Storage systems and methods of manufacturing and using the same. A storage tank is provided with an inner vessel, an outer vessel, and a support system between the vessels. The support system may comprise a repeating pattern of openings that effectively lengthens the heat path between the inner and outer vessels.

A pressure vessel includes a vessel main body, a first protective member, and a second protective member. The vessel main body is configured to contain gas inside. The second protective member is configured to exhibit performance that is different from that of the first protective member. One of the first protective member and the second protective member has recesses that the other one of the first protective member and the second protective member does not have at an end on a peak of a domical panel side provided with the one of the first protective member and the second protective member.

The invention relates to a pipe penetration module (7) for a cryogenic container (1), which comprises an inner tank (2) and an outer container (3) vacuum-insulated relative to said inner tank, the pipe penetration module (7) comprising a cladding pipe (6) and a pipeline (5) at least partially accommodated in the cladding pipe (6), wherein the pipeline (5) passes with a first pipeline end (10) through a first cladding pipe end (8) of the cladding pipe (6) so that the first pipeline end (10) can be rigidly connected to the outer container (3) and the first cladding pipe end (8) can be rigidly connected to the inner tank (2), the pipeline (5) and the cladding pipe (6) being rigidly connected to one another at a second cladding pipe end (13), and with the pipeline (5) and the cladding pipe (6) each having a kink (17, 18) in an area between the first cladding pipe end (8) and the second cladding pipe end (13).

A passive insulating tank support structure includes a first interface ring mounted to a first tank, a first support ring surrounding and spaced apart from the first interface ring, a second interface ring mounted to a second tank, a plurality of first struts coupling the first and second interface rings, a plurality of second struts coupling the first support ring and second interface ring, a plurality of third struts coupling the first support ring and a first heat source, a third interface ring mounted to the second tank, and a plurality of fourth struts coupling the third interface ring and a second heat source.

The invention relates to a transport container for helium, comprising an inner container for receiving the helium, an insulation element that is provided on the exterior of the inner container, a coolant container for receiving a cryogenic liquid, an outer container in which the inner container and the coolant container are received, and a thermal shield which can be actively cooled with the aid of the cryogenic liquid and in which the inner container is received, wherein a peripheral gap is provided between the insulation element and the thermal shield, and said insulation element comprises an electrodeposited copper layer that faces the thermal shield.

A transport container for helium, with an inner container for receiving the helium, a coolant container for receiving a cryogenic liquid (N.sub.2), an outer container, in which the inner container and the coolant container are contained, a thermal shield, in which the inner container is contained and which can be actively cooled with the aid of a liquid phase of the cryogenic liquid (LN.sub.2), the thermal shield having at least one first cooling line, in which the liquid phase of the cryogenic liquid can be received for actively cooling the thermal shield, and an insulating element, which is arranged between the outer container and the thermal shield and which can be actively cooled with the aid of a gaseous phase of the cryogenic liquid (GN.sub.2), the insulating element having at least one second cooling line, in which the gaseous phase of the cryogenic liquid can be received.

A sealed and thermally insulating tank has a thermally insulating barrier and a sealing membrane. The tank has a channel extending in a longitudinal direction along the sealing membrane. The thermally insulating barrier forms a bottom of the channel. The tank further has a closure member that is a flexible film. The flexible film has a first fastening zone extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the channel and fastened to the bottom of the channel and a second fastening zone extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the channel and fastened to the sealing membrane. The flexible film has a closure portion interposed between the first fastening zone and the second fastening zone. The closure portion closes the channel in order to create a loss of pressure in the channel.

A storage vessel for an extremely low temperature material for reducing a vaporization rate by forming a plating layer at an outer surface of a discharge pipe thereof is provided. The storage vessel for an extremely low temperature material includes an inner container configured to store an extremely low temperature material of a liquefied state through a supply pipe in an inner receiving space; an outer container installed at a separated space at the outside of the inner container and having a vacuum port configured to enable the separated space to be a vacuum state; and a heat insulating member installed in a vacuum region between the inner container and the outer container to block a heat from being transferred to the inner container, wherein a discharge pipe connected to an outlet of the inner container and configured to vaporize and discharge an extremely low temperature material is disposed between the inner container and the outer container, and at an outer surface of the discharge pipe, a thermally conductive layer coated with a highly conductive material having high thermal conductivity is formed. By a such a configuration, a heat applied to an outer container can be effectively blocked from being transferred to an inner container for storing an extremely low temperature material, and by reducing a vaporization rate of the extremely low temperature material by increasing a heat transfer area of a discharge pipe, a loss rate according to vaporization of the extremely low temperature material can be reduced and a separate cheap auxiliary extremely low temperature material in addition to the extremely low temperature material can be subsidiarily used for fuel or industrial use.

A pressure vessel includes a vessel main body, a first protective member, and a second protective member. The vessel main body is configured to contain gas inside. The second protective member is configured to exhibit performance that is different from that of the first protective member. One of the first protective member and the second protective member has recesses that the other one of the first protective member and the second protective member does not have at an end on a peak of a domical panel side provided with the one of the first protective member and the second protective member.

In a membrane type heat insulation system for a cryogenic liquefied gas carrier cargo tank and a liquefied gas fuel container, a secondary heat insulation layer comprises a plurality of panels which are stacked in multiple layers while each pair of upper and lower panels is arranged to intersect each other, whereby heat loss which may occur in the gap between the panels can be minimized and deformation due to a temperature difference can be minimized.