Modelling of Liquid Hydrogen Boil-Off
A model has been developed and implemented in the software package BoilFAST that allows for reliable calculations of the self-pressurization and boil-off losses for liquid hydrogen in different tank geometries and thermal insulation systems. The model accounts for the heat transfer from the vapor to...
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| author | Saif Z. S. Al Ghafri Adam Swanger Vincent Jusko Arman Siahvashi Fernando Perez Michael L. Johns Eric F. May |
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| description | A model has been developed and implemented in the software package BoilFAST that allows for reliable calculations of the self-pressurization and boil-off losses for liquid hydrogen in different tank geometries and thermal insulation systems. The model accounts for the heat transfer from the vapor to the liquid phase, incorporates realistic heat transfer mechanisms, and uses reference equations of state to calculate thermodynamic properties. The model is validated by testing against a variety of scenarios using multiple sets of industrially relevant data for liquid hydrogen (LH2), including self-pressurization and densification data obtained from an LH<sub>2</sub> storage tank at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre. The model exhibits excellent agreement with experimental and industrial data across a range of simulated conditions, including zero boil-off in microgravity environments, self-pressurization of a stored mass of LH<sub>2</sub>, and boil-off from a previously pressurized tank as it is being relieved of vapor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0385c96302e14daeb2a050b41b6061522023-11-23T16:26:01ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-02-01153114910.3390/en15031149Modelling of Liquid Hydrogen Boil-OffSaif Z. S. Al Ghafri0Adam Swanger1Vincent Jusko2Arman Siahvashi3Fernando Perez4Michael L. Johns5Eric F. May6Fluid Sciences and Resources Division, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, AustraliaNASA Kennedy Space Centre, Cryogenics Test Laboratory, UB-G, KSC, Merritt Island, FL 32899, USAFluid Sciences and Resources Division, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, AustraliaFluid Sciences and Resources Division, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, AustraliaFluid Sciences and Resources Division, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, AustraliaFluid Sciences and Resources Division, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, AustraliaFluid Sciences and Resources Division, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, AustraliaA model has been developed and implemented in the software package BoilFAST that allows for reliable calculations of the self-pressurization and boil-off losses for liquid hydrogen in different tank geometries and thermal insulation systems. The model accounts for the heat transfer from the vapor to the liquid phase, incorporates realistic heat transfer mechanisms, and uses reference equations of state to calculate thermodynamic properties. The model is validated by testing against a variety of scenarios using multiple sets of industrially relevant data for liquid hydrogen (LH2), including self-pressurization and densification data obtained from an LH<sub>2</sub> storage tank at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre. The model exhibits excellent agreement with experimental and industrial data across a range of simulated conditions, including zero boil-off in microgravity environments, self-pressurization of a stored mass of LH<sub>2</sub>, and boil-off from a previously pressurized tank as it is being relieved of vapor.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/3/1149boil-off gasstorage tanksliquid hydrogenmodellingstratificationspace |
| spellingShingle | Saif Z. S. Al Ghafri Adam Swanger Vincent Jusko Arman Siahvashi Fernando Perez Michael L. Johns Eric F. May Modelling of Liquid Hydrogen Boil-Off Energies boil-off gas storage tanks liquid hydrogen modelling stratification space |
| title | Modelling of Liquid Hydrogen Boil-Off |
| title_full | Modelling of Liquid Hydrogen Boil-Off |
| title_fullStr | Modelling of Liquid Hydrogen Boil-Off |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modelling of Liquid Hydrogen Boil-Off |
| title_short | Modelling of Liquid Hydrogen Boil-Off |
| title_sort | modelling of liquid hydrogen boil off |
| topic | boil-off gas storage tanks liquid hydrogen modelling stratification space |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/3/1149 |
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