Magna Steyr Fährzeugtechnik Ag & Co. Kg

Magna Energy Storage Systems Gesmbh

Magna Steyr Engineering Ag & Co. Kg

Guido Bartlok

Franz Mayr

Alexander Schärfl

Florian Wimmer

Daniel Kupelwieser

Andreas Podlipnig

A cryostorage system that includes: a cryocontainer operable to store hydrogen, the cryocontainer having an inner tank and an outer container; at least one cryopump, arranged in the inner tank, to deliver liquid hydrogen and/or gaseous hydrogen in one or more stages via an extraction line to a consumer at a pressure greater than a pressure in the inner tank; and a filling interface to facilitate filling of the inner tank at least in part via the extraction line and a spring-loaded non-return valve into the inner tank.

Cryogenic storage system

A liquid hydrogen reservoir and a method for operating a liquid hydrogen reservoir. The liquid hydrogen reservoir includes a cryostatic container operable to hold liquid hydrogen; a discharge line operable to discharge gaseous hydrogen in the cryostatic container; a boil-off management system (BMS), a return line, and a boil-off valve (BOV). The BMS that includes a mixing chamber operable to mix the gaseous hydrogen with ambient air, a catalyst arranged downstream of the mixing chamber and operable for a catalytic conversion of the gaseous hydrogen with the ambient air, and an exhaust gas line arranged downstream of the catalyst and operable to discharge the gas stream to the environment. The return line is operable to connect the exhaust gas line to the mixing chamber to facilitate a return flow of at least a partial stream of the exhaust gas line into the mixing chamber.

Liquid hydrogen storage tank

A storage container includes an inner tank to store a cryogenic liquid gas and an extraction system to permit extraction of the cryogenic liquid gas by a cryogenic liquid gas consumer. The extraction system includes an extraction line, a consumer line to facilitate extraction of the cryogenic liquid gas by the cryogenic liquid gas consumer, a return line to facilitate return of the cryogenic liquid gas to the inner tank, a heat transmitter to heat the cryogenic liquid gas extracted from the inner tank and transfer the cryogenic liquid gas to a gaseous phase, and a compressor to compress the gaseous cryogenic liquid gas. A first flow of the compressed cryogenic liquid gas is conducted to the cryogenic liquid gas consumer via the consumer line and a second flow of the compressed cryogenic liquid gas is returned to the inner tank via the return line.

Storage tank for cryogenic liquid gas

A pressure accumulator system, and a method of operating a pressure accumulator system. The method includes operatively connecting a tank neck to at least two pressure accumulator vessels having different admissible operating pressures, in which at least one of the pressure accumulator vessels has an admissible operating pressure lower than a maximum applicable pressure at the tank neck, simultaneously filling via the tank neck the at least two pressure accumulator vessels with a fluid medium, and preventing an inadmissible pressure rise in the pressure accumulator vessels with the lower admissible operating pressure during the simultaneous filling.

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