DESIGN OF
LIQUID NITROGEN (LN2 )
CRYOGENIC TANK
BY
Overall project
Cryogenics- low temperature study
Cold converter- pressure vessel for
storage of liquids
Materials used for designing
Procedure for designing of cold converter
Testing techniques
Result
Conclusion
Future scope
What is cryogenics?
It is a science of low temperatures
Occurs below -150c or 123k
Krous-frost, genos-origin of creation
What is a storage tank?
It is a container for holding liquids
( cold converter)
Use of designing a liquid
nitrogen storage tank?
It is the tank where any
liquid is stored for long
duration which are
stored at cryogenic
temperatures. The
length, height, diameter
of the tank depends
upon the quantity of
liquid you store.
Cryogenic structure
Double walled cylindrical tank
Inner vessel stainless steel
Outer vessel carbon steel
Vacuum is created between these two
vessels
Case study:
in rocket
industry
use of
liquid
nitrogen
cryogenic
storage tank
Applications
Steel production
Fertilizers
Factories
Petro chemical-complexes
In food and fish preservation
In space research
Advantages
Decreases brittleness
Increases tensile strength, toughness and stability
coupled with the release of internal stresses
Decreases residual stresses in steel tools.
Components of cryogenic liquid
storage tank
Inner pressure vessel
Outer pressure vessel
Insulation
Components of cold converter
Shells
Dished ends
Skirt
Nozzles
Pressurization coil
Control cabinet
Air separation process cycle
Air separation process cycle
Refrigerating
Compression Filtration Vessel Post filter Cold box
unit
Cold box
A column
Heat Expansion Inlet and out let
consisting of
exchangers turbines manifolds
aluminium rays
Design codes
ASME selection VIII division-I&II
(American code)
PD 5500 (British code)
AD Merkblatter(German code)
IS 2825(Indian code)
Different cryogenic materials
Stainless steel
9% nickel steels
Aluminum alloys
Copper alloys
Material properties
Thermal conductivity
Specific heat
Thermal expansion
Design estimation
DESCRIPTION INNER VESSEL OUTER VESSEL UNITS
Material handled Liquid nitrogen Perlite ----
Working pressure 8.5 Vacuum Kg/cm2
Design pressure 11.332 1.033 Kg/cm2
Test pressure (pneumatic) ---- ---- Kg/cm2
Test pressure (hydraulic) ----- ---- Kg/cm2
Working temperature -196 Ambient °C
Design temperature -196 to 40 50 °C
Corrosion allowance 0 3.0 Mm
Joint efficiency 1.0/ 1.0 0.85/ 0.85 ----
Radiography FULL SPOT ----
Heat treatment NIL NIL ----
calculations
Our aim is to design a65 m3 cryogenic liquid storage
tank
capacity=65 m3
vapour space= 5%
volume of dished ends= 4/3 πr3
Volume of cylindrical shells=LD2π/4
Height of the shell=HD2π/4
We find length, height, radius, volume, pressure using all
above formulae and thesis
Next we design inner shell , inner dished ends, outer
shell, outer dished ends
Material Selection and
Optimization
ADD
Conclusion
Safe minimum thickness of various components of
cryogenic cold converter is calculated
Standard dimensions are taken
Components which have stresses less than maximum
safe allowable stresses are adopted and others are
redesigned for increased thickness
Pressure vessels have uniform diameter so there will
be no discontinuity of stresses
Once the design is fit it is fabricated
Future scope
It is centre of excellence in the field of accelerator
science and technology
It is a developing branch. They have a wide
applications in defense, aerospace, space research
and many fields.
Queries?
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