Low-Loss Storage and Handling of Cryogenic Liquids The Application of Cryogenic Fluid Dynamics /

• Main Authors: Bostock, Thomas D. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Scurlock, Ralph G. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2019.
• Series: International Cryogenics Monograph Series,
• Subjects: Low temperature physics.; Low temperatures.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Energy storage.; Physics.; Low Temperature Physics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Energy Storage.; Applied and Technical Physics.

The revised second edition of this practical book reviews the fundamentals of cryogenic liquid behaviour in small and large scale storage systems. The text is based on research findings on the convective and evaporative behaviour of cryogenic fluids, aimed at improving the design, construction and o...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2 Evaporation of cryogenic liquids
• 3 Heat flows into a cryogenic storage system: overall picture
• 4 Insulation: the reduction of 'A' and 'B' heat in-flows
• 5 Multi-component liquids
• 6 The handling and transfer of cryogenic liquids
• 7 Design: some comments on the design of low-loss storage vessels, containers and tanks
• 8 Safe handling and storage of cyrogenic liquids
• Index.