A cryostorage system that includes a cryocontainer operable to store liquid hydrogen and/or gaseous hydrogen, the cryocontainer having an inner tank and an outer container, and at least one cryopump, operable to operate at low temperatures, arranged in the inner tank to be fully surrounded, during normal operation, by cryogenic fluid, the cryopump delivering liquid hydrogen and/or gaseous hydrogen in one or more stages to a consumer at a pressure greater than a pressure in the inner tank.
CRYOGENIC STORAGE SYSTEM
2024-07-18
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IPC: | F17C Behälter zum Aufnehmen oder Speichern verdichteter, verflüssigter oder verfestigter Gase , VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES |
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