The Air Force has sponsored a program at the University of Kentucky which will lead to a better understanding of the thermal and fluid instabilities during blowdown of supercritical fluids at cryogenic temperatures. An integral part of that program is the design and construction of a hydrogen test facility. This paper describes the design specifications and construction of that hydrogen test facility. This facility will be capable of providing supercritical hydrogen at 30 bars and 35 K at a maximum flow rate of 0.1 kg/s for 90 seconds. Also presented here is an extension of this facility to accommodate the use of supercritical helium.
Citation: Morgan, M., Beam, J., Sehmbey, M., Martin R., P. et al., "Design of a Hydrogen Test Facility," SAE Technical Paper 929479, 1992, https://doi.org/10.4271/929479. Download Citation
Author(s):
Micheal J. Morgan, Jerry E. Beam, Maninder S. Sehmbey, Pais Martin R., Louis C. Chow, O. John Hahn
Affiliated:
Wright Lab., University of Kentucky
Pages: 7
Event:
27th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (1992)
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Test facilities
Hydrogen fuel
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