Conveners
C1Po1D - Cryogen Technology
- Peter Bradley (NIST)
- Jonathan Demko (LeTourneau University)
Effective storage and transfer of fluid commodities such as oxygen, hydrogen, natural gas, nitrogen, argon, and others is a necessity in many industries and for hosts of different applications. Molecules are typically contained as low pressure, cryogenic liquids; or as high-pressure gases. Liquefied gasses afford high energy and volume densities, but require complex storage systems to limit...
The removal of excess CO2 from natural gas to levels as low as 50 ppm is essential for the safe and reliable operation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) transport and delivery systems. Current chemical purification techniques, which are suitable for large processing plants, might not be suitable for small or mid-size plants which are expected to operate in future LNG delivery networks. The...
The large scale and efficiency of air separation units remain key barriers towards modular, distributed liquid oxygen systems. Identifying new physical separation mechanisms, or novel combinations of established methods, could enable the development of smaller, more modular air separation systems. In this paper we investigate the combination of centrifugal separation with paramagnetism of...
Dewars are used to store and transport cryogens like LNG, LN2, LOX, LHe etc. These comprise two vessels, one placed inside the other and held together either at the “neck” (input/output port) or by support systems, depending on the capacity, the mechanical loads on the vessel and the boil-off characteristic of the stored cryogen. Support system based dewars are more common for real-life and...
Carbon dioxide (CO$2$) is the main contributor to greenhouse gases (GHG). Cryogenic carbon capture is a potential alternative for systems with higher CO$2$ concentration. These methods do not involve the use of any chemicals (like solvents, adsorbents etc.) or supports (like membrane), so that the costs of raw materials and/or their regeneration are done away with. Desublimation is one of the...
