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http://dx.doi.org/10.7316/KHNES.2015.26.3.234

Performance of a 5 L Liquid Hydrogen Storage Vessel  

KARNG, SARNG WOO (Center of City Energy Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
GARCEAU, NATHANIEL (Center of City Energy Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
LIM, CHANG MU (Center of City Energy Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
BAIK, JONG HOON (Florida Solar Energy Center, Univ. of Central Florida)
KIM, SEO YOUNG (Hyrium Industries, Inc.)
OH, IN-HWAN (Green City Technology Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Publication Information
Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society / v.26, no.3, 2015 , pp. 234-240 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the face of the world's growing energy storage needs, liquid hydrogen offers a high energy density solution for the storage and transport of energy throughout society. A 5 L liquid hydrogen storage tank has been designed, fabricated and tested to investigate boil-off rate of liquid hydrogen. As the insulation plays a key role on the cryogenic vessels, various insulation methods have been employed. To reduce heat conduction loss, the epoxy resin-based insulation supports G-10 were used. To minimize radiation heat loss, vapor cooled radiation shield, multi-layer insulation, and high vacuum were adopted. Mass flow meter was used to measure boil-off rate of the 5 L cryogenic vessel. A series of performance tests were done for liquid nitrogen and liquid hydrogen to compare with design parameters, resulting in the boil-off rate of 1.7%/day for liquid nitrogen and 16.8%/day for liquid hydrogen at maximum.
Keywords
Liquid Hydrogen; Cryogenic Storage Vessel; Insulation; Boil-off Rate;
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