An impermeable and thermally insulated tank built into a load-bearing structure, the tank wall comprising: a thermally insulated barrier attached, to a load-bearing wall and made of insulating blocks, juxtaposed in parallel rows separated from one another, by gaps, an impermeable barrier supported by the thermally insulated barrier and made of welded metal sheets.

Each insulating block carries, on the face of same opposite the load-bearing wall, two metal connecting strips arranged in parallel to the sides of the insulating block. The sheets of the membrane carried by the insulating block are welded to the strips. The connecting strips are rigidly connected to the insulating block carrying same. The sheets each have at least two orthogonal folds parallel to the sides of the insulating blocks, the folds being inserted into the gaps formed between two insulating blocks.

The invention relates to a receptacle for receiving a cryogenic coupling for filling between two uses, the receptacle comprising a tubular sleeve which has an inlet and a bottom and delimits a tubular housing configured to accommodate a coupling of cylindrical overall shape, characterized in that the tubular sleeve is thermally insulated, and in that the bottom is situated above the inlet thereof in a use configuration such that the terminal end of the coupling is held there oriented upwards in a position stowed in the receptacle.

A system includes a vehicle, and a cryogenic container on the vehicle and having an inner tank and an outer container which is vacuum-insulated relative to the inner tank, the system including a fluid conveying device and a pipeline that is routed out of the inner tank for the removal of cryogenic fluid and is connected to the fluid conveying device. The fluid conveying device is outside of the inner tank, the pipeline is a thermal siphon with one section rising towards the fluid conveying device, which is partially arranged in an area that is insulated relative to cryogenic fluid located in the inner tank. A vent line closable by a valve in the area, on a removal level of the fluid conveying device, is connected to the pipeline or directly to the fluid conveying device and routed back into the inner tank above the connection point to the pipeline.

A cryogen supply system for supplying a consumer with a cryogen, comprising a process pipe through which the cryogen can be conducted, a protective barrier, in which the process pipe is received, a gap, which is provided between the process pipe and the protective barrier, a heat conduction device, which is arranged in the gap and which is designed to transfer heat from the process pipe to the protective barrier or vice versa, and a temperature sensor arranged outside the protective barrier for detecting a temperature of the cryogen, the temperature sensor being thermally coupled to the heat conduction device.

A tool for draining and refilling a vehicle tank for cryogenic fuel, wherein the tool when in position for use has a vertical direction and includes a heat exchanger and a cooling tank, the cooling tank having an upper portion and a lower portion as viewed in the vertical direction of the tool and including a fuel outlet having at least one outlet valve, the fuel outlet being connected to a first fuel conduit and second fuel conduit via the at least one outlet valve, wherein the first fuel conduit includes an arrangement for connecting the first fuel conduit to an inlet on the heat exchanger, and wherein the second fuel conduit includes an arrangement for connecting the second fuel conduit to an inlet on a vehicle tank, the cooling tank further including an inlet, the inlet being connected to a fuel inlet conduit via a check valve and the fuel inlet conduit including an arrangement for connecting the inlet to an outlet from the heat exchanger, or to an outlet from a vehicle tank, and the outlet of the heat exchanger including an arrangement for connecting to an inlet on a vehicle tank, and a system and method for draining and refilling a vehicle tank.

A liquefied gas storage facility (1) has a load-bearing structure (10) having a bottom wall (11) and a vertical load-bearing wall (12) made up of N vertical load-bearing panels (14), and a tank comprising a bottom wall (21) and a vertical wall (22). The bottom wall (21) has a plurality of angular sectors. The corrugated sealing membrane (70, 170) of each angular sector (25) has first corrugations (72). The corrugated sealing membrane (70, 170) of each angular sector (25) has a plurality of metal plates (71) arranged to form ring portions (75). The ring portions (75) consist of a set of complete metal plates. The total number of first corrugations (72) present on the ring portions (75) increases in the direction of the vertical wall (22). The total number being increased only every M successive ring portions (75), where M is a natural integer greater than or equal to 2.

A transfer system is provided for transferring temperature sensitive fluids from a supply tank to a receiver tank. The supply and the receiver tank (101,102) are fluidly connected by a piping arrangement comprising at least two thermally insulated transfer lines (103a, 103b) and first and second piping assemblies (104a-d) associated with the receiver and the supply tank, respectively. One end of each transfer line is connected with one of the supply and receiver tank and the other end of each transfer line is provided with a coupling for coupling the other end with the other one of the supply and receiver tank. The transfer system (100) is selectively operable in a transfer mode and an idle mode by appropriately coupling and decoupling the first and second transfer lines. In either mode the piping arrangement remains at or close to an operating temperature of the transfer system in the transfer mode.

Present disclosure relates to a DC superconducting liquid hydrogen energy pipeline system with liquid nitrogen cold shields, including a starting station, one or more intermediate stations, and a terminal station connected sequentially through a liquid hydrogen superconducting pipeline with liquid nitrogen cold shields. Liquid hydrogen superconducting energy pipeline with liquid nitrogen cold shields includes liquid hydrogen transmission pipeline, a liquid nitrogen cold shield layer, the external cold insulation layer and the superconducting cable group arranged inside liquid hydrogen transmission pipeline having a liquid nitrogen cold shield in an outer section of the liquid hydrogen transmission pipeline. Present invention can be applied to a large new energy base for DC superconducting transmission of electricity, and excess power can generate hydrogen, and hydrogen generated provides a low-temperature environment for realizing superconductivity after liquefaction. DC superconducting liquid hydrogen energy pipeline system efficiently transmits electricity in large capacity and low loss.

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that include a cryogenic pump system comprising: a cryogenic liquid tank; a cryogenic pump including a suction adapter, the suction adapter connected to the cryogenic liquid tank via a liquid supply line and a gaseous return line; and a phase separator connected downstream of the cryogenic liquid tank and upstream of the cryogenic pump, the phase separator including a filtration structure integrated into the liquid supply line to separate vapor from cryogenic liquid, the phase separator connected to the gaseous return line to direct the vapor to the cryogenic liquid tank.

The invention relates to a facility for storing and/or transporting and/or transferring a liquefied gas, preferentially liquefied hydrogen, said facility having a sealed and thermally insulating container (1) comprising: a sealed external wall, a secondary sealed membrane (4) situated at a distance from an inner side of the external wall and defining a secondary space between the external wall and the secondary sealed membrane, said facility having an inerting device (11) connected to the secondary space so as to keep the secondary gaseous phase in the form of a gaseous composition constituted of one or more main chemical species, and optionally one or more secondary chemical species, wherein the partial pressure of the or each main chemical species is lower than the triple point of said main chemical species,
and wherein the partial pressure of the or each residual chemical species is lower than 0.14 kPa.