Cryogenic thermo-structural insulation system

Abstract

Disclosed is a cryogenic storage tank including an inner wall (50) and an outer wall (52) defining a space (56), wherein the space is filled at least in part with dried-in-place hollow glass microspheres which provides both insulating and structural properties to maintain the space, and methods for forming the cryogenic storage tank. Also disclosed is a cryogenic storage tank including an inner wall and an outer wall defining a space, wherein the inner wall and outer wall are spaced from one another by magnetic repulsion. In one embodiment the inner wall includes a high temperature superconducting material embedded in or on a surface of the inner wall, and the outer wall has a conventional magnet embedded in or on a surface of the outer wall.

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