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Modelling of Liquid Hydrogen Boil-Off

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  • Saif Z. S. Al Ghafri

    (Fluid Sciences and Resources Division, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
    Future Energy Exports Cooperative Research Centre, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia)

  • Adam Swanger

    (NASA Kennedy Space Centre, Cryogenics Test Laboratory, UB-G, KSC, Merritt Island, FL 32899, USA)

  • Vincent Jusko

    (Fluid Sciences and Resources Division, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia)

  • Arman Siahvashi

    (Fluid Sciences and Resources Division, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia)

  • Fernando Perez

    (Fluid Sciences and Resources Division, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia)

  • Michael L. Johns

    (Fluid Sciences and Resources Division, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
    Future Energy Exports Cooperative Research Centre, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia)

  • Eric F. May

    (Fluid Sciences and Resources Division, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
    Future Energy Exports Cooperative Research Centre, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia)

Abstract

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 2 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 2 , and boil-off from a previously pressurized tank as it is being relieved of vapor.

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  • Saif Z. S. Al Ghafri & Adam Swanger & Vincent Jusko & Arman Siahvashi & Fernando Perez & Michael L. Johns & Eric F. May, 2022. "Modelling of Liquid Hydrogen Boil-Off," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-16, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:3:p:1149-:d:742059
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