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Design: Some Comments on the Design of Low-Loss Storage Vessels, Containers and Tanks

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Low-Loss Storage and Handling of Cryogenic Liquids

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The design of cryogenic liquid vessels is contained in many books and papers. The comments included in this chapter are guidances based on 60 years experience of cryogenics research. The choice of materials for providing reliable vacuum insulation deserves comment. Matching different materials, or similar ones with different metallurgical histories, across vacuum tight joints requires thermal contractions to be closely matched. Many polymers and polymer based composites have large thermal contractions, much larger than those of metals. However, epoxy resins with varying fillers can be made to match the smaller contractions of aluminium alloys; even the still smaller contractions of stainless steels; using a dilatometer and LIN bath for testing specimens. However, the porosity of plastics and stainless steels provide problems for constructing high vacuum insulation. Finally, this chapter considers the thermal design of 12 different cryogenic applications ranging in size, from a LIN cooled sample of 10 mm diameter, to an LNG storage tank of 75 m diameter.

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    Dr. Thomas D. Bostock

  2. University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

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Bostock, T. ., Scurlock, R.G. (2019). Design: Some Comments on the Design of Low-Loss Storage Vessels, Containers and Tanks. In: Low-Loss Storage and Handling of Cryogenic Liquids. International Cryogenics Monograph Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10641-6_7

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