on it that would keep it from getting damaged.
May have some issues with the resins used for binding the CF but I'm sure that can be engineered if it is an issue at all.
Might have some problems with the ability of the vessel to handle bending moments where the valve connects to it, but this might be solved by having a hybrid type of setup where the cap is aluminum.
Just brainstorming.
It just seems like you could develop something capable of 6000psi or so but small and light, that would give you the same amount of bottom time as current tanks.
I've what if'd this a bit.
CF does damage easier than metal but with the compact sized I'm thinking you could put bottom covers and some protection on it that would keep it from getting damaged.
May have some issues with the resins used for binding the CF but I'm sure that can be engineered if it is an issue at all.
Might have some problems with the ability of the vessel to handle bending moments where the valve connects to it, but this might be solved by having a hybrid type of setup where the cap is aluminum.
Just brainstorming.