Excellent Thermal-insulation Performance for Liquefied Hydrogen Storage Tanks
CG-rendered images of the double-shell vacuum-insulation structure
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., a member of HySTRA, has released that the heat-insulating performance of the liquified hydrogen storage tanks onboard “SUISO FRONTIER” and at “Hy touch Kobe” owned by HySTRA are comparable with the liquefied natural gas (LNG) coastal vessels and LNG storage tanks of the same class.
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The BOR (Boil-off Rate), which represents the rate of liquid that evaporates in a day due to natural heat ingress from the outside, of 0.3 percent per day for the SUISO FRONTIER onboard storage tank and 0.06 percent per day for the Hy touch Kobe onshore storage tank are well under the planned design rates and serving as proof of the tanks’ excellent heat-insulating performance.