GLASS BUBBLES INSULATION FOR LIQUID HYDROGEN STORAGE TANKS
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cryogenic thermal insulation system
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The evacuated glass bubbles insulation system reduces LH2 boiloff by 46% versus perlite in field demonstrations.
“The evacuated glass bubbles insulation system is based on the prior two decades of research to prove the thermal performance benefits as well as the mechanical and vacuum integrity; and has been shown to reduce LH2 boiloff by 46% versus perlite in field demonstrations.”
From Energy efficient large-scale storage of liquid hydrogen (2022) · cites this paper as [21]
The Performance Testing and Conclusion sections report a 44% reduction in liquid-hydrogen boiloff versus perlite in the full-scale field application, not 46%. The Introduction assigns the 46% figure to liquid-nitrogen boiloff in earlier 1000 L tank testing. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredOnly very limited liquid hydrogen performance and transfer data at 20 K is available.
“However, even with thousands of analyses in LN2, when addressing LH2 performance and transfer data at 20 K, only very limited data is available.”
From Simulation test platform for the controlled storage and transfer of liquid hydrogen (2024) · cites this paper as [11]
The Introduction (page not provided) describes a gap between small-scale liquid-hydrogen insulation tests and the much larger tanks planned for future use. That supports a narrower shortage of large-scale performance data, but the paper does not establish that liquid-hydrogen performance and transfer data at 20 K are generally very limited. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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- e Insula Advances in Cryogenic Engineering 49A, edited by Joseph Waynert et al., American Institute of Physics, New York, 2004, pp. 619-626.
- Testing of Glass Microspheres Under Cryogenic- Advances in Cryogenic Engineering 49A, edited by Joseph Waynert et al., American Institute of Physics, New York, 2004, pp. 612-618.
- Fesmire, J.E., Sass, J.P., Nagy, Z.F., Sojourner, S.J., Morris, D.L., and Augustynowicz, S.D. - Efficient Storage of C Advances in Cryogenic Engineering 53B, edited by J. G. Weisend et al., American Institute of Physics, New York, 2008, pp. 1383-1391.
- Sass, J.P., Fesmire, J.E., Nagy, Z.F., Sojourner, S.J., Morris, D.L. and Augusty Performance Comparison of Glass Microsphere and Perlite Insulation Systems for Liquid Hydrogen Storage T Advances in Cryogenic Engineering 53B, edited by J. G. Weisend et al., American Institute of Physics, New York, 2008, pp. 1375-1382.
- Modeling of Propellant Boiloff in a Cryogenic Storage T Advances in Cryogenic Engineering 53B, edited by J. G. Weisend et al., American Institute of Physics, New York, 2008, pp. 1507-1514.
- Baumgartner, R.G., Myers, E.A., Fesmire, J.E., Morris, D.L., Sok Microsphere Insulation in Cryogenic V Advances in Cryogenic Engineering 51B, edited by J. G. Weisend et al., American Institute of Physics, New York, 2006, pp. 1351-1358.
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Energy efficient large-scale storage of liquid hydrogen
Fesmire, J., Swanger, A., Jacobson, J., & Notardonato, W. (2022) · IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering · doi:10.1088/1757-899x/1240/1/012088 · Cited by 59 · see citing works
“Field testing of a 190-m(3) (50,000-gal) VJ LH2 sphere at Stennis Space Center gave an average boiloff reduction of 46% over three thermal cycles in six years [21].”
MethodSelf-citationSimulation test platform for the controlled storage and transfer of liquid hydrogen
Fesmire, J., Guerrero, M., Williams, M., Glenn, M., & Coleman, B. (2024) · IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering · doi:10.1088/1757-899x/1301/1/012052 · Cited by 4 · see citing works
“As mentioned, limited data for the LH 2 environment has been collected in comparative studies of perlite powder and glass bubbles in a study using spherical cryostats (see figure 6) [9, 11].”
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- Authors
- Sass, J. P., Cyr, W. W. S., Barrett, T. M., Baumgartner, R. G., Lott, J. W., Fesmire, J. E., & Weisend, J. G.
- Affiliations
- Kennedy Space Center (US)
- 3M (United States) (US)
- Technology Applications (United States) (US)
- Stennis Space Center (US)
- Venue
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Publisher
- AIP
- Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 772-779
- ISSN
- 0094-243X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1979179218
- Cited by
- 29
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 1.27
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- AIP conference proceedings (publishedVersion)
- NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Stennis Space Center
- NASA Headquarters
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Superconducting Materials and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Aerogels and thermal insulation
- Keywords
- hollow glass microspheres, cryogenic insulation, liquid hydrogen storage, hydrogen storage tanks
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