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Foundamental Research on the Tank Insulation System by Means of Cold Vapor Evaporated from the Cryogenic Liquefied Gas Cargo

Research Project

Project/Area Number 11650950
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 船舶工学
Research InstitutionSojo University

Principal Investigator

KOBAYASHI Yoshihiro  Engineering Dept. Professor, 工学部, 教授 (00234857)

Project Period (FY) 1999 – 2001
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help
¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
KeywordsCryogenic tank / Tank insulation / Vapor thermal shield / LNG / LH2 / turbulent heat flux / Thermal flow dynamics / 熱流動解析 / 熱流束制御 / ガス断熱方式 / 乱流流れ場 / 熱流束制限
Research Abstract

(1) For the evaluation of the vapor insulation system insulation box which consists of a high temperature space, low temperature space and low temperature vapor flow space was prepared. A source of low temperature was controlled at about 10 to 10℃ by means of a chemical coolant and high temperature space was maintained a about 50℃ by an electric heater. Temperature distributions of both spaces were maintained at an even level by stirring fans provided in each space. Low temperature vapor was produced from the sublimated gas of solid CO_2 of -78℃.
(2) Direct heat flow from the hot space to cold space without vapor insulation system was obtained by the calculation. Limited heat flow after an application of the vapor insulation system was obtained through experiments and calculations of measured temperatures of a few different quantities of vapor flow. After comparison of both heat flow values it was concluded that an insulation effect was enhanced by about 70 to 80% by application of vapor flow in between both spaces.
(3) Applications to an actual tank of LNG and LH_2 whose diameter was about 40m and 30m were studied on the bases of above result. Configuration of the system is that low temperature gaseous N_2 which was cooled by an evaporated LNG or LH_2 vapor is introduced into the bottom point and the equatorial area of annular space of spherical tank in order to avoid the dangerous gas around the tank. analyses of heat flow and vapor flow by energy equation and Navier-Stokes equations for compressible gas were carried out. Numerical results showed that insulation effects increased by about 20 to 30% for the whole spherical area and multi layers of vapor flow space might be possible for LH_2 tank because of unused low temperature remained in case of single layer.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2001 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All Other

All Publications (9 results)

  • [Publications] 古林 義弘: "異方性k-ε2方定式乱流モデルの開発"崇城大学 研究報告. 第27巻1号(未定). (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 古林 義弘: "ベーパー断熱システムの提案"日本造船学会論文集. 第192号(未定). (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kobayashi Yoshihiro: "Development of the Anisotropic Two-equation k-ε Turbulent Model"Vol.27 No.1. (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kobayashi Yoshihiro: "Proposal of the Vapor Insulation System for LNG and LH2 Carrier"Vol.192. (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 古林 義弘: "異方性k-劫2方定式乱流モデルの開発"崇城大学 研究報告. 第27巻第1号. (2002)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 古林 義弘: "ベーパー断熱システムの提案"日本造船学会論文集. 第192号. (2002)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 古林 義弘, Anstein Sorensen: "Vapor Insulation System for LNG and LH2 Carrier"GAS TECH 2002. (2002)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 古林義弘: "異方性乱流k-ε2方程式モデルの開発(仮題)"日本造船学会論文集. 190. (2001)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 古林義弘: "異方性乱流にK-ε2方程式モデルの開発(仮題)"日本造船学会論文集. 188号. (2000)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report

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