Cryogenic storage system
OwnerMartin Stubenrauchinventor
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Abstract
A storage system for storing a cryogenic medium, in particular, for storing hydrogen. The storage system includes storage container for receiving the cryogenic medium, at least one pipe projecting from outside the storage container into the storage container, and a shut-off valve in fluidic communication with the at least one pipe. The at least one pipe is closed at an end thereof facing away from the storage container and is open at another end thereof located in the storage container. The shut-off valve is moveable between an open operating state in which an inner space of the at least one pipe is in fluidic communication with an inner space of the storage container, and a closed operating state in which the inner space of the at least pipe is not in fluidic communication with the inner space of the storage container.
Claims20
A storage system for storing a cryogenic medium, the storage system comprising:
- a storage container to receive a cryogenic medium;
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- a thermo-acoustic production system that includes:
- at least one thin pipe projecting from outside the storage container into the storage container for closure at an end thereof facing away from the storage container and opening at another end thereof in the storage container;
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- a shut-off valve on the at least one thin pipe to regulate pressure in the storage container by being moveable between an open operating state in which the at least one thin pipe is in fluidic communication with the cryogenic medium in the storage container to thereby generate pressure based on thermo-acoustic oscillations in the at least one thin pipe, and a closed operating state in which the at least one thin pipe is not in fluidic communication with the cryogenic medium in of the storage container to thereby prevent thermo-acoustic oscillations in the at least one thin pipe.
A storage system for storing a cryogenic medium, the storage system comprising:
- a storage container to receive the cryogenic medium;
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- a thermo-acoustic production system that includes:
- a plurality of thin pipes projecting from outside the storage container into the storage container, each thin pipe in the plurality of thin pipes being closed at an end thereof facing away from the storage container and being open at another end thereof located in the storage container;
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- a common valve block having a plurality of shut-off valves to regulate pressure in the storage container, each thin pipe in the plurality of thin pipes being in fluidic communication with a corresponding shut-off valve in the plurality of shut-off valves, each corresponding shut-off valve being moveable between an open operating state in which a corresponding thin pipe is in fluidic communication with the cryogenic medium in the storage container to thereby generate pressure based on thermo-acoustic oscillations in the corresponding thin pipe, and a closed operating state in which the corresponding thin pipe is not in fluidic communication with the cryogenic medium in the storage container to thereby prevent thermo-acoustic oscillations in the corresponding thin pipe.
A storage system, comprising:
- a storage container to store a cryogenic medium;
- and
- a thermo-acoustic production system that includes:
- a plurality of thin pipes projecting from outside the storage container into the storage container;
- and
- a common valve block having a plurality of shut-off valves to regulate pressure in the storage container, each thin pipe in the plurality of pipes being in fluidic communication with a corresponding shut-off valve in the plurality of shut-off valves, each corresponding shut-off valve being moveable between an open operating state in which a corresponding thin pipe is in fluidic communication with the cryogenic medium in the storage container to thereby generate pressure based on thermo-acoustic oscillations in the corresponding thin pipe, and a closed operating state in which the corresponding thin pipe is not in fluidic communication with the cryogenic medium in the storage container to thereby prevent thermo-acoustic oscillations in the corresponding thin pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.