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ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
Volume 186, Issue -, Pages 526-534Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2019.02.073
Keywords
Liquid hydrogen storage; Spray on foam insulation (SOFI); Multilayer insulation (MLI); Variable density multilayer insulation (VDMLI); Self-evaporation vapor cooled shield (VCS)
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Funding
- Research fund of State Key Laboratory of Technologies in Space Cryogenic Propellants, China [SKLTSCP1903]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51706233, 51427806, U1831203]
- Strategic Pilot Projects in Space Science of China [XDA15010400]
- Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences [QYZDY-SSW-JSC028]
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Hydrogen has more energy per unit mass (141.8 MJ/kg) than any other fuel but also has the lowest gaseous density (0.084 kg/m(3)), and liquid hydrogen (LH2) storage is a solution with high energy density. However, LH2 storage has the characteristics of low temperature (20 K) and easy evaporation, putting forward higher requirements for insulation system. At present, the improvement and optimization of insulation system consisting of spray on foam insulation (SOFI), multilayer insulation (MLI) and variable density MLI (VDMLI) is a hot topic. Considering the considerable sensible heat of hydrogen, this paper introduces self-evaporation vapor cooled shield (VCS) into the above-mentioned insulation systems to fully recover its sensible heat to improve insulation performance. A thermodynamic model has been established to study the insulation properties of composite insulation system for LH2 tank, and the results have good agreement with test data. Coupling effects among them are analyzed and the optimization strategies of MLI, VDMLI and VCS are quantitatively explained to obtain better insulation performance. The heat flux and temperature profile of four insulation structures (MLI, VDMLI, MLI + VCS and VDMLI + VCS) have also been quantitatively analyzed, which can provide guidance for insulation system optimization. The insulation performance of composite insulation system under different vacuum conditions have also been compared.
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