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Fueling Stations, Properties

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Fueling Stations, Properties

The water vapor cloud formed from venting cold hydrogen gas from a liquid hydrogen tank will vary in size depending upon atmospheric conditions including ambient temperature and humidity. There is not a direct relationship between the water vapor cloud and the flammable cloud of hydrogen, but it’s often used as a proxy. 


Initially upon release, it is possible that H2 vapor from…

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In the U.S., liquid hydrogen fueling stations and dispensing equipment are addressed within NFPA 2, Chapter 11. Dispensing is covered within Section 11.3. When liquefied hydrogen is used as the supply for high pressure gaseous fueling, then Chapter 10 of NFPA 2 would apply.
ISO standards are also being developed for global LH2 fueling protocols.
 

If liquid hydrogen usage is sufficiently high at the fueling station, there may be no need to vent any boiloff generated from the LH2 storage tank. Boil-off gas should be minimized through system design, but where needed, the boil-off hydrogen along with any other hydrogen released must be vented through a local vent stack which is constructed to safely vent the hydrogen in accordance with CGA…

This is not an easy question since many factors influence how much hydrogen can be transferred from one vessel at a higher pressure to another one at a lower pressure and the rate at which it can be transferred. The pressure in the higher vessel will fall while that in the lower vessel will rise as gas is transferred, so the flow rate will typically slow down and eventually stop as the…

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It varies slightly due to different density of LH2 at different temperatures, but a gallon of LH2 at atmospheric pressure (0 psig) is ~113 SCF of H2. The expansion ratio is about 840:1. In metric units, a liter of LH2 at atmospheric pressure (0 MPa) would expand to about 840 liters of STP of gaseous pressure.

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The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the Compressed Gas Association (CGA), and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE)   represent the U.S. fire protection and engineering community, and these organizations publish handbooks and standards/guidelines that describe the properties of hydrogen. There are many other organizations and documents that provide similar…

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This is an impossible question to answer without greater understanding of the quantities of hydrogen involved, the types of vessels involved, and the atmospheric conditions. Several companies offer software to model such releases. It’s important to note that there is a high probability of ignition either during the vessel rupture or from nearby ignition sources.

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Vaporization of a trapped volume of LH2 will lead to significant increase in pressure due to the very large expansion ratio as the liquid converts to gas. Relief devices are required since the pressure increase is likely to be far in excess of the pressure rating of the system. When vaporized as part of a flowing process, pressure will not increase. As the LH2 is warmed, it undergoes a phase…

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A pressure of 600 kPa (87 psi) is relatively moderate, so the combustion properties are similar to those at atmospheric pressure where the autoignition temperature of hydrogen is 585°C. 

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H2-air flammability limits vary with temperature  . The H2-air lower flammability limit is virtually the same as the H2-O2 lower limit. However, the H2-O2 upper flammability limit increases substantially to about 95% at room temperature and gets even higher at elevated temperatures.

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