Korea Gas Corporation

Ji Hoon Joung

Eun Young Yun

Jae Hyun Ma

Yong Seong Jeon

Jong Yeol Yi

Jin Yeong Park

Hae Chul Han

A liquefied hydrogen storage tank is provided in a storage facility storing a large amount of hydrogen in a liquefied state or a vehicle transporting liquefied hydrogen and a liquefied hydrogen storage tank. The liquefied hydrogen storage tank is a storage container storing liquefied hydrogen. The liquefied hydrogen storage tank includes an inner space including a lower space in which liquefied hydrogen is stored and an upper space in which a gas is stored and further includes a heat inflow prevention unit disposed in the upper space or at an interface between the upper space and the lower space and preventing inflow of thermal energy into the lower space through the upper space. The temperature of the liquefied hydrogen storage tank is controlled, the generation rate of boil-off gas from liquefied hydrogen is controlled, and the liquefied hydrogen storage tank is maintained at a low pressure.

Liquefied hydrogen storage tank, and method for controlling temperature of liquefied hydrogen storage tank

Disclosed herein are a system and method which can control the generation rate of boil-off gas from liquefied hydrogen and can maintain the liquefied hydrogen storage tank at a low pressure. The method for controlling boil-off gas from liquefied hydrogen according to the present invention includes: at least two storage tanks storing liquefied hydrogen and each operated in a high-temperature mode or in a low-temperature mode, wherein the low-temperature mode includes: maintaining at least a portion of liquefied hydrogen stored in the storage tank at a first temperature being a densification temperature, and the high-temperature mode includes: maintaining at least a portion of liquefied hydrogen stored in the storage tank at a second temperature being a temperature exceeding a triple point of liquefied hydrogen through recovery of cold heat from liquefied hydrogen stored in the storage tank.

System and method for controlling boil-off gas from liquefied hydrogen

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Daegu, South Korea

Ji Hoon Joung