DESIGN AND TRANSPORT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CRYOGENIC COMPRESSED HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEM WITH LIQUID NITROGEN COLD SHIELD

Cui Tengfei; Li Zimu; Wang Jian; Peng Zuozhan; Cheng Ziyun

doi:10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2025-0559

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Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica ›› 2026, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (8) : 110-115. DOI: 10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2025-0559

DESIGN AND TRANSPORT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CRYOGENIC COMPRESSED HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEM WITH LIQUID NITROGEN COLD SHIELD

Cui Tengfei¹, Li Zimu¹, Wang Jian¹, Peng Zuozhan², Cheng Ziyun²

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To address the technical bottleneck of low efficiency and high cost in hydrogen energy storage and transportation, this study proposes a cryogenic compressed hydrogen storage system integrated with a liquid nitrogen cold shield composite insulation structure. Based on the optimized design of a 40-foot standard tank container, the system achieves a hydrogen storage capacity of 999.68 kg with a volumetric efficiency of 64 kg/m³, tripling the hydrogen loading capacity compared to traditional high-pressure tube trailers. Through hexagonal tube bundle topology optimization, 200 mm diameter is identified as the optimal tube bundle configuration. By combining liquid nitrogen cold shield （with a static evaporation rate of 0.25%/d） and high-vacuum multi-layer insulation technology, the system enables loss-free hydrogen storage for 118 days. A point-to-point transportation cost model is established to quantitatively analyze the economic performance. Results demonstrate that, under transport distances of 200-800 km and daily hydrogen supply scales of 500-1500 kg/d, the system reduces unit transportation costs by 73.2% compared to high-pressure tube trailers and achieves 54.2% lower initial investment than liquid hydrogen tankers.

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cryogenic energy storage / hydrogen storage / hydrogen economy / cryogenic compressed hydrogen storage / hydrogen transportation

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Cui Tengfei, Li Zimu, Wang Jian, Peng Zuozhan, Cheng Ziyun. DESIGN AND TRANSPORT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CRYOGENIC COMPRESSED HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEM WITH LIQUID NITROGEN COLD SHIELD[J]. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica. 2026, 47(8): 110-115 https://doi.org/10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2025-0559

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