抄録
We manufactured a small-scale hydrogen liquefier with a two-stage 10 K Gifford-McMahon cycle (GM) refrigerator. It had a hydrogen tank with the volume of 30 L that was surrounded by a radiation shield. This liquefier continuously liquefied gaseous hydrogen with the volumetric flow rate of 12.1 NL/min. It corresponds to the liquefaction rate of 19.9 L/day for liquid hydrogen. We proposed a simple estimation method for the liquefaction rate and confirmed that the estimation method well explained the experimental result. To evaluate the estimation method, we applied the estimation method to other liquefiers. In case of a liquefier with the GM refrigerator, we confirmed the estimation method was available for predicting the liquefaction rate. However, in case of a liquefier with the pulse tube refrigerator, the results of the estimation indicated small values as compared with the experimental data. We discuss the details about the estimation method of the liquefaction rate for the small-scale liquefiers.
本文言語 | English |
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ページ(範囲) | 9088-9094 |
ページ数 | 7 |
ジャーナル | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy |
巻 | 35 |
号 | 17 |
DOI | |
出版ステータス | Published - 2010 9月 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 再生可能エネルギー、持続可能性、環境
- 燃料技術
- 凝縮系物理学
- エネルギー工学および電力技術