Heat load resistance of cryogenic storage tanks - Results of LNG safety program
report
Any tank filled with refrigerated (cryogenic) or liquefied gas is pressurised and susceptible to heat influx, due to the storage conditions and physical properties of the substance inside the tank. Natural gas (methane) has to be refrigerated below its critical point of -82.6°C (at 45 bara) to be liquefied to LNG (approx. -162°C at 1 bara). This is unlike the hydrocarbon gases propane and butane – with their critical points above ambient temperatures – where only pressurisation is sufficient for liquefaction to LPG.
TNO Identifier
637863
Publisher
TNO
Collation
70 p.
Place of publication
Utrecht