Manufacturing of pressure vessels using composite materials through the Filament Winding process

• Grant number: 23/05723-2
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: November 01, 2023
• End date: October 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Nonmetallic Materials
• Principal Investigator: Sergio Luiz Nascimento Junior
• Grantee: Sergio Luiz Nascimento Junior
• Company: Forza Composites Tecnologia em Materiais Compósitos Ltda
• CNAE: Fabricação de artefatos de material plástico não especificados anteriormente ; Testes e análises técnicas ; Pesquisa e desenvolvimento experimental em ciências físicas e naturais
• City: São José dos Campos
• Pesquisadores principais: Daniel de Almeida Pereira
• Associated research grant: 20/13901-0 - Manufacturing of pressure vessel using composite materials through Filament Winding process, AP.PIPE
• Associated scholarship(s): 23/16870-6 - Development of polymeric liner for Type IV pressure vessel manufacturing, BP.TT; 23/16872-9 - Development of structural reinforcement for Type IV pressure vessels in carbon fiber/epoxy., BP.TT; 23/16873-5 - Structural simulation of Type IV pressure vessels' liner and carbon fiber/epoxy reinforcement., BP.TT; 23/16781-3 - Manufacturing of pressure vessels using composite materials through the Filament Winding process, BP.PIPE

Abstract

The development of the biomethane market faces several challenges, one of which is to find lightweight, safe, and high-capacity gas storage technologies. Currently, there is already a technology that meets these requirements, i.e., Type IV pressure vessels (polymeric vessels with carbon fiber reinforcement). However, the Brazilian scenario is particularly challenging, as this technology is not yet commercially exploited in the national market. To help market segments to overthrough a technological gap shared by the biomethane production and the vehicular segments that can directly benefit from the use of biomethane, Forza Composites proposes to develop national design and manufacturing technologies for Type IV pressure vessels using the Filament Winding technique. The project is a continuation of previous developments (PIPE Phase I/Process 13901-0) that currently position the technology at TRL 3 within the company. The main expected result and objective of this project is to advance the technology to TRL 6, starting from the construction and characterization of laboratory-scale prototypes, followed by critical design review, and concluded with the evaluation of 1:5 scale prototypes in a relevant environment. (AU)