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Analyse tridimensionnelle pour l'hydrogène liquide dans un réservoir cryogénique d'entreposage avec un système de pompe à chaleur.

Three-dimensional analysis for liquid hydrogen in a cryogenic storage tank with heat pipe-pump system.

Auteurs : HO S. H., RAHMAN M. M.

Type d'article : Article

Résumé

This paper presents a study on fluid flow and heat transfer of liquid hydrogen in a zero boil-off cryogenic storage tank in a microgravity environment. The storage tank is equipped with an active cooling system consisting of a heat pipe and a pump-nozzle unit. The pump collects cryogen at its inlet and discharges it through its nozzle onto the evaporator section of the heat pipe in order to prevent the cryogen from boiling off due to the heat leaking through the tank wall from the surroundings. A three-dimensional (3-D) finite element model is employed in a set of numerical simulations to solve for velocity and temperature fields of liquid hydrogen in steady state. Complex structures of 3-D velocity and temperature distributions determined from the model are presented. Simulations with an axisymmetric model were also performed for comparison. Parametric study results from both models predict that as the speed of the cryogenic fluid discharged from the nozzle increases, the mean or bulk cryogenic fluid speed increases linearly and the maximum temperature within the cryogenic fluid decreases. [Reprinted with permission from Elsevier. Copyright, 2007].

Détails

  • Titre original : Three-dimensional analysis for liquid hydrogen in a cryogenic storage tank with heat pipe-pump system.
  • Identifiant de la fiche : 2008-1459
  • Langues : Anglais
  • Source : Cryogenics - vol. 48 - n. 1-2
  • Date d'édition : 01/2008

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