Patent classifications
F16L59/15
System for transporting and storing, in particular hydrogen and its mixtures
A system for transporting and storing hydrogen and its mixtures from their supplier to customers, partially located underground, including at least two vertically positioned tubular elements connected with each other by a tubular element forming a tubular U-profile, the upper end of the tubular element is connected via a non-return valve, to the tubular element into which the pump pumps hydrogen from the tubular element connected to the at least one supplier of hydrogen, the upper end of the tubular element is connected via a non-return valve to the tubular element connected to at least one consumer of hydrogen, a heating and cooling device adheres to the outer surfaces of the tubular elements, the tubular U-profile is placed below the ground surface, below the permafrost border, and the weight of the upper layer of the earth above the tubular U-profile balances the planned gas pressure in the tubular elements.