Method of recycling composite container for high-pressure gas

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10793438-B2
Application number	US-201514922119-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2015
Priority date	Dec 5, 2014
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

A method of recycling a composite container for a high-pressure gas is carried out so as to recover carbon fibers in a long fiber state, using a recovering apparatus that can separate the inner and outer containers of a composite container for a high-pressure gas such as a hydrogen tank and take carbon fibers out of the outer container without cutting it in order to recycle the composite container, in order to increase the degree of recovery of carbon fibers and improve the efficiency of recycling.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for recovering carbon fibers from a waste composite container for a high-pressure gas, which includes an outer container having carbon fibers, the apparatus comprising:
a recovery bar for holding the outer container cut off the composite container; and
a pair of supports for supporting the recovery bar,
wherein the recovery bar is transversely fitted in a plurality of recovery bar fixing rings formed at tops of the pair of supports for supporting the recovery bar,
wherein the recovery bar has screw type grooves for adjusting a gap between the supports and a plurality of fitting holes formed at regular intervals at an upper portion,
wherein a fiber separator that is fitted on the recovery bar is disposed over the recovery bar,
wherein a plurality of needles are formed at regular intervals on a bottom of the fiber separator and inserted into the fitting holes on the recovery bar,
wherein a plurality of fixing holes for inserting inserts vertically extending up from the fixing rings of the supports and having a diameter larger than an outer diameter of the inserts are formed at both end portions of the fiber separator,
wherein each support has a base formed at a bottom to be stably supported on a floor, and a middle portion of each support comprises a height adjustment portion for allowing a vertical height to be adjusted, so the supports are adjustable in height such that a circular surface of the outer container held on the recovery bar can maintain a gap from the ground for supporting the recovery bar and the fiber separator, and
wherein the fixing holes at both end portions of the fiber separator are configured to adjust the gap between the supports using the screw type grooves to adjust an allowable width of the recovery bar, and the fixing holes are spaced apart with a regular interval so that the inserts on the supports can be fitted in the fixing holes.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein gaps between the fitting holes of the recovery bar and gaps between the needles on the bottom of the fiber separator are the same such that the fitting holes and the needles can be fitted to each other.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• An Boo Youn
• Lee Dong Jun
• Jeong Kie Youn
• Koo Hong Mo
• Park Bong Hyun
• Hong Sung Joon

Classifications

• Y02W30/62

  Plastics recycling; Rubber recycling · CPC title

• B09B3/29

  involving a melting or softening step · CPC title

• C01B32/05 Primary

  Preparation or purification of carbon not covered by groups C01B32/15, C01B32/20, C01B32/25, C01B32/30 · CPC title

• C08J11/12 Primary

  by dry-heat treatment only · CPC title

• B60K2015/03315

  for hydrogen · CPC title