NASA Spacecraft COPV Development
NASA | Space
Collaborated with NASA to significantly improve the robustness and durability of spacecraft composite pressure vessels without adding unnecessary dead mass.
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Public engineering firm profile
HyPerComp Engineering Inc.
Brigham City, UT
A Heritage of Innovation
- Services
- 21
- Offices
- 1
- Projects
- 6
- Leaders
- 1
- Founded
- 1996
Overview
HyPerComp Engineering Inc. specializes in the design, analysis, development, testing, manufacture, and certification of filament-wound high-pressure composite pressure vessels and structures. It provides specialized engineering for Type 2, Type 3, and Type 4 composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs) serving aerospace, defense, automotive, and industrial clients.
- Founded
- 1996
Services
Composite Vessel Engineering and Analysis
Provides full-lifecycle structural modeling for Type 2, Type 3, and Type 4 composite overwrapped pressure vessels, utilizing orthotropic finite element modeling and closed-form calculations.
Regulatory Compliance and Certification
Helps clients navigate global regulatory frameworks and standards to qualify high-pressure cylinders for international commercial and defense markets.
Performance and Structural Testing
Executes physical verification and characterization of materials and finished vessels using high-pressure hydroburst, fatigue, permeation, and gunfire testing.
Process and Product Optimization
Mitigates technical and financial risk through analytical evaluations that support critical commercial development and manufacturing choices.
Prototyping and Toll Manufacturing
Fabricates specialized low-volume filament-wound composite structures and partners with high-volume production facilities to support scaling needs.
Technology Licensing
Offers commercial rights to proprietary fabrication and design technologies to support in-house client manufacturing programs.
Industries
Firm type
Project types
Projects
Hydrogen Automotive COPV Development
Automotive
Developed and supplied pioneering proof-of-concept extreme high-pressure gaseous and cryogenic compressed hydrogen composite overwrapped pressure vessels for leading automotive OEMs.
Military UAV Fuel Storage COPV
US Military | Defense
Engineered and manufactured ultralight fuel storage composite overwrapped pressure vessels for US military unmanned aerial vehicles to achieve record-setting flight endurance.
High-Pressure Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vessel
Automotive
Designed and qualified the first commercial composite pressure vessel capable of withstanding 10,000 psig service pressure and extreme cycles for automotive hydrogen fuel cell applications.
SCBA Vessel Design and Qualification
Medical Devices
Designed, developed, and qualified self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) vessels tailored to specific regional regulatory and commercial market requirements in Europe, North America, and Asia.
Ballistic-Tolerant Military Oxygen Vessels
Defense
Developed and tested high-pressure military oxygen vessels engineered to withstand severe ballistic abuse and satisfy the strict tumbling 50-caliber criteria without fragmentation.
Leadership
James Patterson
President and Founder