RESEARCH ON COMPOSITE INSULATION OF LIQUID HYDROGEN SPHERICAL TANK BASED ON HOLLOW GLASS BEADS AND VARIABLE DENSITY MULTI-LAYER INSULATION MATERIALS

Fan Xiang; Zhao Yida; Zhang Guoxin; Dang Zhanwei; Li Jiancang; Bai Bofeng

doi:10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2024-0561

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Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (8) : 234-239. DOI: 10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2024-0561

RESEARCH ON COMPOSITE INSULATION OF LIQUID HYDROGEN SPHERICAL TANK BASED ON HOLLOW GLASS BEADS AND VARIABLE DENSITY MULTI-LAYER INSULATION MATERIALS

Fan Xiang¹, Zhao Yida¹, Zhang Guoxin², Dang Zhanwei³, Li Jiancang³, Bai Bofeng¹

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The thermal insulation system of liquid hydrogen spherical tanks is the key to achieving low evaporation rate and economical storage. This paper uses “layer by layer” model to study the thermal insulation system composed of variable density multi-layer insulation （VDMLI） and hollow glass beads （HGB）, design the support structure of the spherical tank enclosed space, and establish a prediction model for the heat leakage of the spherical tank. In this paper, daily evaporation rate of spherical tank under different insulation designs were compared. The effects of the vacuum degree of enclosed space, the total number of VDMLI layers and the layer density on the daily evaporation rate of the 25 m³ liquid spherical tank were analyzed. Thermal insulation system of the 2000 m³ liquid hydrogen spherical tank was designed based on construction quality, vacuuming difficulty, and cost of thermal insulation materials. The results show that the daily evaporation rate of a 2000 m³ liquid hydrogen spherical tank is 0.042%, which is 16% lower than that of a NASA spherical tank with the same volume.

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liquid hydrogen spherical storage tank / variable density multilayer insulation / hollow glass beads / layer by layer model / ultra-low daily evaporation rate

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Fan Xiang, Zhao Yida, Zhang Guoxin, Dang Zhanwei, Li Jiancang, Bai Bofeng. RESEARCH ON COMPOSITE INSULATION OF LIQUID HYDROGEN SPHERICAL TANK BASED ON HOLLOW GLASS BEADS AND VARIABLE DENSITY MULTI-LAYER INSULATION MATERIALS[J]. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica. 2025, 46(8): 234-239 https://doi.org/10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2024-0561

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